ألا بلِّغ جنابَ الشَّيخ عنِّي

رسالَة مُتْقِنٍ بالأمرِ خُبرا

Deliver unto the reverend Sheikh this message from me,

A precise account of the matter, fully informed.

وسَل منه غداةَ يهُزُّ رأساً

بحلقة ذكره ويدير نحرا

And ask that tomorrow morn, as his head nods

In the circle of his remembrance, and he turns his throat,

أقال الله صفِّق لي وغنِّ

وقُلْ كفراً وسمِّ الكفرَ ذكرا

May God still his hands' applause for me and check

His singing of blasphemy, naming unbelief as praise.

وأيُّ ولاية حَصَلتْ بجهلٍ

ومن ذا نالَ بالكفران أجرا

What guardianship was ever attained through ignorance?

Who ever gained reward by denial?

فإن قُلتَ اجتهَدْتَ بكلِّ علمٍ

فأعربْ لي إذَنْ لاقيت عمرا

If you say you strove with all your knowledge,

Then explain to me, if you met Omar,

وما يكفيك هذا الفعل حتَّى

كذبتَ على النبيِّ وجئت نكرا

And this deed does not suffice you until

You lied about the Prophet and came as a stranger.

متى صارت هيازع من قريش

فعدِّدها لنا بطناً وظهرا

When did the weak clans of Quraish become

Noble lines? List for us their lineage, front and back.

فإنْ تكن السِّيادة باخضرار

لكان السلقُ أشرفَ منك قدرا

If supremacy lies in greens' flourishing,

Then vegetables are nobler than you in merit.

تقول العيدروسي كانَ يحيي

من الأَنفاس من قد مات دهرا

You say Al-Aidarous was able to revive

With his breath one long dead for ages.

أكان شققتَ للباري شريكاً

فيَمْلِكُ دونه نفعاً وضرَّا

Did you set up a partner for the Creator,

To rule without Him, benefiting or harming?

فويلك قد كفرتَ ولستَ تَدري

ولم تبرح على هذا مُصِرَّا

Woe unto you! You blasphemed and knew not.

You persisted upon this and would not turn back.

وويحك ما العبادة ضربُ دُفٍّ

ولا في طول هذا الذقن فخرا

Woe unto you! Worship is not beating a drum

Nor glory found in the length of this beard.

برؤيتك الأنام تظنُّ خيراً

ولو علقتَ لظنَّت فيك شرَّا

Seeing you, people think goodness,

Though had you hanged, they'd have thought evil.

أجب عمَّا سألتكَ واشف صدري

وإنْ أكُ قد عرفتك قبل ثورا

Answer what I have asked and soothe my chest,

Although I knew you before the bull was agitated.