1. لأمِّ عمرٍو باللِّوى مَربَعُ

    طامسةٌ أعلامُهُ بلْقعُ

    Umm 'Amr has a spring dwelling at al-Liwa,

    Its landmarks effaced, a barren waste.

  2. تروحُ عنه الطيرُ وحشيّةً

    والأُسدُ من خِيفَتِه تَفْزَعُ

    Wild birds fly away from it,

    And lions startle in fear of it.

  3. برسمِ دارٍ ما بها مؤنِسٌ

    إلاّ صِلالٌ في الثَّرى وقَّعُ

    At the traces of a dwelling with no living companion,

    Except vipers lying in the soil,

  4. رُقشٌ يخاف الموتُ من نَفْثِها

    والسمُّ في أنيابها مُنْقَعُ

    Speckled, whose spitting Death itself fears,

    And venom is steeped in their fangs.

  5. لما وقفنَ العِيسَ في رسمِه

    والعينُ من عِرفانِهِ تَدمَعُ

    When they halted the pale camels at its traces,

    And my eye wept on recognizing it,

  6. ذكرتُ ما قد كنتُ ألهو بهِ

    فبتُّ والقلبُ شجٍ مُوجَعُ

    I remembered what I had once delighted in,

    And spent the night with a grieving, aching heart.

  7. كأنّ بالنارِ لما شَفَّني

    من حبِّ أَرْوى كَبِدي تُلذَعُ

    As though by fire—for what had wasted me

    Of love for Arwa—my liver were seared.

  8. عجبتُ من قومٍ أتَوْا أحمداً

    بخُطّةٍ ليس لها موضِعُ

    I marveled at people who came to Ahmad

    With a proposal that had no place.

  9. قالوا له لو شئتَ أعلمتَنا

    إلى مَن الغايةُ والمَفْزَعُ

    They said to him, 'If you wished, you could tell us

    To whom we ultimately turn, and in whom seek refuge,

  10. إذا توفيتَ وفارَقْتَنا

    وفيهمُ في الملكِ من يَطمعُ

    When you die and leave us.'

    And among them were those who coveted dominion.

  11. فقالَ لو أعلمتكم مَفزَعاً

    ماذا عَسيتمْ فيه أن تَصنعوا

    He said, 'If I made a refuge known to you,

    What might you do concerning him?'

  12. صنيعُ أهلِ العِجلِ إذْ فارقوا

    هارون فالتَركُ لهُ أوْسَعُ

    The deed of the calf's followers, when they forsook

    Aaron—so leaving it aside gave him more latitude.

  13. وفي الذي قال بيانٌ لمن

    كان له أُذنٌ بها يَسمَعُ

    And in what he said was clarity for whoever

    Had an ear with which to hear.

  14. ثم أتتهُ بعدَ ذا عَزمةٍ

    من ربِّه ليس لها مَدفَعُ

    Then, after that, a firm command came to him

    From his Lord, which could not be turned aside:

  15. أبلِع وإلاّ لم تكنْ مُبلغاً

    واللهُ منهم عاصمٌ يَمنعُ

    'Convey it, or you will not have conveyed it;

    And God will shield and protect you from them.'

  16. فعندها قام النبيُّ الذي

    كان بما يأمرُهُ يَصدَعُ

    Then the Prophet arose, he who

    Would openly proclaim what He commanded him.

  17. يَخطب مأموراً وفي كفِّه

    كفُّ عليٍّ نورُها يَلْمَعُ

    He preached as commanded, and in his hand

    Was Ali's hand, its light gleaming.

  18. رافِعُها أكرمْ بكفِّ الذي

    يَرفع والكفِّ التي تُرفعُ

    Raising it—how noble the hand of him who

    Raises it, and the hand that is raised!

  19. يَقولُ والأملاكُ من حولِهِ

    والله فيهم شاهدٌ يَسمَعُ

    He says, with the angels all around him,

    And God among them, a witness who hears:

  20. من كنتُ مولاه فهذا له

    مولىً فلم يَرضَوا ولم يَقنعوا

    'Whoever has me as his master, this man is his

    Master.' Yet they neither accepted nor were content.

  21. فاتّهموه وانحنت منهمُ

    على خلافِ الصادقِ الأضلُعُ

    So they accused him, and within them bent

    Their ribs toward opposing the truthful one.

  22. وضلّ قوم غاظَهم قولُه

    كأنّما آنافهمْ تُجدَعُ

    And a people went astray, enraged by his words,

    As though their noses were being cut off.

  23. حتى إذا وارَوْهُ في قبرِه

    وانصرفوا من دفِنهِ ضيَّعوا

    Until, when they laid him in his grave

    And departed from his burial, they neglected

  24. ما قال بالأمسِ وأوصى به

    واشتروا الضُرَّ بما يَنفعُ

    What he had said the day before and enjoined,

    And bought harm in exchange for what benefits.

  25. وقطّعوا أرحامَه بعدَهُ

    فسوف يُجزون بما قطّعوا

    And severed his ties of kinship after him;

    So they will be repaid for what they severed.

  26. وأزمعوا غدراً بمولاهمْ

    تبّاً لما كانوا به أزمَعوا

    And resolved on treachery against their master;

    Ruin upon what they had resolved!

  27. لا هم عليه يَردوا حوضَهُ

    غداً ولا هُوْ فيهمُ يَشفعُ

    Neither shall they approach him at his Pool

    Tomorrow, nor shall he intercede for them.

  28. حوضٌ له ما بين صَنعا إلى

    أيلةَ أرضِ الشامِ أو أوسَعُ

    He has a Pool spanning from Sana'a to

    Aylah in the land of al-Sham, or wider still.

  29. يُنصبُ فيه علمٌ للهُدى

    والحوضُ من ماءٍ له مُترَعُ

    In it a banner of guidance is raised,

    And the Pool brims with water of his.

  30. يَفيض من رحمته كوثرٌ

    أبيضُ كالفضّةِ أو أنصَعُ

    From his mercy flows Kawthar,

    White as silver, or whiter still.

  31. حَصاهُ ياقوتٌ ومَرجانة

    ولؤلؤٌ لم تَجنِهِ إصْبَعُ

    Its pebbles are ruby and coral,

    And pearls no finger has gathered.

  32. بَطحاؤه مِسك وحافاتُه

    يَهتزُّ منها مونِقٌ مُونِعُ

    Its flat bed is musk, and its banks—

    From them sways lovely, ripening growth.

  33. أخضرُ ما دونَ الجَنى ناضرٌ

    وفاقعٌ أصفرُ ما يَطلُعُ

    Green and fresh is what lies beneath the fruit,

    And what emerges is bright yellow.

  34. والعِطرُ والرّيحانُ أنواعُهُ

    تَسطعُ إن هبَّتْ به زَعْزَعُ

    And perfume and sweet basil, in its varieties,

    Waft up when a gust blows through it:

  35. ريحٌ من الجنَّةِ مأمورةٌ

    دائمةٌ ليس لها مَنزعُ

    A wind from Paradise, under command,

    Unceasing, never drawing away.

  36. إذا مَرته فاحَ من ريحِه

    أزكى من المِسك إذا يَسطَعُ

    When it stirs it, its scent wafts forth,

    More fragrant than musk when it wafts.

  37. فيه أباريقُ وقِدْحانُه

    يَذبُّ عنها الأنزعُ الأصْلَعُ

    In it are ewers and its drinking cups;

    The receding-haired, bald one guards them.

  38. يذبُّ عنه ابن أبي طالبٍ

    ذبَّكَ جَربى إبلٍ تَشْرَعُ

    The son of Abu Talib drives them away from it,

    As you drive off mangy camels coming to drink.

  39. إذا دنوا منه لكي يَشربوا

    قيلَ لهم تبّاً لكم فارجِعوا

    When they draw near it to drink,

    They are told, 'Ruin upon you! Go back!

  40. دونكموا فالتمسوا مَنهلاً

    يُريكم أو مَطعماً يُشْبعُ

    Away with you! Seek a watering place

    To quench your thirst, or food that satisfies.

  41. هذا لمن والى بني أحمدٍ

    ولم يكنْ غيرَهمُ يَتْبَعُ

    This is for whoever was loyal to the sons of Ahmad

    And followed none but them.'

  42. فالفوزُ للشاربِ من حوضِه

    والويلُ والذلُّ لمن يَمنَعُ

    So triumph is for whoever drinks from his Pool,

    And woe and humiliation for whoever is barred.

  43. فالناسُ يومَ الحَشرِ آياتُهم

    خَمسٌ فمنهمْ هالكٌ أربَعُ

    The people, on the Day of Gathering—their signs

    Are five; four of them are doomed.

  44. قائدُها العِجلُ وفِرعونها

    وسامريُّ الأمةِ المُفْظِعُ

    Their leader is the Calf, and their Pharaoh,

    And the community's dreadful Samiri,

  45. ومارقٌ من دينه مِخْدَجٌ

    أسودٌ عبدٌ لُكَعٌ أَوْكَعُ

    And a renegade from his faith, deformed,

    A black slave, a vile fool, crooked-footed.

  46. ورايةٌ قائِدُها وجهُه

    كأنّه الشمسُ إذا تطلُعُ

    And a banner whose leader's face

    Is like the sun when it rises.

  47. غداً يلاقي المصطفى حيدرٌ

    ورايةُ الحمدِ له تُرفَعُ

    Tomorrow Haydar will meet the Chosen One,

    And the banner of praise will be raised for him.

  48. مولىً له الجنّةُ مأمورةٌ

    والنارُ من إجلالِه تَفْزَعُ

    A master whom Paradise is commanded to obey,

    And the Fire trembles in reverence for him.

  49. إمامُ صدقٍ وله شيعةٌ

    يُرووا من الحوض ولم يُمنعوا

    A true Imam, with followers

    Whose thirst is quenched from the Pool, and who are not barred.

  50. بذاك جاءَ الوحيُ من ربِّنا

    يا شيعةَ الحقِّ فلا تَجزعوا

    With that came revelation from our Lord.

    O followers of truth, do not be dismayed!