قولا لسّوارٍ أبي شملةٍ

قولا لسّوارٍ أبي شملةٍ

يا واحداً في النَوْك والعارِ

يا واحداً في النَوْك والعارِ

Say, you two, to Sawwar, Abu Shamla:

Say to Sawwar ibn Abi Shamla,

O peerless in foolishness and disgrace!

"O you who are unique in hostility and shame,

ما قلتُ في الطير خلافَ الذي

ما قلتُ في الطير خلافَ الذي

رويتَه أنت بآثارِ

رويتَه أنت بآثارِ

I said nothing about the bird contrary to what

What I said about the bird is not what

you yourself related in transmitted reports.

You reported with your false traces.

وخبر المسجدِ إذ خصَّه

وخبر المسجدِ إذ خصَّه

محلَّلا من عَرصة الدارِ

محلَّلا من عَرصة الدارِ

And the account of the mosque, when he singled him out,

And the story of the mosque when

permitted to enter from the courtyard of the house,

He gave it special status, removing it

إن جُنُباً كان وإن طاهِراً

إن جُنُباً كان وإن طاهِراً

في كلّ إعلانٍ وإسرارِ

في كلّ إعلانٍ وإسرارِ

whether he was ritually impure or pure,

From being like any other house,

in every public and private circumstance,

Whether he was pure or had major impurity,

وأخرج الباقين منه معاً

وأخرج الباقين منه معاً

بالوحي من إنزالِ جَبَّارِ

بالوحي من إنزالِ جَبَّارِ

and expelled the others from it together,

And he removed all others from it

by revelation sent down by the Almighty,

By revelation from the Sender of the Quran.

حُبّاً عليّاً وحُسيناً معاً

حُبّاً عليّاً وحُسيناً معاً

والحَسَن الطُهرَ لأطهارِ

والحَسَن الطُهرَ لأطهارِ

out of love for Ali and Husayn together,

Love for Ali and Hussein together

and Hasan, purity for the pure,

And the pure al-Hasan of the pure ones,

وفاطماً أهلَ الكساءِ الأولى

وفاطماً أهلَ الكساءِ الأولى

خُصّوا بإكرامٍ وإِيثارِ

خُصّوا بإكرامٍ وإِيثارِ

and Fatima—the People of the Cloak, who

And Fatima the people of the cloak

were singled out for honor and favor.

Who were privileged with honor and preference.

فمبغضُ الله يَرى بُغضَهم

فمبغضُ الله يَرى بُغضَهم

يَصيرُ للخِزيِ وللنّارِ

يَصيرُ للخِزيِ وللنّارِ

So he who hates God sees hatred of them

So whoever hates them, God sees his hatred

lead to disgrace and to the Fire.

And he will end up in disgrace and hellfire

عليهِ من ذي العرشِ في فعلِه

عليهِ من ذي العرشِ في فعلِه

وسمٌ يراه الغائبُ الزاري

وسمٌ يراه الغائبُ الزاري

Upon him, from the Lord of the Throne, for his deed,

Branded by the Lord of the Throne because of his deed

is a brand that the absent detractor sees.

A brand seen by the distant traveler.

وأنت يا سوّار رأسٌ لهم

وأنت يا سوّار رأسٌ لهم

في كلِّ خِزي طالبُ الثارِ

في كلِّ خِزي طالبُ الثارِ

And you, O Sawwar, are their head

And you, O Sawwar, are a chief of them

in every disgrace, a seeker of vengeance.

Seeking revenge in every disgrace.

تَعيب من آخاهُ خيرُ الورى

تَعيب من آخاهُ خيرُ الورى

من بين أطهارٍ وأخيارِ

من بين أطهارٍ وأخيارِ

You revile the one whom the best of mankind made his brother,

You fault the one who established brotherhood with the best of creation

from among the pure and the virtuous.

Among the pure and virtuous ones.

وقال في خُمِّ له معلِناً

وقال في خُمِّ له معلِناً

ما لم يُلقّوْه بإِنكارِ

ما لم يُلقّوْه بإِنكارِ

And at Khumm he said of him openly

And he said about his father-in-law, declaring openly

what they did not meet with denial:

What they did not deny.

من كنتُ مولاه فهذا له

من كنتُ مولاه فهذا له

مَولىً فكونوا غيرَ كفَّارِ

مَولىً فكونوا غيرَ كفَّارِ

“Whoever has me as his master, this one is his

Whoever I am his master, this is his master too

master; so do not be unbelievers.

So do not be ungrateful disbelievers."

فعوِّلوا بعدي عليهِ ولا

فعوِّلوا بعدي عليهِ ولا

تَبغوا سرابَ المهمِهِ الجاري

تَبغوا سرابَ المهمِهِ الجاري

So rely on him after me, and do not

So rely on him after me, and do not

seek the flowing mirage of the trackless desert.

Seek out the mirage of the active imaginations.

من كنتُ مولاهُ فهذا له

من كنتُ مولاهُ فهذا له

مَولىً فلا تَأبوا بتكفارِ

مَولىً فلا تَأبوا بتكفارِ

Whoever has me as his master, this one is his

"Whoever I am his master, this is his master too

master; so do not refuse in disbelief.”

So do not refuse with disbelief."

جاروا على أحمدَ في جارِه

جاروا على أحمدَ في جارِه

واللهُ قد أوصاهُ بالجارِ

واللهُ قد أوصاهُ بالجارِ

They wronged Ahmad in their treatment of his neighbor,

They acted aggressively against Ahmad regarding his neighbor

though God had instructed him concerning the neighbor.

While God had commanded him about the neighbor.

هو جارُه في مسجدٍ طاهرٍ

هو جارُه في مسجدٍ طاهرٍ

ولم يكن من عَرصة الدارِ

ولم يكن من عَرصة الدارِ

He is his neighbor in a pure mosque,

He is his neighbor in a pure mosque

and was not from the courtyard of the house.

And was not part of any household.

أربى بما كان وأربى بما

أربى بما كان وأربى بما

في كلّ إعلانٍ وإسرارِ

في كلّ إعلانٍ وإسرارِ

He excelled in what was, and excelled in what

I am more knowledgeable of what was

was in every public and private circumstance.

Whether openly or secretly.

وأخرجَ الباقين منهُ معاً

وأخرجَ الباقين منهُ معاً

بالوحيِ من إنزال جَبَّارِ

بالوحيِ من إنزال جَبَّارِ

And he expelled the others from it together,

And he removed all the others from it

by revelation sent down by the Almighty.

By revelation from the Sender of the Quran."