اليوم 28 من صفر
28th Day of safar
16 verses Source: Mafatih al-Jinan
This translation was machine-assisted and is awaiting scholarly review. The Arabic above is the authoritative text.
- 1
مَاذَا عَلَىٰ الْمُشْتَمِّ تُرْبَةَ أَحْمَدٍ
Indeed! If one who smells the soil of Ahmad’s tomb
- 2
اَنْ لاَ يَشَمَّ مَدَىٰ الزَّمَانِ غَوَالِيَا
Shall never smell any perfume any more!
- 3
صُبَّتْ عَليَّ مَصَائِبٌ لَوْ اَنَّهَا
If the misfortunes that have been poured on me
- 4
صُبَّتْ عَلَىٰ الاَيَّامِ صِرْنَ لَيَالِيَا
Were poured on days, they should turn to black nights!
- 5
قُلْ لِلْمُغيَّبِ تَحْتَ أَثْوَابِ الثَّرَىٰ
Tell him who is concealed under the layers of soil:
- 6
إِنْ كُنْتَ تَسْمَعُ صَرْخَتِي وَنِدَائِيَا
If you can hear my scream and my call
- 7
صُبَّتْ عَلَيَّ مَصَائِبٌ لَوْ اَنَّهَا
If the misfortunes that have been poured on me
- 8
صُبَّتْ عَلَىٰ الاَيَّامِ صِرْنَ لَيَالِيَا
Were poured on days, they should turn to black nights!
- 9
قَدْ كُنْتُ ذَاتَ حِمىً بِظِلِّ مُحَمَّدٍ
Under the shadow of Muhammad, I used to be sheltered
- 10
لاَ أَخْشَ مِنْ ضَيْمٍ وَكَانَ حِمَىٰ لِيَا
I did not anticipate any grievance since he was my haven
- 11
فَالْيَوْمَ اَخْضَعُ للْذَّلِيلِ وَاَتَّقِي
But today I am made subservient to the lowly, suffering grievances,
- 12
ضَيْمِي وَاَدْفَعُ ظَالِمِي بِرِدَائِيَا
And I have to ward off the wrongdoer with my dress
- 13
فَإِذَا بَكَتْ قُمْرِيَّةٌ فِي لَيْلِهَا
If a turtledove weeps on a branch in eves
- 14
شَجَناً عَلَىٰ غُصْنٍ بَكَيْتُ صَبَاحِيَا
Out of grief, I will weep in morns
- 15
فَلاَجْعَلَنَّ الْحُزْنَ بَعْدَكَ مُؤْنِسِي
I shall betake grief, after you, as my entertainment
- 16
وَلاَجْعَلَنَّ الدَّمْعَ فِيكَ وِشَاحِيَا
And I shall betake shedding tears, for you, as my sash