Zaɓaɓɓun Ayoyin da Aka Faɗa a Yabonsa a Rayuwarsa da kuma a Tunawa da Shi a Mutuwarsa
A Selection Of The Verses Spoken In Praise Of Him In Life And In Commemoration Of Him In Death
[Mahaifin Al-Hayḍam:] 90.3
[Al-Hayḍam’s father:] 90.3
Lokacin da yanzu ka ba da labari game da ilimi da kuma Ahmad da ya tafi.
When now you told of learning and of Aḥmad gone.
Ƙila ka ce tekun da ke kumfa ya bushe.
You might have said the foaming sea was dry.
Na zuciya mai karimci, ta taƙawa da kuma iko mai girma.
Of a gen’rous heart, of piety and lordly sway.
Mun rasa wani mai ƙarfin imani irin wannan.
Of one so firm in faith are we bereft.
Lokacin da ya matso, kun ji iskar bazara.
At his approach, you felt the breath of spring.
Kamar yadda sunansa ya dace, kowa ya yi magana a kansa yana yabo.484
As befits his name, all spoke of him to praise.484
Shi ne ya fi kama da Sufyān a tsoron Allah da ibada.
Most like Sufyān in piety was he.
Misʿar da Miʿḍad ma ba su bar shi a baya nesa ba.
Nor did Misʿar or Miʿḍad leave him far behind.
Kamar su, ya yi kaɗan daga neman duniya, kuma aka shiryar da shi zuwa ga gaskiya.
Like them, he little sought, and guided right.
Ya hana kansa, kuma ya nuna mana yadda ya kamata mu rayu.
Denied himself, and showed us how to live.
A cikin dukkan waɗannan abubuwa, shi kaɗai ne ya sami lada.
In all these things was his alone the prize.
Cikin duk waɗannan abubuwa, mun kira shi wanda babu wani abin kwatance da shi.
In all these things did we him call unmatched.
Dawo! Hannuwanka ginshiƙin imani ne.
Come back! Your hands an edifice of faith.
Ya gina, ba fada domin zama a cikin wannan duniya ba.
Did build, not a palace to inhabit in this world.
Ba ka nemi dokin da ƙafafunsa kamar na gaggafa ba.
You craved no eagle-footed steed.
Ba bawan mai kyakkyawan siffa, mai sihiri kamar aljani ba.
Nor shapely slave, bewitching as the jinn.
Cikin kayan ado masu kyau, da saƙa ta zinariya.
In finery bedecked, and golden weave.
Yana lilo kamar sandar gora idan ta yi tafiya.
Swaying like a cane-brake when she walks.
Amma kowa zai zo wannan sa'a ta ƙaddara, lokacin da mutuwa...
But to each must come that fateful hour when death.
Sun zo, mazaunan duniya don su tafi da su.
Arrives, the tenants of the world to lead away.
Kuma daga wannan duniya, ba abin da za su iya ɗauka sai abu ɗaya.
And from this world can they but one thing take.
Ayyukan da suka ajiye tun suna da damar yin hakan.485
The deeds they stored away while yet they could.485
Al-Hayḍam ya karanta waƙar mahaifinsa, ciki har da waɗannan layukan: 90.5
Al-Hayḍam recited a poem by his father, including these lines: 90.5
Ga hawayen da masu kaurace wa duniya ke zubarwa, ƙara hawaye.
To the tears that world-renouncers weep, add tears.
Kuma waɗanda suke tsoron Ubangijinsu su yi dubi.
And let the ones who fear their Lord behold.
Kuma ku ji tsoron Allah sosai. Suna makoki a kanku, idanunsu.
And fear the more. They mourn for you, their eyes.
Ba su samun barci, kuma kukan ne kawai ta'aziyyarsu.
Bereft of sleep, their only comfort tears.
An ƙasa ta rungume Aḥmad na kirki, yana kwance can nesa.
Embraced by earth good Aḥmad lies, as far.
Daga gare mu kamar yadda kowa zai iya zama. Bari gizagizai su wartsake.
From us as anyone can be. May clouds refresh.
Kabarinsa yana karɓar ruwan sama yayin da kwanaki ke juyawa zuwa shekaru!486
His grave with rain as days turn into years!486
Na kwafa da yawa daga cikin waƙoƙin yabo da makoki da aka shirya masa, amma na takaita kaina anan ga wasu zaɓaɓɓun abubuwa. Allah ya shiryar da ni hanya madaidaiciya!
[The author:] I have copied many of the praise poems and elegies composed for him but confined myself here to a few selections. May God guide me aright!