Recitation of a Poem during a Visit to Shaykh 'abdur Rahman Ash - Shaghouri

Who do we want to hear from before we conclude the gathering? Invoke blessings upon the Light that ascended the Celestial Realm O how successful is one who invokes blessings upon him, and sends salutations! Sulaima granted generously a reunion So joy pervaded the heart and encamped therein O how beautiful was what she bestowed in her union How welcome a union in which I attained fortunes! Invoke blessings upon the Light that ascended the Celestial Realm O how successful is one who invokes blessings upon him, and sends salutations! Favours which minds vie with one another to attain And gifts of Grace that bequeathed us ease and plenty O Caravan leader, spur the steeds on.. to the grounds of 'Aqiq, and dismount at the sanctuary.. at the abode of abounding generosity, and the spring of plentiful Grace and the best splendour ever In a paradise whose description excites not my yearning.. except that my Beloved therein dwells! Never did the caravan leader murmur a mention of its occupant except that he aroused my heart whenever he murmured So when will I get to see it? When will I get to see it? When will I get to see it, kissing its soil? If only that soil I could kiss! Be gentle with a heart.. Be gentle with a heart.. Be gentle with a heart devoted to love hoping to be ennobled with what it covets Invoke blessings upon the Light that ascended the Celestial Realm O how successful is one who invokes blessings upon him, and sends salutations! An oath by the Lord of the House, never was [the valley of] Naqa mentioned or Munhana, except that I was enslaved by love O the night, the Beloved handed round cups of the wine of union, how excellent! My yearning for the abode of the Beloved, Muhammad; a yearning firmly established within my heart, but hidden An abode that contains all of God's blessings in their entirety ever since settled therein the best slave that ever ascended Invoke blessings upon the Light that ascended the Celestial Realm O how successful is one who invokes blessings upon him, and sends salutations! O Lord, honour me with a vision of my master and remove the thick rust on my heart And grant [me] a meeting I so covet for with the most honoured slave of Yours.. my major aim is meeting him And upon him be salutations of Allah as long as the easterly wind blows and the caravan leader excites his camels and spurs them on as well as his family and companions, as long as a reciter says: "He is the light whose radiance guides the bewildered"