وصيُّ رسول الله والأوّلُ الذي

أنابَ إلى دارِ الهُدى حين أيفَعا

The prophet's successor, and the first who turned

Towards the abode of guidance when he was young

غلاماً فصلَّى مُسْتَسِرّاً بدينِه

مخافةَ أن يُبغى عليه فيُمنعا

He prayed in secret, following his faith

Fearing oppression and prohibition in youth

بمكّةَ إذ كانت قريشٌ وغيرُها

تظلُّ لأوثانٍ سجوداً وركعَّا

In Mecca, when the Quraysh and others

Prostrated and bowed to idols time and again

شريكُ رسولِ الله في البُدُن التي

حَداها هدايا عامَ حجٍّ فودَّعا

The prophet's companion in the sacrificial camels

That he had marked for Hajj and bade farewell

فلم يعُد أن وافى الهَديُّ محلّه

دَعا بالهدايا مُشْعَرات فصرَّعا

When the gift camels arrived at their destination

He called for the marked she-camels and hamstrung them

بكفّيهِ ستّاً بعد ستّين بَكرةً

هدايا له قد ساقها مائةً معا

With his own hands, sixty plus six she-camels

Gifts for him, a hundred camels in all

وفازَ عليُّ الخيرِ منه بأينُقٍ

ثلاثينَ بل زادت على ذاك أربعا

And Ali won the best of them, thirty

Nay, more than that, thirty four

فنحَّرها ثم اجتذى من جَميعها

جُذى ثم ألقى ما اجتذى منه أجمعا

He slaughtered them, then took a portion

From all, then threw away all he had taken

بِقِدرٍ فأغلاها فلمّا أتت أتى

بها قد تهرّى لحمُها وتميَّعا

In a pot he cooked it till it was thick

Then when it cooled he shredded its meat

فقال له كلّ واحسُ منها ومثلما

تَراني بإذنِ الله صنعُ فاصنَعا

He said to him, eat some and do as you

See me do, God willing, so do the same

ولم يُطْعِما خَلقاً من الناسِ بِضعةً

ولا حسوةً من ذاك حتى تَضلَّعا

They did not feed any morsels to people

Until they'd eaten their fill and rolled around