شَفَيْتَ بطردِ صالحِ كلّ صدرٍ

ولم تَبْرَحْ شِفاءً للصدورِ

You have cured every noble heart by banishing the corrupt

And have remained a healer of hearts

وطهَّرْتَ الشَّريعة من دنيٍّ

يبيعُ الدِّين في فلسٍ صغيرِ

You have purified the Law from the base

Who sells religion for a small coin

مطامعُ نفسِه قد صَيَّرَتْهُ

كما تدري إلى بئس المصير

His selfish desires have deformed him

As you know, to wretched destiny

ويشكو فَقره للنَّاس طرًّا

وما هو وربّك بالفقير

And he complains of poverty falsely to people

While he and your Lord know he's no pauper

تعاطى من تجاسُرِه أُموراً

يَسُرُّ عِداك في تلك الأُمور

He has undertaken from his insolence matters

That delight your enemies in those matters

ويبطِشُ بطشَ جبَّار على أنْ

له جأشٌ يَفِرُّ من الصفير

And he lashes with the lash of a tyrant, though

He has a feeble spirit that flees from hissing

فكيفَ يلينُ مولانا لخصمٍ

أشَدَّ عليك من صُمِّ الصّخور

So how could our Master be gentle to a foe

Harder on you than deaf rocks

عقورٍ إنْ ذُكِرْتَ له بغيبٍ

له الويلات من كلْبٍ عقور

Ungrateful, if you are mentioned to him in absence

Woe to the ungrateful dog

ومن يك ذاته نَجِساً خبيثاً

متى يلقاك في قلب طهور

He who makes himself filthy and wicked

When will he meet you with a pure heart?

فلو يُرمى بلجّ البحر يوماً

لنَجَّسَ شيبُه ماءَ البحور

If he were thrown into the sea's turbulence one day

His old age would taint the water of oceans

نظرتَ إليه في عيني رحيمٍ

صفوحٍ عن جنايته غفور

You looked upon him with the eyes of the Merciful

All-forgiving of his crime

وأَحْيَيْتَ اسمَه من بعد موتٍ

وكانَ يُعَدُّ من أهل القبور

And revived his name after death

When he was counted among the dead

فعاد لما نُهي عنه وأمسى

على تلك السَّفاهة والفجور

But he returned to what he was forbidden and spent the night

Upon that idiocy and immorality

يظنُّ لجهله من غير علمٍ

بأنَّك غير مُطَّلعٍ خبير

In his ignorance without knowledge he supposes

That you are not aware and informed

ولك يتحمَّل الإِكرام حتَّى

رماه لؤمه في قعرِ بير

And he bears ingratitude until

His villainy has thrown him down a well

يطيش إذا الْتَفَتَّ إليه طيشاً

ولا ربَّ الخورنق والسَّدير

He staggers wildly whenever he turns to you

By the Lord of al-Khornaq and al-Sadeer

فلو طالت يداه عليك يوماً

أراك الحتفَ ذو الباع القصير

If his hands ever reached you one day

I see you meeting a short death

وإنَّ سَماعَك الأَخبارَ عنه

وإنْ كَثُرتْ قَليلٌ من كَثير

Though hearing the news of him from you

Be little however plentiful

وكدَّرَ كلّ من يهواك منَّا

وكنَّا قبلُ كالماء النَّمير

And he has disturbed all who love you from us

While we were before like limpid water

ولا ترضى الحميرُ به إذا ما

نَسَبْناه إلى جنس الحمير

And donkeys would not accept him if we

Attributed him to the genus of donkeys

أَزَلْتَ وجودَه فغَنِمتَ أجراً

كأعظم ما يكون من الأُجور

You have removed his existence, so you have gained

The greatest reward there can be

فأنتَ فُدِيتَ للإِسلام حصنٌ

وسُورٌ للشريعة أَيُّ سور

For you - may I be sacrificed for you - are a fortress

And battlements for the Law, what battlements!

تحامي عن شريعة دين طه

بماضيها محاماة الغيور

Defending the Law of the religion of Taha

With its past, like the zealous defender