يا اِبنَ عَلِيٍّ عَلَوتَ إِن كانَ ما

يا اِبنَ عَلِيٍّ عَلَوتَ إِن كانَ ما

حَدَّثتَ حَقّاً وَحَسبُكَ التُهَمُ

حَدَّثتَ حَقّاً وَحَسبُكَ التُهَمُ

O son of Ali, you have risen high, if what

O son of Ali, you have risen high, if what

O Ibn Ali, you have ascended if what you reported is true, though even the suspicion is enough for you.

you related is true—and suspicions alone suffice for you:

you said is true, and blame is enough for you.

Your union with the one who departed like a gazelle from the Diwan, a pen perched above his ear,

وَصلُ الَّذي راحَ كَالغَزالِ مِنَ ال

وَصلُ الَّذي راحَ كَالغَزالِ مِنَ ال

ديوانِ مِن فَوقِ أُذنِهِ قَلَمُ

ديوانِ مِن فَوقِ أُذنِهِ قَلَمُ

Intimacy with the one who went, gazelle-like, from the

The one who escaped from the office like a gazelle

Who unfastened—whether by chance or design—one of two buttons when boredom provoked him,

bureau, with a pen above his ear.

when the pen slipped from above his ear,

Then his solitary mole appeared, a mark possessing neither companion nor kin.

قَد حَلَّ سَهواً أَو عامِداً أَحَدَ ال

قَد حَلَّ سَهواً أَو عامِداً أَحَدَ ال

زَرَّينِ لَمّا اِستَفَزَّهُ السَأَمُ

زَرَّينِ لَمّا اِستَفَزَّهُ السَأَمُ

He had unfastened, inadvertently or deliberately, one of the

Whether intentionally or not, one of the two

Far be it from me to stare! I lowered my gaze out of honor, for nobility is my nature,

two buttons when boredom made him restless.

blamed when boredom incited him.

So may no envious eye afflict you regarding him, nor may your blessings be muddied thereby.

ثُمَّ بَدا خالُهُ الفَريدُ الَّذي

ثُمَّ بَدا خالُهُ الفَريدُ الَّذي

لَيسَ لَهُ مُؤنِسٌ وَلا رَهِمُ

لَيسَ لَهُ مُؤنِسٌ وَلا رَهِمُ

Then his solitary mole appeared, the one that

Then his unique uncle appeared who

has neither companion nor close friend.

has no intimate friend or shelter.

حاشايَ إِنّي غَضَضتُ مِن بَصَري

حاشايَ إِنّي غَضَضتُ مِن بَصَري

تَكَرُّماً إِنَّ شيمَتي الكَرَمُ

تَكَرُّماً إِنَّ شيمَتي الكَرَمُ

Far be it from me! Indeed, I lowered my gaze,

Far be it from me! I lowered my sight

out of generosity, for generosity is my nature.

out of generosity, for my trait is generosity.

فَلا أَصابَتكَ عَينُ ذي حَسَدٍ

فَلا أَصابَتكَ عَينُ ذي حَسَدٍ

فيهِ وَلا كُدِّرَت بِهِ النِعَمُ

فيهِ وَلا كُدِّرَت بِهِ النِعَمُ

So may no envious eye afflict you

So no envious eye afflicts you,

on his account, nor may blessings be clouded through him.

nor are bounties disturbed by it.