يا ناعي الإسلام ُم وانعَهُ
قدماتَ عُرفٌ وأتى منكرُ
O herald of Islam’s death, rise and mourn him!
Right has died, and evil has come.
ما لِقُريشٍ لا علا كعبُها
من قدموا اليومَ ومن أخروا
What ails Quraysh—may its stature never rise—
whom they advanced today, and whom they held back?
مثل عليٍّ قد خفى أمرُهُ
عليهمُ والشمسُ لا تسترُ
Could the true worth of one like Ali be hidden
from them, when the sun cannot be veiled?
وليسَ يُطوى علمٌ باهِرٌ
سامٍ يداللَهِ له تَنشُرُ
Nor can a radiant banner be furled,
lofty—the hand of God unfurls it for him—
حتى يُزيلُوا صدعَ ملمُومةٍ
والصدعُ في الصخرةِ لا يُجبَرُ
until they mend the breach within their close-knit body;
yet a fissure in rock cannot be repaired.
كَبشُ قُرَيشٍ في وغى حَربِها
فاروقُها صديقُها الأكبرُ
Quraysh’s champion amid the tumult of its wars,
its Discerner, its Greatest Truthful One,
وكاشِفُ الكربِ إذا خُطَّةٌ
أعيا على وارِدِها المصدَرُ
and the dispeller of anguish whenever a dire plight
leaves whoever enters it unable to find a way out.
كبرَ للّهِ وصلَّى وما
صلَّى ذَوُو العيبِ ولا كبَّرُوا
For God he proclaimed His greatness and prayed, whereas
those stained by fault neither prayed nor proclaimed His greatness.
تدبيرُهُم أدى إلى ما أتوا
تباً لهم يا بئسَ ما دبرُوا
Their scheming led to the deed they committed;
ruin upon them—how vile was what they plotted!
Sol 5.6