ملكتم فؤادا ليس يدخله العذل — Alhbal

مَلكْتُم فؤاداً ليسَ يدخلُه العذلُ

فَذِكْرُ سواكم كلّما مَرَّ لا يَحْلُو

You have possessed a heart into which reproach cannot enter.

So whenever mention of anyone but you passes, it has no sweetness.

يؤنَبني في حُبّكمْ كلُّ فارغٍ

ولي بهواكم عَنْ ملامَتهم شغلُ

Every idle person rebukes me for loving you,

and love for you keeps me too occupied for their reproach.

وماذا عَسَى تُجْدي الملامةُ في الهوى

لِمَنْ لا له في الحُبِّ لُبٌّ ولا عَقلُ

And what good can reproach possibly do in love

for one who has neither sense nor reason in love?

لَئِنْ فَرضوا مِنّي السلوَّ جهالةً

فحبكُم عندي هو الفرضُ والنَّقْلُ

Even if, in ignorance, they demand that I forget,

then loving you is, to me, duty and transmitted tradition.

أأسْلو ولا صبغ المشيبِ بعارِضي

يلوحُ ولا صبغُ الشبيبة مُنحَلَ

Shall I forget, when no hue of gray hair upon my cheek

yet shows, nor has the hue of youth faded?

ولَو في سواكم أهلَ بيت محمدٍ

غرامي لكَانَ العَدْلُ عندي هو الْعَدْلُ

Were it for anyone but you, people of Muhammad's House,

that I felt passion, turning away would, to me, be justice itself.

حَملتُ هواكمْ في زمان شَبيبتي

وقد كنتُ طِفلاً والغرامُ بكم طِفلُ

I carried love for you in the days of my youth,

when I was a child and passion for you was a child.

فيا عاذلي في حُبّ آل محمدٍ

رويدكَ إنّي عنهمُ قطّ لا أسْلوا

So, you who reproach me for loving Muhammad's family,

go gently: I shall never cease loving them.

أأسلُو هوى قومٍ قَضَى باجْتبائِهمْ

وتَفْضيلهمْ بينَ الورى العقلُ والنّقلْ

Shall I forsake love for a people whose election

and preeminence among mankind reason and transmitted tradition have affirmed?

أُولئِكّ بناءُ النبيّ محمدٍ

فقل ما تشا فيهم فإنّكَ لا تغلوا

Those are the Prophet Muhammad's edifice;

so say what you wish of them: you will not exaggerate.

فروعٌ تَسامتْ أصلُها سيّد الورى

وحَيْدَرةٌ يا حبّذا الفرعُ والأَصلْ

Lofty branches, whose root is the master of mankind

and Haydara—how splendid the branch and the root!

تَفَانَوا على إظهار دينِ أبيهمُ

كراماً ولا جبنٌ لديهمْ ولا بخلُ

They gave their lives to make their father's religion manifest,

nobly, with neither cowardice nor miserliness among them.

إلى الله أشكو عُصْبةً قد تَحاملوا

عليهمْ ودانُوا بالأَباطيل واعْتَلّوا

To God I complain of a band who have acted unjustly

against them, embraced falsehoods, and offered excuses.

يرومون إطفاءً لأَنْوارِ فَضْلِهمْ

وما بَرحتْ أَنوارُ فضلِهمُ تَعلُو

They seek to extinguish the lights of their excellence,

yet the lights of their excellence have never ceased to rise.

وهُمْ أَنكروا في شأنِه بَعْدَ أحمدٍ

مِنَ النصّ أمراً لَيس يُنكرهُ العقلُ

And after Ahmad they denied, concerning him,

an explicit declaration that reason does not deny.

وقد نوَّه المختار طه بِذكْرِهِ

وقالَ لهم هذا الخليفة والأَهْلُ

And the Chosen One, Taha, had proclaimed his renown,

and told them, 'This is the successor and the kinsman.'

وَوَلاّهُ في يوم الغدير ولايةً

على الخلقِ طرّاً ما لَه أبداً عَزلُ

And he vested him, on the day of Ghadir, with authority

over all creation, never to be deposed.

ونصَّ عليه بالإمامة دونهم

ولو لم يكن نصَّاً لقدَّمه الفضلُ

And he explicitly designated him for the imamate, not them;

and even without an explicit designation, merit would have placed him first.

أليسَ أخاهُ والمُواسي بنفسِهِ

إذا ما الْتقى يَومَ الوغَى الخَيْل والرجلُ

Is he not his brother, and the one who aided him with his own life,

when cavalry and infantry met on the day of battle?

أما كانَ أدناهُمْ إليه قرابةً

وأكثرهمْ عِلماً إذا عَظُمَ الجِهلُ

Was he not the nearest of them to him in kinship,

and the most learned among them when ignorance grew great?

أما كانَ أوفاهمْ إذا قال ذمّةً

وأعظمُهم حلْماً إذا زَلّتِ النَّعْلُ

Was he not the most faithful of them whenever he gave a pledge,

and the most forbearing of them when the sandal slipped?

وأفصَحَهُمُ عند التلاحي وخيرَهم

نَوالاً إذا ما شِيمَ نائلُه الجَزْلُ

And the most eloquent of them in disputes, and the best of them

in giving, whenever his abundant bounty was looked for?

يحجَونَ أنصارَ الإِلهِ بأنّنا

قرابتُهُ مِنّا بهِ اتّصَلَ لحبلُ

They argue against God's helpers, saying, 'We

are his kin; through us the bond with him is joined.'

وهَلْ كانتِ الأَصحاب أدْنَى قرابةً

وأقربَ رِحْماً لَو عَقلتُم أم الأهلُ

Were the Companions nearer in kinship,

and closer by blood—if you understood—or was the household?

وهُمْ أخذوا بعدَ النبيّ محمدٍ

من ابنتِيهِ ما كانَ أنْحلَها قبلُ

And after the Prophet Muhammad, they took

from his two daughters what he had previously bestowed on her.

تَمالوا علَيْها غَاصِبين لِحَقِّها

وقالوا معاذ الله أن تورثَ الرسْل

They conspired against her, usurping her right,

and said, 'God forbid that the messengers leave an inheritance!'

وحكمهُم لا شك في ذاكَ باطِلٌ

وكيفَ يصحّ الفرعُ والأصل مُختَلّ

And their ruling in that is, without doubt, invalid;

how can the branch be sound when the root is unsound?

أليسَ أمير المؤمنين هو الّذِي

لَه دونهم في ذلِك العقدُ والحل

Is not the Commander of the Faithful the one

who alone among them holds the power to bind and loose in this?

وهُمْ قتلوا مِن آل أحمد سَادةً

كراماً بهم يُسْتدفعُ الضرّ والأزلُ

And they killed lords of Ahmad's household,

noble men through whom harm and hardship are warded off.

سَقوا كلَّ أرضٍ من دماء رقابهم

وشِيعتِهم حتّى ارتوى الحزن والسَّهلُ

They watered every land with blood from their necks

and their followers', until rugged ground and plain drank their fill.

فَصَبراً بني المختار إنّ أَمَامَنا

لموقفُ عدلٍ عندَهُ يقعُ الفَضْلُ

So be patient, sons of the Chosen One: before us

lies a tribunal of justice, where merit will be determined.

وعندي لِمَنْ عاداكمُ نَصْلُ مقولٍ

إذَا ما انْبرى يوماً يحاذرهُ النَّصْلُ

And for whoever opposes you, I have a tongue's blade;

when, on any day, it sallies forth, a sword blade fears it.