نادى عليٌّ فوافى فوقَ مِنَبرهِ
فأسمَعَ الناسَ أَنّي سيّدُ الشِّيبِ
Ali called out, then took his place atop his pulpit,
And made the people hear: “I am the master of the gray-haired,
وأنّ فيَّ وخيرُ القولِ أصدقُه
لَسنّةً من نبيِ اللهِ أيّوبِ
And in me—and the best speech is the truest—
There is indeed a pattern from God’s prophet Job.
واللهُ لي جامع شَملي كما جَمعت
كفّاه بعد شَتاتٍ شملَ يَعقوبِ
And God will reunite my household, just as
His two hands reunited Jacob’s household after its dispersal.
واللهُ لي واهب من فضلِ رحمته
ما ليس إلاّ لذي وحيٍ بموهوبِ
And God will bestow on me, from the bounty of His mercy,
What is granted only to one endowed with revelation.
واللهُ مبتعثٌ من عِترتي رجلاً
يُفني أُميّةَ وعداً غيرَ مكذوبِ
And God will send forth a man from my kin,
Who will annihilate Umayya’s clan—a promise that will not prove false.”
هذا حديثٌ عجيبٌ عن أبي حسنٍ
يُروى وقد كان يأتي بالأَعاجيبِ
This is a wondrous report from Abu Hasan,
Related—and he used to bring forth wonders.
Sol 6.1