أتتني كما بُلّغتْ مُنيةٌ

وأدركتُ من طلب الثّأر ثارا

Death came to me as I was told

And I attained vengeance I sought

قوافي ما كنّ إلّا الغمام

سقى بعد غُلّتهنّ الدّيارا

Rhymes that were but clouds

Watered the homes after their drought

إذا ما نُقِدن وُجدن النُّضارَ

وإِمّا كُرعن حُسبن العُقارا

When lit, their freshness was found

When drunk, their purity abounded

وهنّأنني بأيادي الإمام

كسون الجمال وحُزن الفخارا

They congratulated me in the name of the Imam

Adorning beauty and sorrowing pottery

لبستُ بهنَّ على مَفْرقي

يَ تاجاً وفي معصميَّ سِوارا

With them I wore upon my parting

A crown and bracelets on my wrists

ولو شئت لمّا تيسّرْن لِي

لنالتْ يداي المحيط المُدارا

Had I wished when they were facilitated for me

My hands would have spanned the horizons

وما كُنَّ إلّا لِشكٍّ يقيناً

ولُبْسٍ جلاْءً وليلٍ نهارا

But they were only to affirm a doubt

An obvious confusion, a night that was day

وَلِمْ لا أَصول وقد صار لي

شعار إمام البرايا شعارا

Why wouldn’t I have roots when

The Imam of the righteous became my creed

ولمّا تعلّق زين القضا

ة قلبيَ صار لمثواي جارا

And when the grace of destiny

Clung to my heart, it became my neighbor

غفرتُ له هفواتِ الزّمان

وكنّ الكبار فصرن الصِّغارا

I forgave the lapses of time

And the great became small

ولبّاه منّي الإخاءُ الصّري

حُ حين دعا أو إليه أشارا

And brotherly affection clothed him

When he called me or gestured towards me

فإن تفتخر بأبيك الرّشيد

ملأتَ لنا الخافقين اِفتخارا

If you take pride in your father Ar-Rashid

You have filled our breasts with pride

وأنّك من معشرٍ خُوّلوا

من المَأثُرات الضّخام الكبارا

You are from a group who were given authority

Over monumental and mighty affairs

يسود وليدهُمُ الأشيبين

ويعطون في المعضلات الخِيارا

Their young rule over the white-haired

And they give the best solutions to predicaments

تمازج ما بيننا بالودادِ

وعانق منّا النِّجارُ النِّجارا

There is affection between us

And carpenter greets carpenter

ونحن جميعاً على الكاشحين

فكنتَ السّنانَ وكنّا الغِرارا

We are all stabbing at the arrogant

You were the spear while we were the blades

فخذها تطول قِنانَ الجبال

وإن كنّ للشّغل عنها قصارا

So take them, though the mountains are long

And we were short of time for them

ولا زلتُ فيك طوال الزّما

ن أُعطي المرادَ وأُكفى الحِذارا

I still give you all you wish

And spare you all you fear