فماَ إلى أدناهمُ منهُ بيِّعاً

توسّم فيه خيرَ ما يُتَوسُّمُ

He went to the poorest of them to trade

Hoping for the best of what he wished

فقال له بِعني طعاماً فباعَه

جميلَ المحيّا ليسَ منه التَجَهُّمُ

He said, sell me food, so he sold it

With a beautiful smile, no frowning from him

فكال له حبّاً به ثمّ ردَّه

إليه وأرزاق العباد تقسَّمُ

He weighed for him grains, then gave it back

To him, and God portions people’s sustenance

فآب برزقٍ ساقَه اللهُ نحوَه

إلى أهله والقومُ للجوعِ رُزَّمُ

So he came with sustenance God guided to him

To his family, while the people were needy and desperate

فلا ذلك الدينارُ أُحْمِيَ تِبره

يَقيناً وأما الحَبُّ فاللهُ أعلمُ

Neither did that dinar protect its gold

Certainly, but the grains, God knows best

أمِنْ زرعِ أرضٍ كان أم حبُّ جَنَّةٍ

حَباه به من نالَه منه أنعُمُ

If it was from the crop of land, or grains of a garden

God gifted whoever He blessed from it and prospered

وبيَّعهُ جبريلُ أطهرُ بيِّعٍ

فأيُّ أيادي الخيرِ من تلكَ أعظمُ

Gabriel sold it, the purest seller

So which of these good hands is greater

يكلِّمُ جبريلُ الأمينُ فإنّه

لأفضلُ من يَمشي ومَن يَتَكلَّمُ

Gabriel the Trustworthy speaks, he is

Better than any walker or speaker

وكان له من أحمدٍ كل شارق

قُبَيْلَ طلوعِ الشمس أو حين تَنْجُمُ

And he had from Ahmad every rising

Before the sun rose or when it shone

إذا ما بدَت مثل الطَلايةِ دخلةٌ

يَقومُ فيأتي بابَه فيسلَّمُ

When rays appeared like a new moon rising

He would stand and come to his door and greet

يقول إذا جاء السلامُ عليكم

ورحمةُ ربّي إنّه مُتَرحِّمُ

When he came, he would say “Peace be upon you”

And God’s mercy, he is most merciful

فيُلْقى بترحيبٍ ويجلسُ ساعةً

ويُؤْتى بفضلٍ من طعامٍ فيُطْعَمُ

He would be welcomed and sit for a while

And be brought the best of food to eat

ويدعو بِسِبْطَيهِ حناناً ورقةً

فيُدنيهما منهُ قريباً ويُكرمُ

And he would call his two grandsons, Hasan and Hussein

Bring them close to him, honoring them

يَضمُّهما ضمَّ الحبيبِ حَبيبَه

إلى صدرِه ضَمّاً وشمّاً فَيَلْثُمُ

He would hug them, a lover hugging his beloved

To his chest, hugging and kissing them

ومارقةٍ من دينهِم فارقوا الهُدى

ولم يأتلوا بغياً عليهِ وحَكَّمُوا

But the dissenters who left the right path

Did not restrain their wrongdoing against him and judged

سَطَوا بابنِ خبّابٍ وألقى بنفسِهِ

وقتلُ ابن خبابٍّ عليهم محرََّمُ

They assaulted the son of Khabbab and he sacrificed himself

Killing the son of Khabbab was forbidden to them

فلما أبوا في الغَيِّ إلاّ تمادياً

سَما لهمُ عَبلُ الذّراعين ضَيْغَمُ

When they insisted on wrongdoing and transgression

The Lord of the Two Arms afflicted them with defeat

فأضحَوْا كعادِ أو ثمودٍ كأنّما

تَساقوا عُقاراً أسكرتهم فنَوّموا

They became like Aad or Thamud as if

Given a poisonous drink that intoxicated and made them sleep