على القلب جل الشوق يسعى وخيَّما

وكان به عشق فصار متيّما

My heart is full of longing and desire

And it has become enamored and admiring

وما ذاك والرحمن عشق لغادة

خدلَّجة كالعاج صفواً ولا لما

It is not mere infatuation with a beauty

Whose cheeks are like ivory, pure and smooth

يهيم به المفتون من شرب قهوة

وعزف قيان أو لطبل ترنما

It admires the one enthralled when drinking coffee

Or playing the oud and drums melodiously

ولكن لعزف الخيل يوماً بوقعة

ترى الطفل فيها بالقتير معمما

Rather, it admires the melody of galloping horses

In a battle where a boy sees the war turbaned

تصول بها الأبطال نصراً لدينهم

وتملا رحاب الأرض بالفرث والدما

The heroes advance victoriously for their religion

Filling the land with corpses and blood

فتلك التي واللّه يصبح بعدها

أخو الحسد المذموم بالكبر مرغما

After which those envious and arrogant with pride

Become defeated and forced to be silent

ويعلم أن الحق مذ كان لم يكن

بغير العوالي والعناجيج والكما

And it knows that truth has always

Been with the sublime, outstanding and perfect

وأن له بالسيف عزاً ومنعة

إِذا سل يوماً أصبح الدين قيما

And that by the sword there is honor and refuge

If one day the religion becomes feeble

وأن رسول اللّه أسر عصبة

ببدر ولم يثخن فصار ملوَّما

And that the Messenger of God defeated a group

At Badr and did not waver, so he was garlanded

لقول إلهي جلّ كاد عذابنا

يمسكم لولا كتاب تقدما

By the word of the Majestic God, almost our punishment

Would have touched you, if not for a prior Book

وإِن هجوم المسلمين مصوَّب

على كل من ناوى وعاش محرّما

And the Muslims' attack is directed

Against all those with evil intentions living forbidden

وإن عليّ بن الحصين إِمامنا

رآى قتل أهل البغي في اللّه مغنما

Ali bin Al Hussein is our Imam

Who sees killing the corrupt for God as profitable

لقد قال يوماً في قديد لجيشه

أجيزوا على من فرّ أو كان مجثما

One day in Qadid he said to his army

Finish off those who flee or huddle stunned

كذا قال للمختار في آل مكة

أطعني ولا ترجم بقولي فتندما

He said this to Al Mukhtar about the people of Mecca

Obey me and do not hesitate with my words and regret

وكل زمان فيه حكم وإنهم

يخونونك الميثاق والعهد والدما

Every era has its leaders, and they

Betray you, the pact, the blood and the promise

فلو كان في الأحيا أبو الحرّ لم ينم

ولم تضمن الأجفان أسيافنا الظما

If Abu Al Harr was alive, he would not sleep

Our swords would not be sheathed to rest

ولا قهرت أيتامنا وضعافنا

ولا كان فينا منهج الحق أطسما

Our orphans and weak would not be oppressed

Nor would the path of truth be more crooked

ولكنه ولّى وأصبح بعده

رجال يرون الذل في السلم سلَّما

But he passed away and after him came

Men who see humiliation in peace to be normal

أولئك أقوام شروا وتخيروا

بأخراهم والعدل والدين درهما

They are people who do immorality and choose

Their wicked ones, justice and religion as a dirham

أولئك أقسا من حجار جلامد

وأضعف من دم إِذا ما تسقَّما

They are harder than solid rock

And weaker than blood when it is contaminated

أولئك والرحمن عن أخذ رأيهم

نهاك ابن محبوب وقد كان محكما

They and the Merciful, the son of the beloved prohibits

Seeking their opinion, and he was decisive

أقول لمن أضحى ضنيناً ودّاً بعرسه

وقرَّ بها واكتن عني وخيّما

I say to the one who has become miserly in love

Draws near to it, and hides from me to reside

وعزز أهل الفسق ودّاً وخيفة

ولم يخش رحماناً له الأرض والسما

And empowers the corrupt affectionately and fearfully

And does not fear our Lord, the heavens and sky

وحاول ذم الدين إِذ لم يجد له

سوى الطعن فيه مستلاذاً ومعصما

And tries to defame religion when he doesn't find

Anything but accusations in it, taking it as a refuge and shelter

تعلى إلي نحو الامام فإنه

إِذا زاغ شبراً عاد إِن كان مسلما

Come closer to the Imam as he is the one

Who if deviates an inch, returns if he is a Muslim

وقام بما حمّلته متكرماً

وكنت لديه في الوغى منقحما

And takes responsibility generously

While I would be bursting forth in the battle for him

وإن كنت في الاسلام أثبت مطعناً

فحسبك ما قد صرت فيه من العما

And if you have decided I'm disgraced in Islam

Sufficient for you is what you've become certain of from blindness

فليس الذي أصبحت فيه بهين

ولكنه واللّه أصبح معظما

That in which you've become is not disgraceful

But, by God, it has become revered

أغرك لما صرت بالبعد خالياً

فما قل من أضحى خلياً ومفحما

Does the estrangement delude you after you became

Emptied, and few have become estranged and attained eminence

فأيّ زكاة أو جهاد وأيمَّا

نكاح وقد أصبحت عندي مذمما

What charity, jihad, marriage now

When you have become condemned with me

إذا غللت كف بمنع زكاتها

والقائها سيف البلا إذ تصرما

When you rob the palm of its due zakat

And cast the sword of affliction when it becomes old

ستلفح نار الخلد وجهاً عن الهدى

لوى حسداً من بعد ما كان أقسما

The hellfire will scorch the face that turned away from guidance

Twisting with envy after once taking oaths

دع الطعن في الاسلام واحذر عواقباً

تحلك دار الفاسقين جهنما

Leave defaming Islam and beware consequences

That make you inhabit the home of Hell fire

دع الحسد المذموم والكبر إنني

أراك حريصاً أن أكون محرما

Leave the blameworthy envy and arrogance, I see

You keen to make me deprived

ذكرت بأني لا أبالك مجرم

بتركي لغسل الناكثين تغشما

You mentioned that I don't care, you criminal

By leaving the washing of the oath-breakers wrathful

ولم ترتقب إلا ولا ذمة ولم

تكن في الذي قد رمته متوسما

And you did not anticipate anything but lack of covenant and honesty

And you were not hoping for good in what you threw

أكنت بصفين فشاهدت غسلهم

أأم بقديد كنت إذ رمت مكلما

Did you see their washing in Safina, or were you

In Qadid when you threw pebbles stunned?

ألما يقل ذو العرش في قوله ولا

تصل على من مات منهم فاعلما

Does He of the Throne not say in His words “And do not

Pray over those who die of them”—so know!

وهل فعلوا غير القعود بأرضهم

خلاف رسول اللّه إذ سار وارتمى

And did they do anything other than sit in their land,

Unlike the Messenger of God, when he marched and flung himself?

كأنك لم تعلم بأني عالم

بسيرة أهل العدل ممن تصرما

It’s as if you don’t know that I’m knowledgeable

Of the conduct of the people of justice, of those who hurl

وهل أنا إلا تابع لسبيلهم

وهل لي إلا منهج الحق منتمى

Am I anything but a follower in their path?

Do I have anything but the course of truth as my belief?

رأيت صلاح الدين فيما أتيته

وذو العرش علاّم بما بان وانتمى

I saw Saladin in what I came to him

And the Lord of the Throne is All-Knowing of what was elucidated and believed

وليس لمأموم إذا ما أمامه

أشار بشيء أن يقول لما وما

A congregation member, when the imam gestures something

Cannot say “No” and “What” to him

كفاك لأني تبت لما تركتهم

عن الصلت يوماً حين كنت موهما

Enough for you that I repented when

I left them from praying for them one day when I was deluded

أعيذك بالرحمن يا من تعذرت

عليه لفوظ الخير أن يمسك الفما

I seek refuge for you through the Merciful, O you

Who are difficult for good words to touch your mouth

فما قمت في أمس فنرجوك في غد

ولم تترك الأهوا فتدعا مكرَّما

For yesterday has passed so we hope for you tomorrow

And you have not left caprice so be honored

وخذها ففيها مستلاذ وعصمة

لمن حث في حرب العداة وصمما

Take them, for in them is shelter and protection

For whoever stirred in the war of enemies and was resolute

ولكنها تسقي الحسود ومن سقى

عقول ضعاف الدين بالشك علقما

But it makes the envious drink and the ones whose thirst was quenched

Of the intellects of the weak in religion with doubt are muzzled

على أنني أحكمتها وجعلتها

لقطع المعاذير المخلات مصرما

Since I ruled them and made them

To cut off the disobedient excuses firmly

لكي لا يموت الدين بعد أولي النهى

لقول ضعيف مفتن إن تكلما

So that religion does not die after the first prohibitors

For the saying of a misguided weak one if he speaks

وسميتها الزهراء لما تألقت

وصارت لأهل الدين والعلم معلما

I named it Az-Zahra for how it shone

And became a landmark for the people of religion and knowledge

وأتممتها بالشكر والحمد والثنا

لرب حباني بالجهاد وأكرما

And I completed it with gratitude, praise and lauding

For the Lord Who blessed me with jihad and honored me

ونزهني عن وصف من كان عابداً

على جرف هار وزار جهنما

And saved me from describing someone who was

A worshipper on the edge of a blazing Hell fire

وأيدني نصراً بأكرم أمة

رعية وادي حضرموت المنظما

And supported me with victory by the most generous nation

A flock of the valley of Hadramawt, the systematic

ولكن ترى فيهم على الأرض أنجما

كما قد ترى في الجو بالليل أنجما

But you see in them the stars on earth

As you may see stars in the sky at night

سلام على الاخوان في الدين أينما

تولوا لسفر أو أرادوا مخيما

Peace be upon the brothers in religion wherever

They turned for travel or camped

وصلى على المختار أحمد ربنا

وصلى عليه ثم صلى وسلما

And bless the Chosen One Ahmad our Lord

Blessed him then blessed and greeted