مالي أَرى قوماً اِذا سَمِعوا

يَوماً بِفضلِ أَكابِرٍ زُهر

Why do I see people, when they hear

One day of the virtues of the great ones, blossom

فَضلِ النَبِيِّ وَفضلِ عترتِهِ

نَظروا اليَّ بِأَعينٍ خُزرِ

The virtue of the Prophet and the virtue of his family

Look at me with frowning eyes

قَد أَفصَحوا نَصّاً بِمَولِدِهم

وَالفَرعُ قَد يُنبي عن النَجرِ

They have clearly expressed a text with their birth

And the branch may indicate the carob tree

فَاِذا ذكرتُ لهُم فَضائِلَهُ

قالوا شَتَمتَ بها أَبا بكرِ

So when I mention their virtues to them

They say you have insulted Abu Bakr with them

كلٌّ لهُ فَضلٌ يَفوزُ بِهِ

وَالنَجمُ يقصرُ عن سَنا البَدرِ

Everyone has a virtue by which he succeeds

And the star falls short of the brilliance of the full moon

هَيهات أَينَ القاعِدونَ وَقَد

أَنحى بِكلكلِهِ عَلى بَدرِ

Alas! Where are those who stayed behind when

He tilted with his club at Badr

هَيهات أَينَ الناكِثونَ وَقَد

وَفّى حقوقَ الفَتحِ وَالنَصر

Alas! Where are the oath-breakers when

He fulfilled the rights of the conquest and victory

هَيهات أَينَ القاسِطونَ وَقَد

رُدَّت اِلَيهِ الشَمسُ لِلعَصر

Alas! Where are the unjust when

The sun was returned to him for afternoon prayer

هَيهات أَينَ ثَعالِبٌ ضبحت

عَن مُشبلٍ لَيثٍ أَبي حُرِّ

Alas! Where are the foxes that yelped

About a fierce lion cub, my father al-Hussein

ما ضَرَّهُ جَحدُ الرِجالِ لهُ

وَغَديرُ خُمٍّ كاشِف الأَمرِ

The denial of men did not harm him

And the Ghadir of Khumm revealed the matter

نَرضى بِهِ مَولىً وَنَترُكُهُم

يَتَنافَسونَ عَلى فَتى صَخر

We are content with him as Master and leave them

Competing over the youth of Sakhra

وَالمَرءُ مَع مَن قَد أَحَبَّ فَلا

فُرقانَ بَينَهُمُ لِذي حجر

And man is with whom he loves so there is no

Separation between them for one with a screen