يُقَرِّظُني قَومي بِأَنّي مَدَحتُهُم
كَما يُمدَحُ الرَوضَ الذَكي عَلى النَفحِ
My people blame me for praising them
As a garden is praised for its fragrance
وَلَو أَنَّهُم قَد أَنصَفوني لَما رَأَوا
بِمَعرِفَتي لِلحَقِّ عارِقَةَ المَنسَحِ
Had they been fair to me, they would have seen
My knowledge of truth piercing like a spear
إِذا لَرَأوا آثارَهُم شاهِداً لَهُم
يَكادُ لَدَيهِمِ الطَيرُ يَهتِفُ بِالصَدحِ
For they would have seen their traces bearing witness to them
Birds would cry out to them in proclamation
شَهِدتُ بِما شاهَدتُ ما مِن عَلاقَةٍ
وَلا صِلَةٍ توهي الشَهادَةَ بِالجُرحِ
I witnessed what I witnessed, no relation
Or connection distorts a testimony by slander
وَلَكِنَّ مِن شَأنِ الفَصاحَةِ أَنَّها
إِذا بَهَرَت تَعطوا إِلى خُلقٌ سَمحِ
But eloquence is such that when it dazzles
It bestows a generous nature however mean
سُيوفِ نَضاها اللَهُ إِذا حَمَّسَ الوَغى
وَنادى مُنادي الدينِ لِلرَميِ وَالنَضحِ
Swords God has sharpened, when battle stirs
And the caller to religion summons to throw and pierce
واصِلٌ في جَيشِ الضَلالِ قِراعُها
فَما بَرَحَت تَشفي الصُدورَ مِنَ البَرَحِ
Unceasing in the army of misguidance their clashing
Never resting from cleansing breasts of filth
تَلَألَأَ في قَطعٍ مِنَ اللَيلِ مُظلِمِ
سَناها فَكانَ اللَيلُ أَضوا مِنَ الصُبحِ
Flashing in a dark night gloomy
Their brightness made the night brighter than dawn
فَلا تَأخُذَنَّكُم في الغُواةِ جَهرَةً
وَلَجوا فَعادَ القَرحَ يَنكَأُ بِالقَرحِ
So do not let rashness seize you in ignorance
And return a wound to be torn by a wound
فَلَيسَ بِغَيرِ الكَسرِ حَسمَ لِدائِهِم
وَغَيرَ العَصا وَالجَوزُ يُؤكَلُ بِالشَقحِ
For only breaking will end their malady
And naught but the stick and walnut eaten green
وَكُلُّ ذُنوبِ العالَمينَ مَصيرُها
إِلى العَفوِ إِلّا الشِركُ مُمتَنِعُ الصَفحِ
And all the sins of the worlds will end
In pardon except polytheism refusing clemency
سَيَنصُرُكُم مَن تَنصُرونَ كِتابِهِ
وَيُؤتيكُمُ الفَتحُ القَريبُ مِنَ الفَتحِ
He will give you victory whom you give victory to His book
And soon bring you a triumphant opening
