The Prince

Afghan Royal

Current inheritor of the Naqshbandi Heritage

Offspring of Hazrat Ishaan from both sides after 12 generations

Hymne in honor of Prince Raphael

By Hakim (Lord) Al Sadiq be-Quwatullah

Member of the Ruling Court of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order (Majlis Hukm)

اى ابر مرد ايشانى اى كوه

Oh Ishaanian hero, Oh you mountain

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اى نگهبان قدسى خواجه خرشيد

Oh guardian of the sanctuary of Khwaja Khurshid (Hazrat Ishaan´s older brother)

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روشناى چراغ محمود

Oh illumination of the light of Mahmud (Hazrat Ishaan)

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يادگار صداقت مير جان

Oh remembrance of the majesty of Mir Jan (Hazrat Ishaan´s promised successor)

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ناجى سربلندى اسلام

Oh savior of the pride of Islam

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اى امير المومنين ايشانى

Oh you Naqshbandi king of the faithful

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اى براى تو اين حيولا ها

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همه كوکى و مقواى

Oh great one for whom all those monsters are like fragile puppets

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با كتاب ترانہ هاى من

With my book of anthems

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نه قصيده و غزل سپاس توست

Nor does an ode or sonnet pay tribute to your greatness

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مرد مختارى شعر من

Oh mythical man of my poems

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محمل قلب من لباس توست

The velvet of my heart is your clothing

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با تاريخ حاضر امام من

With the history of my holy Imam

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قصه رويش تباهى ها است

It´s the story of cyclic destruction

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قصه امتداد شب تا شب

It is the story of a night upon another night

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قصه ممتد سياهى ها است

A story of continous blackness

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دفتر قدسي امامم اما

But this holy office of the astaan

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پر شور، اخلاص و جواب

Rich of dedication, determination and answers

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هرف اگر است، هرف اشراقى

If there is a word, it is the word of illumination

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هرف خوشى، حضرتى و اميد

A word of hope, completion and fulfillment

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با امام آرزوى باقى بود

My Imam has the dream of a garden

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روى آستان كه چهره قهرمانان داشت

On an Astaan that depicted legends

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بس كه پر اميد بود روح من

In so much were our souls full of hope

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امامم شوق جان سپردن داشت

And our Imam is eager to die for it (the Astaan of Hazrat Ishaan)

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با من اما سبد سبد ميوه

And with me are the baskets full of fruits

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از درخت شور و اخلاص

From a blessed tree of enthusiasm and determination

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با يه نور با معناى نور على النور

With a light Noorun ala noor!

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براى قلب تشنه انسان

That it enlightens the heart of every lonely human

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ايشانى مرد پاسدار آستان

Oh Ishaanite of guardian of the Astaan

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معناى جاودانى حضرت ايشان

Oh eternal meaning of Hazrat Ishaan

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خاك اگر خنده كرد و گندم داد

If the soil smiled and presented wheat

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ز دعاى تو بود اى دوست خداوند

It was through your prayers, oh friend of God

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اى امير المومنين رستاخيز

Oh Commander of the faithful of the resurrection

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دست جدد بهترين صلاح توست

Your father´s (Abdul Qadir Jilani) hand is your best weapon

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فاتح پاك در زمان جارى 

Oh holy warrior for whom time stands still

​چون خون شاه نقشبند در جريان توست

For Shah Naqshband blessed you as his successor