أما الوشاة به فقد ظلموه

نقلوا فقالوا غير ما علموه

The slanderers have wronged him

They conveyed and said other than what they knew

زعم الوشاة بأن قلبي قد سلا

كذبوا على قلبي بما زعموه

The slanderers claimed that my heart had turned away

They lied about my heart with what they claimed

يارب خذ منهم له واشغلهم

عنه بأنفسهم كما شغلوه

O Lord, take revenge on them for him and distract them

From him by themselves as they distracted him

مسكين مغلوب على أحبابه

من غير ذنب سابق هجروه

A helpless victim against his loved ones

With no prior sin, they abandoned him

يبكى إذا ذكر الحما ويزيده

في شجوه العذال ان عذلوه

He weeps when he remembers his worry and it increases

His agony if they blame him

شمت الوشاة به فلما عاينوا

آثار ما فعلوا به رحموه

The slanderers gloated over him so when they saw

The effects of what they did to him, they pitied him

ورثوا له وهم الاعادي رحمة

يا ويح من يرثا له شانوه

And the enemies grieved for him out of pity

Oh what a pity from those who pitied him

ولقد عذرتهم لعلمي أنهم

لولا القضا المحتوم ما فعلوه

And I excused them knowing that had it not been

For the inevitable decree they would not have done it

ما أعظم البلوى على مغرى بهم

قطعوه لا سيما وقد وصلوه

How great is the affliction that allured them

They cut him off, especially after they had connected to him

يا من يقنطني وقلبي لم يزل

حسن الظنون علمت من أرجوه

O you who makes me despair though my heart

Has not ceased to think good, I know who I hope for

إن الذي أرجوه ويحك أحمد

وهو المجيب دعاء من ادعوه

Indeed the one I hope for, woe to you Ahmad

He is the one who answers the supplication of those who call upon him

وإذا تأخرت الإِجابة قلن لي

حسن الظنون الصبر لا يعدوه

And if the response is delayed, say to me

Good thoughts, patience does not diminish it

فلازمي باب الكريم تعودوا

أن يظفروا بجيمع ما طلبوه

So stick to the door of the Generous One, get accustomed

To attaining all that you sought

لا تيأسن من الكريم وعد يعد

للصالحات فإنها أهلوه

Do not despair of the Generous One and the promise he makes

To the righteous, he has made them deserving of it

يا سيد الخلفاء دعوة خادم

لك بالدعاء وأهله وبنوه

O leader of caliphs, the supplication of a servant for you

Is with supplication, and his family and sons

عبث الزمان به وشتت شمله

فأتى إلى أبوابكم يشكوه

Time played with him and scattered his group

So he came to your doors complaining

وافاك مستعد عليه ولم يزل

يشكو إليك من الزمان ذووه

He came to you readily, and has not ceased

To complain to you about time and its people

وأقام ملتمسا لفضلكم الذي

ما خاب ظنا فيه ملتمسوه

And he stayed seeking your generosity that

Those asking have not lost hope in

ولقد وردت على مناهل جودكم

وإذا الزحام بها كما وصفوه

And I arrived at the springs of your generosity

And found crowding there as they described

ذا صادر راو وهذا وارد

ولو ارتوى الثقلان ما نزفوه

One arriving and another leaving

And if the two burdens are watered, they will not carry it away

فاقمت والأولاد ينتظرونني

من مر بين بيوتهم سألوه

So I waited while my children waited for me

Whoever passed between their houses asked about me

عشرون من ولدي ومن أولادهم

خلفي فيا لله ما لقيوه

Twenty of my children and grandchildren

Woe to them, what have they encountered?

قد ساء حالهم وضاعوا عيلة

يا رحمتا للطفل غاب أبوه

Their situation has worsened and they were lost, destitute

O what pity for the child whose father was absent

يشجي كبيرهم بكاء صغيرهم

فإذا بكى هذا بكى وأخوه

Their elder ones grieving makes the younger ones cry

So when this one cried, the other cried as well

وتكاد أحشائي تفتت حسرة

مهما أعاد حديثهم راووه

And my intestines almost crumble with sorrow

No matter how many times their conversation is retold

ما في يدي نفع ولا لي حيلة

إلا صنيعكم الذي أرجوه

There is no benefit in my hands nor solution for me

Except your work that I hope for

يا واضع المعروف في أربابه

أنت الملى بدفع ما اشكوه

O Maker of kindness toward its people

You are the One I complain to of what I endure

فامنن علي بان تقر عيونهم

واعطف عليهم بالذي فقدوه

So favor me by allowing their eyes to be joyful

And have mercy on them with what they missed

حتى أراهم أجمعين بموقف

يدعون ربهم وقد حمدوه

Until I see them altogether in a stand

Praying to their Lord having praised Him

يدعونه لك بالبقا واكفهم

مبسوطة والدمع قد ذرفوه

Praying for you for wellbeing, and suffice them

With outstretched hands and the tears they shed

سببان مدرسة المجاهد والخطا

بة عدهما لي فهو ما أخذوه

The school of the fighter and the negligence counted them

So have mercy and hurry and take advantage

واعطف علي بها واعجل واغتنم

أجرى وكذب كلما نقلوه

Of the immense reward, and belie all they conveyed

Your Lord gave you double what humanity asked of Him

أعطاك ربك ضعف ما سأل الورى

منه وضعف ثواب ما اكتسبوه

And double the reward for what they gained