هذا العَقيقُ فَعَدِّ أَي
دي العيسِ عَن غُلَوائِها
This carnelian, so count, O hand of Isa,
Away from its passionate ardors,
وَاِمنَع نَواجِيَها النَجا
ءَ فَلاتَ حينَ نَجائِها
And deny its soft whispers success
When it whispers its success.
وَإِذا مَرَرتَ بِبِئرِ عُر
وَةَ فَاِسقِني مِن مائِها
And when you pass by the well of Urwa
Quench me with its water,
وَاِجنَح إِلى السَمُراتِ أَو
لِلسَّفحِ مِن جَمّائِها
And take to the Samr trees or
To the foothills among its thickets,
إِنّا وَعَيشِكَ ما ذَمَم
نا العَيشَ في أَفنائِها
We and your livelihood, we did not blame
Living in its plains,
أَيّامَ لَم تَجرِ النَوى
بَينَ العَصا وَلِحائِها
Days when desires did not pass
Between the staff and its belongings.
سَقياً لِتِلكَ مَعاهِداً
إِذ نَحنُ في أَرجائِها
It watered those covenants, while we
Were in its expanses,
ما كانَ آنَسَها وَأَش
عَفَ أُسدَها بِظِبائِها
It did not make its lion cubs comfortable,
Or whiten its gazelles with its wolves.
وَقَصيدَةٍ غَرّاءَ يَف
نى الدَهرُ قَبلَ فَنائِها
And an eloquent poem whose elegance
Time ruins before its demise,
تَبقى عَلى الأَيّامِ نُص
بَ صَباحِها وَمَسائِها
It remains for days a monument
Of its mornings and evenings.
لَم تَستَمِح أَيدي الرِجا
لِ بِمَدحِها وَهِجائِها
It did not beg the hands of men
With its praise and satire,
باتَت تُصانُ فَآنَ أَن
تُهدى إِلى أَكفائِها
It remained protected, so when
You are guided to its peers,
حَتّى إِذا أَكمَلتُ رَغ
بَ الرَأيِ في إِبقائِها
Until when I completed the desire of opinion
In maintaining it,
خُصَّ الخَليفَةُ جَعفَرُ ب
نُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِثَنائِها
The Caliph Ja'far ibn Muhammad was distinguished
With its praise,
مَلِكٌ أَعَدَّتهُ المُلو
كُ لِخَوفِها وَرَجائِها
A king the kings prepared
For fear of him and hope in him
ما زالَ مُذ وَلِيَ الخِلا
فَةَ وَاِرتَدى بِرِدائِها
He has not stopped since assuming the caliphate
And wearing its gown,
مُتَوَكِّلاً فيها عَلى
مَن خَصَّهُ بِسَنائِها
Relying in it on Him who distinguished him
With His brilliance,
تُدنيهِ أُمَّةُ أَحمَدٍ
لِلثَأرِ مِن أَعدائِها
The nation of Ahmad draws him near
For vengeance from its enemies,
مِن بَعدِ ما طَعَنَت قُرو
نُ الشِركِ في أَحشائِها
After the centuries of polytheism stabbed
Its entrails,
وَتَحَكَّمَ الزِيّاتُ في
أَموالِه وَدِمائِها
And the deviants controlled
Its money and blood,
زارٍ عَلى سُنَنِ النَبِ
يِّ يَجُدُّ في إِطفائِها
Aiding the traditions of the Prophet, active
In extinguishing them,
وَالرُخَّجِيُّ الأَعوَرُ ال
دجّالُ مِن أُمَرائِها
And the one-eyed Anti-Christ from its princes
Implementing matters defiantly against Allah in implementing them
يُمضى الأُمورَ مُعانِداً
لِلَّهِ في إِمضائِها
Inciting to slander chaste women, yet he is not of its sons,
There were dark tribulations and people bewildered in its blindness,
يُغري بِقَذفِ المُحصَنا
تِ وَلَيسَ مِن أَبنائِها
Confused as cattle after their grazing,
While this was so, the truth shone in its darkness,
كانَت غَياهِبُ فِتنَةٍ
وَالناسُ في عَميائِها
And your Lord chose Ja'far ibn Muhammad for its glory.
مُتَحَيِّرينَ كَما تَحا
رُ البَهمُ بَعدَ رِعائِها
بَينا كَذلِكَ إِذ أَضا
ءَ الحَقُّ في ظَلمائِها
وَاِختارَ رَبُّكَ جَعفَرُ ب
نَ مُحَمَّدٍ لِجَلائِها
