Qasida Burda - Chapter 10

يَا أَكْرَمَ الخَلْقِ مَا لِي مَنْ أَلُوذُ بِهِ
سِوَاكَ عِنْدَ حُلُولِ الْحَادِثِ العَمِمِ
وَلَنْ يَضِيقَ رَسُولَ اللهِ جَاهُكَ بِي
إِذَا الْكَرِيمُ تَحَلَّى بِاسْمِ مُنْتَقِمِ
فَإِنَّ مِنْ جُودِكَ الدُّنْيَا وَضَرَّتَهَا
وَمِنْ عُلُومِكَ عِلْمَ اللَّوْحِ وَالْقَلَمِ
يَا نَفْسُ لَا تَقْنَطِي مِنْ زَلَّةٍ عَظُمَتْ
إنَّ الكَبَائِرَ فِي الغُفْرَانِ كَاللَّمَمِ
لَعَلَّ رَحْمَةَ رَبِّي حِينَ يَقْسِمُهَا
تَأْتِي عَلَى حَسَبِ العِصْيَانِ فِي الْقِسَمِ
يَا رَبِّ وَاجْعَلْ رَجَائِي غَيْرَ مُنْعَكِسٍ
لَدَيْكَ وَاجْعَلْ حِسَابِي غَيْرَ مُنْخَرِمِ
وَالْطُفْ بِعَبْدِكَ فِي الدَّارَيْنِ إنَّ لَهُ
صَبْرًا مَتَى تَدْعُهُ الأَهْوَالُ يَنْهَزِمِ
وَأْذَنْ لِسُحْبِ صَلَاةٍ مِنْكَ دَائِمَةٍ
عَلَى النَّبِيِّ بِمُنْهَلٍّ وَمُنْسَجِمِ
مَا رَنَّحَتْ عَذَبَاتِ الْبَانِ رِيحُ صَبًا
وَأَطْرَبَ الْعِيسَ حَادِي الْعِيسِ بِالنَّغَمِ
ثُمَّ الرِّضَا عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعَنْ عُمَرٍ
وَعَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَعَنْ عُثْمَانَ ذِي الْكَرَمِ
وَالآلِ وَالصَّحْبِ ثُمَّ التَابِعِينَ فَهُمْ
أَهْلُ التُّقَى وَالنَّقَا وَالحِلْمِ وَالْكَرَمِ
يَا رَبِّ بِالمُصْطَفَى بَلِّغْ مَقَاصِدَنَا
وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا مَا مَضَى يَا وَاسِعَ الكَرَمِ
وَاغْفِرْ إِلَهِي لِكُلِ المُسْلِمِينَ بِمَا
يَتْلُونَ فِي المَسْجِدِ الأَقْصَى وَفِي الحَرَمِ
بِجَاهِ مَنْ بَيْتُهُ فِي طَيْبَةٍ حَرَمٌ
وَإِسْمُهُ قَسَمٌ مِنْ أَعْظَمِ الْقَسَمِ
وَهَذِهِ بُرْدَةُ المُخْتَارِ قَدْ خُتِمَتْ
وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّهِ فِي بَدْءٍ وَفِي خَتَمِ
أَبْيَاتُهَا قَدْ أَتَتْ سِتِّينَ مَعْ مِائَةٍ
فَرِّجْ بِهَا كَرْبَنَا يَا وَاسِعَ الْكَرَمِ

O Noblest of Creation, whose protection can I seek
But yours, when the Universal Event comes to pass?
O Emissary of Allah, your rank will not be diminished
By me when the Generous One appears, named as the Avenger.
For this world and its companion the Next come from your bounty,
And part of what you know is knowledge of the Tablet and Pen.
O soul, despair not over a fault that is immense;
Enormities, with divine forgiveness, are like minor errors.
Perchance my Lord’s mercy, when He apportions it,
Will be distributed in accordance with the measure of sins.
O my Lord, let not my hope in You be overturned
And do not make my account devoid of value.
Be gentle with Your servant in this life and the Next;
For his patience flees when he is visited by terrors.
And may clouds of Your blessings rain down constantly
Upon the Prophet, pouring down in abundance.
For as long as the east wind stirs the branches of willows,
And camel-drivers bring joy to their camels with melody.
Then extend Your good-pleasure to Abū Bakr and to ʿUmar
And to ‘Ali, and to ʿUthmān, the generous
And to the Family and the Companions, and then the Followers—the people of Godfearingness,
purity, forbearance and generosity.
O Lord, by the Chosen One, allow us to attain our hopes
And forgive us for what has gone past, O Vastly Generous.
And forgive, O God, all of the Muslims, by virtue
Of what they recite in the Furthest Mosque [al-Aqṣā] and the Sacrosanct Mosque [al-Ḥaram]
By the rank of him whose house is a sanctum in Ṭayba [Medina]
And whose name is an oath—from the greatest of oaths!
This Burda Ode of the Chosen One is thus complete
And all praise is due to Allah in its beginning and its end.
Its couplets—numbering one hundred and sixty—have come;
Relieve us our difficulties by them, O Vastly Generous!