ما طَوَّل الليل القَصيرا

ونَهى الكواكبَ أن تَغورا

The short night was not prolonged

Nor were the stars prevented from setting

إلا وفي يَدِه عَزي

ماتٌ يحلُّ بِها الأُمورا

Except by the will of the Almighty

Who rules all matters

ذو مُقلةٍ لا تستقِل

لُ ضَنىً وإن أضنَت كَثيرا

With an eye that does not sleep

Though it appears indifferent at times

ليسَت تفتر عن دَمي

وتَرى بِها أبداً فُتورا

It does not turn away from my tears

And in it weakness is never seen

وتَرى بها ضَعفاً يُري

كَ المُستجارَ المُستَجيرا

Whether disputing my sins

Or forgiving my excuses

فيما يُنازعُني عَذو

لاً أو يُسامِحُني عَذيرا

Do you see the signs of my tribulations

Other than cycles that come and go

أتَرى بَوادِرَ فِتنَتي

فيما تَرى إلا بُدورا

If He willed He could have shortened

My lengthy agonies

لو شاءَ لاختَصرَ الغَرا

مَ بِها من اختَصر الخُصورا

And though I wore the garb of my soul

As owner or borrower

ولقد لَبستُ ثيابَ نَف

سِكَ مالِكاً أو مُستَعيرا

And Satan appeared to me

To seduce me with deceitful charm

وتمثَّلَ الشيطانُ لي

ليغرَّني رَشأً غَريرا

I took it off and wore instead

The clothes of betrayal, clouds of misfortune

فخلعتُها ولبستُ ثَو

بَ الفتكِ سحابا جَرورا

Whatever you wish, desist and

Seek forgiveness, you will find a Forgiving Lord

ما شئتَ فاقلِع عنه واس

تَغفِر تَجد ربّاً غَفورا

Unless you were of the group

Who betrayed though they witnessed al-Ghadir

ما لم يَكن من مَعشَرٍ

غَدروا وقد شهِدوا الغَديرا

And conspired among themselves

To install an unrightful leader

وتآمَروا ما بَينَهم

أن يَنصِبوا فيها أَميرا

With every harbouring chest

Filled with latent grudges

من كلِّ صدرٍ مُوغرٍ

ملأَت ضَغائِنُه الصدورا

Vying for dominion, installing

His hopes surreptitiously

مُترشِّحٌ للمُلكِ قد

نصبَت سَريرتُه السريرا

Inheriting it among themselves, not

Letting anyone else rule, not even briefly

وتَوارَثوها ليسَ تَخ

رُجُ عنهُمُ شِبراً قَصيرا

Until the riser of Ahmad's house stood up

To stir it into action

هَذا إلى أَن قامَ قا

ئِمُ آل أحمدَ مُستَثيرا

And took charge of Islam

Filling its darkness with light

وتَسلَّم الإسلامَ أق

تَمَ مُظلِماً فَكساهُ نُورا

As if he had torn down

The pillars propping up their graves

وكأنَّما مزقا بذا

لِك عن دَعائِمه قُبورا

Until Al-Hakim the supported

Stood up as its champion

حتَّى إذا ما الحاكِم ال

مَنصورُ قامَ لها نَصيرا

Revealing signs that found

No helpers other than his state

ظَهَرت دلائلُ لم تَجِد

من دونِ دَولَته ظَهيرا

O you who draws from his glories

To compose poetry and prose!

يا مُستَمداً من مَنا

قِبهِ يُسَطُّرُها سُطورا

Did you think the pens

Had what could exhaust the oceans?

هل كانَ عندكَ أنَّ في ال

أَقلامِ ما يُفني البُحورا