عينٌ بكت وادي العقيق بمثلِهِ
دمعاً لأَجل فقيدها لا أَجلهِ
A teary eye wept for Al-Aqeeq valley like it
Wept with tears for its absent beloved, not for itself
يا عينُ في الوادي الملاحُ كثيرةٌ
فتعوضي عشراً بها من أَهلهِ
O eye, in the salty valley there are many
Substitute ten of its people for him
هيهاتَ أيُّ فتى أَعاظته العصا
عن مقلتيه وإِن هدته لسبلهِ
Alas! What young man was deterred by a stick
From his eyelids, even if it guided him to his path
بأبي حبيب ما دعاه إِلى النوى
بغض ولكن باعث من جهله
By my beloved father, nothing called him to intent
Hatred, but a motive from his ignorance
أَيام صحبتهِ جفاه وزاره
بعد السقامِ بكتبهِ وبرسلهِ
The days of his companionship he was unkind and visited him
After the illness with his letters and messengers
حذراً عليه وليس يدري أَنه
بالهجر أَول من سعى في قتلهِ
As a precaution for him, yet he doesn't know that
By avoidance, he was the first to try to kill him
فاحذر صداقةٍ ذي الجهالة ضعف ما
تخشى عداوة من يصول بعقلهِ
So beware a friendship with an ignorant weakness whatever
You fear the enmity of one who is reckless in his mind
يا مُدنفاً يحييهِ ثم يَميتهَ
قربٌ وبعدٌ في الضنين بوصلهِ
O criticizer, he greets him then kills him
Closeness and distance in resentment with his connection
يحييه بعد مماته بوعوده
ويميته بعد الحياة بمطلهِ
He brings him to life after his death with his promises
And kills him after life with his delays
يا من لذي وجد تولى أَمره
واشٍ يحكُّمَ جوره في عدلهِ
O you who when he found pleasure took over his matter
Arrogant, he establishes his injustice in his justice
واش اتيحَ له يرى تفريقَه
بين الأحبةِ من زيادة فضلهِ
Arrogant, it was made possible for him to see his separation
Among loved ones from the increase of his merit
أصفيتهُ ودي لأَنقل طبعه
والطبعُ يعجزُ من يهمُّ بنقلهِ
I purified his love for me to change his nature
But nature fails whom tries to change it
لا ترجونَّ صلاح منهمكٍ يُرى
في عينه حسناً مساوى فعِله
Do not hope for righteousness from one immersed appearing
In his eyes good equal to his actions
حملُ الهوى صعبٌ وما كل امرئ
رشقته ألحاظُ يقومُ بحلمه
Bearing passion is difficult and not every man
Whose glances shine can stand with his dream
فاربأ بنفسك نحو من حمل العلا
والمجدُ حالُ تفاوتٍ في نقلهِ
So renounce towards one who bears arrogance
And glory is a condition of variation in carrying it
الناصرُ الملك المعود جاره
ان لا تنام عيونُه عن ذحلِه
The victorious king, his neighbor
That his eyes do not sleep from his decline
ما لي حرامٌ لاَ يحلُّ ومالكم
مهما أخذتُ أخذتُه من حِله
What is unlawful to me is not permitted and what is yours
No matter how much I took, I took it from its permissibility
وإذا القريضُ أغار فيه غارةً
وأخذت فيك أتى عليه كلهِ
And if the enemy raided a raid therein
And took you, he came upon it all
إنَّ المشد وليس يجهل ما هنا
من وجود مولانا عليَّ وفضله
Indeed Al-Mashad does not ignore what is here
Of the existence of our Master Ali and his merit
في زرعي وحامي دونه
كالليث قام محامياً عن شِبلهِ
Regarding my agriculture and protector other than him
Like a lion standing advocate for his cub
فأشر إِليه إِشارةً يرعى بها
حقي ويغمد ما انتضى من نصله
So gesture to him with a gesture to protect
My right and sheathe what was unsheathed of his blade
لا زلتَ حصنا يستظلُ بظلهِ
من خاف من جور الزمانِ وأهلهِ
You remain a fortress I take shade under its shade
Whoever fears the injustice of fate and its people
