تنعمت في الأضحى بإحظى من الفطر — Al Wargi

تَنَعَّمْتَ فِي الأضحَى بِإحظى مِنَ الفطرِ

كَذاكَ تَرَى حَالَيكَ في أطوَلِ العُمرِ

You enjoyed greater bliss at Eid al-Adha than at Eid al-Fitr.

Thus may you find both your fortunes throughout the longest life.

تُودّعُ مَا استَدبَرتَ لاَ عَنْ مَلالَةٍ

وتَصحَبُ مَا استَقْبَلْتَ مُنشَرِحً الصَّدرِ

You bid farewell to what is past, not out of weariness,

and embrace what lies ahead with an open heart.

وَتُبدِي لَكَ الأيَّامُ مَا بَعدَ عَشرِهَا

كَعَاشِرِ يَومِ في الطَّلاقَةِ وَالبِشرِ

The days reveal to you what follows their first ten,

like the tenth day in cheerfulness and joy.

فَمِنهَا تُهَنَّى بِاتِّصالِ جَديدِهَا

وَمِنكَ تُهَنَّى بِالأمَانِ من العُسرِ

Through them you are gladdened by the succession of fresh days,

and through you they are gladdened by safety from hardship.

وَمَا رَاقَتِ الأيَّامُ لَو لَمْ تَكُنْ بِهَا

فَكَونُكَ فِيهَا العِيدُ في سَائِرِ الدَّهْرِ

The days would not be pleasing were you not among them;

your presence in them is the festival throughout all time.

وَلَولاَ اتِّباعُ الدّينِ لَمْ يَدْرِ حَاضِرُ

زَمَانِكَ أنَّ العِيدَ فِي عَاشِرِ الشَّهْرِ

Were it not for observing religion, no one living

in your time would know the feast falls on the month's tenth day.

فَإنْ عَنْ مِنّى شَطُّوا فمنزِلُك النَّوى

وَتِلكَ اللُّهى تَرمِي بِهَا بُدُنُ النَّحرِ

If they are far from Mina, your dwelling is their destination,

and with those great gifts you cast forth camels for sacrifice.

ومَا في استِوا الأيَّامِ فِي الطِّيبِ بِدْعَةٌ

كَأيامِ عِيسى وهْوَ مِنكَ عَلَى ذِكرِ

There is nothing new in days being equally sweet,

as in Isa's days, while he remains in your remembrance.

يَمينُكَ قَد ألبَستَهَا الأمنَ ضافِياً

وقَصرّتَهَا وهيَ الطِّوالُ عَنِ الحَصرِ

Your right hand has clothed them in ample security,

and shortened them, though they are long beyond reckoning.

تَسُرُّكَ سَرَّاهَا فَإنْ لاَحَ لاَئِحٌ

مِنَ الضُرّ فِيهَا كُنْتَ حَرباً عَلَى الضُرِّ

Their joys delight you; if any sign appears

of harm among them, you wage war on harm,

بِرأيٍ إذا مَا الخَطبُ أظلَمَ لَيلُهُ

تَطلَّعُ مِنْ تِلقَائهِ صَادِقُ الفَجرِ

with judgment: whenever a crisis's night grows dark,

from its direction the true dawn rises;

وعَدلٍ يَعُمُّ العَفَّ والبَرَّ ظِلُّهُ

ويَصْلِي حَلِيفَ الحَيفِ مِنهُ بِلاَ جَمرِ

and justice whose shade embraces the chaste and righteous,

and scorches injustice's ally without embers;

وحِلمٍ تَزولُ الرَّاسياتُ وطَودُهُ

كَمَا هُوَ لاَ يُصغِي لِساعٍ ولاَ مُغرِي

and forbearance: firm mountains may pass away, while its peak

stands unchanged, heeding neither slanderer nor instigator;

وَبَسْطِ نَوَالٍ فِيهِ سَوَّيْتَ مَنْ دَنَا

وَذا النَأيِ وَالكَاسِي النَّبيهَ وذا الطِّمرِ

and outpourings of gifts, in which you treat equally the near

and the distant, the well-clad notable and the man in rags.

وأقْرَضْتَ وَجهَ اللهِ فِيهِ تَحَنُّناً

عَلَى خَلقِهِ قَرضاً يُلاقِيكَ فِي الحَشرِ

In this you lent for God's sake, out of compassion

for His creatures, a loan that will meet you at the Resurrection.

وَقَفْتَ وقَدْ مَرَّتْ بِكَ الحَالُ مَرَّةً

بِأحوَالِ مَليَانَ عَلَى شَاطيءِ النَّهْرِ

You stopped when circumstance once brought you there,

to view Milyan's condition upon the riverbank.

فَعَايَنْتَ فِي ذاكَ المَجَالِ مَدَاحِضاً

قَرِيباً لِمَنْ يَمشي بِهِ نَازِحُ الغَورِ

In that crossing you saw slippery places,

with the farthest depths close at hand to anyone walking there.

فَمِنْ جَمَلٍ يَهوي عَلَى أمّ رَأسِهِ

وَمِنْ فَرَسٍ يَنْحَطُّ بَطْناً عَلَى ظَهرِ

Here was a camel plunging onto the crown of its head,

and there a horse tumbling, belly over back;

وَمِنْ ذِي حِمَارٍ ضَاعَ قُوتُ صِغَارِهِ

وَوَلَّى وَقَدْ أشفَى الحِمَارُ عَلَى الكَسرِ

and a donkey-owner, his children's sustenance lost,

turned away, his donkey on the verge of breaking.

فأيقَظْتَ عَزماً لَمْ يَكُنْ قَبلُ نَائِماً

وَأصْحَيتَ حَزماً لم يَكُنْ قَبلُ في سُكْرِ

So you roused a resolve that had never slept,

and sobered a prudence that had never been drunk,

وخَلَّصْتَ مَا بَينَ السَّلامَةِ وَالرَّدَى

بِجِسرٍ بَديعِ الوَضْعِ يَالَكَ مِنْ جِسرِ

and disentangled safety from death

with a bridge of wondrous design—what a bridge!

إذا وَصَلَ التَّيَّارُ ظِلَّ فِنائِهِ

عَلَتهُ سُيُوفٌ مِنهُ سَلَّتْ مِنَ الصَّخرِ

When the torrent reaches the shadow of its courtyard,

swords drawn from its rock rise above the stream,

وَألقَتْ عَلَى الأنحَاءِ أفلاَذَ بَطنِهِ

وَقَالَتْ لَهُ هَذا الجَزَاءُ عَلَى الجَورِ

and fling pieces of its belly in every direction,

saying to it, 'This is the recompense for injustice.'

تَمُدُّ لَهُ حَتَّى تُفَرِّقَ جَمعَهُ

وَهِيَ صَموتٌ وهوَ يَحمِلُ في زأرِ

They thrust toward it until they scatter its ranks,

silent themselves, while it charges with a roar;

عَلَى أنَّهَا خَمْسٌ لَوَتْ بِخَميسِهِ

عَلَى أنَّهُ الجَرَّارُ فِي وَاسِعِ القَفْرِ

though they are five, they have routed its host,

though it is a mighty army in the open wilderness.

قَوائِمُ قَامَتْ مِثلَ خُودٍ تَعَانَقَتْ

لِتَرقُصَ أوْ تَأتي لِوَعدٍ عَلى قَدرِ

Pillars stand like maidens clasped together,

to dance, or attend a tryst at its appointed hour,

وصَاغَتْ مِنَ الإبرِيزِ مَنظُومَ تَاجِهَا

تَرُوقُكَ حَتَّى لاَ تَرَى كَاعتِدالِهَا

having fashioned their crown's linked ornaments from pure gold.

They enchant you, until you see nothing like their perfect balance

وَمَلبَسِهَا المَرقُومِ بِالبيضِ في الصَّفرِ

وَأعْجَبُ مِنْ ذا أنَّ مَليانَ كُلَّهُ

or their robe, patterned with white upon yellow.

More wondrous still: all of Milyan

تَصَبَّبَ في أجوَافِهَا وهيَ لاَ تَدرِي

فَأصبَحَ مِنْ تِلكَ المَهَالِكِ مَلجَأً

pours through their hollows, and they take no notice.

Thus, in place of those perils, it became a refuge

يَلُوذُ بِهِ السّاَعُونَ فِي القرّوالحَر

وبَرَّأتهُ مِنْ وَصمَةِ الظُّلْمِ جَاعِلاً

where travelers seek shelter in cold and heat.

You absolved it of the stain of injustice, making

بَرَاءَتَهُ فِيمَا تَوَخَّيْتَ مِنْ الأجرِ

فلا حجَر إلا وأعْجلتَ حقهُ

its innocence part of the reward you sought.

Not a stone but you promptly paid its due,

ولا عامل إلا وأحكمتَ في الأجْرِ

كَذاكَ يَكونُ المُلكُ أولَى فَإنَّمَا

not a worker but you settled his wage with care.

Thus should kingship rightly be; for only...

العَصرِ

وأنتَ الَّذي سَابقتهم فسبقتهم

the age.

You are the one who raced them and outstripped them,

عَلى أنَّكَ المذكور فِي آخر الدهر

وفَكَّرت بعدَ الملك في كسب خصلة

though yours is the name remembered at the end of time.

After kingship, you pondered acquiring a quality

تزيدك اعلاء ولم ترض بِالنَّزرِ

وألفَيتَ مَيتَ العلم للملك ثانيا

to raise you higher, and were not content with little.

You found dead learning second to kingship,

فألحقته من ثوب عمرك بالسطرِ

وجاَرَيت َفِي مَيدانِهِ كُلَّ فَارِسٍ

and joined it to a line in the fabric of your life.

You matched every horseman in its field,

بَصيرٍ بِمَا يَأتي مِنَ المَدّ والجَزرِ

وخاَطَبتَ مِنهُمْ حَلَبَةَ السبقِ فانثَنتْ

one versed in what comes with flow and ebb.

You addressed their racing company, and it turned back,

وكُنتَ المُجَلَّى بَينَ فُرسَانِهَا العَشرِ

وكَمْ طَيَّرتْ مِنْ مُمكِنِ البَحثِ نُكتَةً

while you were the foremost among its ten riders.

How many a subtle point it sent flying from inquiry's possibilities,

بَعَثْتَ لَهَا مِنْ سِربِ فَهمِكَ بِالنَصرِ

فَمَرَّتْ إلَى ذاتِ اليَمينِ فَرَدَّهَا

you sent help to meet it from the flock of your understanding.

It veered to the right, but he drove it back,

تُصِرُّ إلى ذَاتِ الشِّمَالِ عَلَى الفَورِ

فَمَا هُوَ إلاَّ أنْ عَلاهَا فَأخلدَتْ

screeching toward the left at once.

He had only to rise above it, and it sank

إلى الأرضِ مِنْ قَبلِ الدُّنُوّ مِنَ الوكرِ

ومَا فَتَنَ الألبَابَ مِثلُكَ نَاطِقاً

to the ground before drawing near the nest.

None has enchanted minds like you, speaking

بِأسهَلِ ألفَاظٍ عَلَى المَطلَبِ الوَعْرِ

وَقَتكَ أذَى المِعيَانِ في ذاكَ حُبسَةٌ

in the simplest words on a difficult question.

A stammer shielded you there from the evil eye,

تَرُدُّ عَلَى أعضَائِهِ شَهقَة المَكرِ

وَعَوَّضْتَ مِنهَا في جَنَانِكَ فُسحَةً

turning malice's gasp back upon his own limbs.

You made up for it with spaciousness in your heart,

يَغِيبُ بِهَا مَا فِي الحَضيضِ إلى النَّسرِ

وَسِعَتْ بِهَا تأمِيلَ كُلَ مؤَمِّلٍ

where all from the lowest depths up to the Eagle vanishes.

With it you embraced every hopeful person's hope,

وآوَيتَ في أكنَافِهَا كُلَّ ذي ذُعرِ

ومَا ضَرَّ أنْ كَانَتْ بِجُودِكَ آيَةً

and sheltered every fearful soul within its precincts.

No harm that it became a sign of your generosity,

كَمَا أنَّ غَيمَ الجَوِّ مِنْ آيَةِ القَطرِ

إذا مَا شَفَعْتَ المِيمَ أتبَعَتَ مِنحَةً

as clouds in the sky are a sign of rain.

Whenever you doubled the mim, you followed it with a gift,

اوِ البَاءَ جَاءَ البِرُّ مِنكَ عَلَى الإثرِ

ولَولا الحَيَا والعِلْمُ أنَّكَ صَالِحٌ

or the ba, kindness came from you close behind.

Were it not for modesty and knowing you are righteous,

لَقُلنَا بِفِيكَ العَذْبِ فأفَأةُ السِّحرِ

وفِيكَ وفِيهَا رَحمَةٌ حِينَ يَنْزَوي

we would call the stammer in your sweet mouth sorcery.

In you, and in it, lies mercy when someone shrinks away

أمَامَكَ ذُو ذَنبٍ أوِ الطَّالِبُ البِرُ

فَيَأخذ هّذا عَن عِتابِكَ مُهلَةً

before you—a sinner, or a petitioner seeking kindness.

The former gains a respite from your reproach,

ويُطنِبُ ذاَ فِيمَا يقُودُكَ لِلأجرِ

وإنْ زِدتَ فِيهَا عِندَ ذاكَ تَبَسُّماً

the latter speaks at length of what leads you to reward.

And if, along with it, you add a smile then,

فتِلك لَعَمْرُ اللهِ مَنقَبَةُ الفَخرِ

كَذَلِكَ فَلِنعَتْكَ مَنْ كَان مُغرَماً

that, by God's life, is a glorious distinction.

Thus let whoever is enamored describe you,

بِحُبِكَ ولِيصدَعْ بِمَا فِيكَ مِنْ سِرَ

صَدَعْتُ بِذا إذ قُلتَ صِفنِي ولاَ تَمِلْ

in love with you, and proclaim what is secret within you.

I proclaimed this when you said, 'Describe me, and do not stray

عَنِ الصدْقِ إنْ الصّدْقَ أجمَلُ بِالحُرّ

فَجَاءَ كَمَا جَاءَ الأمَانُ لِخَائِفٍ

from truth: truth best becomes the noble.'

So it came as safety comes to someone afraid,

وإلاَ كَمَا سَاحَتْ مَهَاةٌ مِنَ الخِدرِ

مَديحٌ إذا كَنَّيتُ فيهِ فَرُبَّمَا

or else as a white oryx wandered from her curtained chamber.

A panegyric in which, when I speak indirectly, perhaps

تَوَقَّفَ في تَصديقِهِ جامِدُ الفِكرِ

ولَكِنْ إذا قُلنَا عَلِيٌ تَرَنَّحَتْ

a rigid mind hesitates to believe it;

but when we say 'Ali,' they sway—

قُلُوبُ الوَرَى شَوقاً إلى ذَلِكَ الذّكْرِ

أيا ابنْ حُسَينٍ والمَلاحَةُ كَاسْمِهَا

the hearts of humankind, yearning for that name.

O son of Husayn, with beauty true to its name,

بَلَغْتُ المُنى لَمَّا مَدَحْتُكَ فِي شِعري

لِمَا أنَّ لِي في وَزنِ شِعرِكَ نَهمَةً

I attained my wishes when I praised you in my verse,

for I have a craving for the measure of your verse,

وإنْ كُنتَ في المِيزانِ أعْلى مِنَ الشُّكرِ

فَكُنْ في أمَانِ اللهِ تَمنَعُ مِنْ رَدَى

though, in the balance, you stand above all thanks.

So remain in God's protection, warding off death,

وتَستَأصِل الأعدَا وتَمرَحُ في الخَيرِ

uprooting enemies and rejoicing in goodness.