قولا لسّوارٍ أبي شملةٍ

يا واحداً في النَوْك والعارِ

Say to Sawwar ibn Abi Shamla,

"O you who are unique in hostility and shame,

ما قلتُ في الطير خلافَ الذي

رويتَه أنت بآثارِ

What I said about the bird is not what

You reported with your false traces.

وخبر المسجدِ إذ خصَّه

محلَّلا من عَرصة الدارِ

And the story of the mosque when

He gave it special status, removing it

إن جُنُباً كان وإن طاهِراً

في كلّ إعلانٍ وإسرارِ

From being like any other house,

Whether he was pure or had major impurity,

وأخرج الباقين منه معاً

بالوحي من إنزالِ جَبَّارِ

And he removed all others from it

By revelation from the Sender of the Quran.

حُبّاً عليّاً وحُسيناً معاً

والحَسَن الطُهرَ لأطهارِ

Love for Ali and Hussein together

And the pure al-Hasan of the pure ones,

وفاطماً أهلَ الكساءِ الأولى

خُصّوا بإكرامٍ وإِيثارِ

And Fatima the people of the cloak

Who were privileged with honor and preference.

فمبغضُ الله يَرى بُغضَهم

يَصيرُ للخِزيِ وللنّارِ

So whoever hates them, God sees his hatred

And he will end up in disgrace and hellfire

عليهِ من ذي العرشِ في فعلِه

وسمٌ يراه الغائبُ الزاري

Branded by the Lord of the Throne because of his deed

A brand seen by the distant traveler.

وأنت يا سوّار رأسٌ لهم

في كلِّ خِزي طالبُ الثارِ

And you, O Sawwar, are a chief of them

Seeking revenge in every disgrace.

تَعيب من آخاهُ خيرُ الورى

من بين أطهارٍ وأخيارِ

You fault the one who established brotherhood with the best of creation

Among the pure and virtuous ones.

وقال في خُمِّ له معلِناً

ما لم يُلقّوْه بإِنكارِ

And he said about his father-in-law, declaring openly

What they did not deny.

من كنتُ مولاه فهذا له

مَولىً فكونوا غيرَ كفَّارِ

Whoever I am his master, this is his master too

So do not be ungrateful disbelievers."

فعوِّلوا بعدي عليهِ ولا

تَبغوا سرابَ المهمِهِ الجاري

So rely on him after me, and do not

Seek out the mirage of the active imaginations.

من كنتُ مولاهُ فهذا له

مَولىً فلا تَأبوا بتكفارِ

"Whoever I am his master, this is his master too

So do not refuse with disbelief."

جاروا على أحمدَ في جارِه

واللهُ قد أوصاهُ بالجارِ

They acted aggressively against Ahmad regarding his neighbor

While God had commanded him about the neighbor.

هو جارُه في مسجدٍ طاهرٍ

ولم يكن من عَرصة الدارِ

He is his neighbor in a pure mosque

And was not part of any household.

أربى بما كان وأربى بما

في كلّ إعلانٍ وإسرارِ

I am more knowledgeable of what was

Whether openly or secretly.

وأخرجَ الباقين منهُ معاً

بالوحيِ من إنزال جَبَّارِ

And he removed all the others from it

By revelation from the Sender of the Quran."