للّهِ قومٌ بأكنافِ الحِمى نزَلوا
همُ الأحبّةُ إن صدّوا وإن وصَلوا
They have a people for Allah dwelling at the side of the sanctuary
They are the beloved whether they reconcile or become estranged
ودَرَّ درُّهُمُ من جيرةٍ معهم
لم يبرحِ القلبُ إن ساروا وإنْ نزَلوا
The perfume of their neighborhood comes from a neighboring tribe with them
My heart has not moved away whether they traveled or settled
جعلْتُهُم لي وُلاةً واِرتَضَيْتُ بما
يقضون في الحُبِّ إن جاروا وإن عدَلوا
I made them for me ministers and I was content with
However they judge in love whether they do justice or are unjust
همُ همُ سادتي رقّوا قسَوا عطَفوا
جفَوْا وفَوْا خلّفوني أنجَزوا مطَلوا
They are, they are my masters whether they were gentle or harsh, merciful or aloof
They estranged, they reconciled, they left me, they fulfilled, they delayed
ودّوا فلو هجَروا زاروا صفَوْا كدَروا
قد حسّنَ الحُبُّ عندي كلّما فعَلوا
They loved so if they abandoned, they visited, they reconciled, they troubled
Love has seemed good to me however they acted
رَعْياً لماضي زَمانٍ فُزْتُ فيه بهم
وحبّذا بالحِمى أيّامُنا الأُوَلُ
Herding the past days in which I prided myself on them
And good were the days at the sanctuary our first ones
عصْرٌ كأنّ الليالي فيهِ بيضُ دُمىً
لُعْسُ الشِّفاهِ وأوقاتَ اللّقا قُبَلُ
An era as if its nights were white ostriches
The drinking of lips and the times of meeting kisses
إذا الرّواةُ روَوْا عنهُ لنا خبَراً
كأنّهم نقلونا بالّذي نقَلوا
When the narrators narrated any news about it to us
As if they transported us to what they transported
كم في القِبابِ لديهم من محجّبةً
في الحُسنِ والعزِّ منها يُضرَبُ المثَلُ
How many secluded ones in their domes
Whose beauty and honor proverbs were derived from?
بِكرٌ هي الشّمسُ في إشراقِ بهجَتِها
لو لم يُجِنَّ سَناها فرعُها الجَثِلُ
A virgin who was the sun in the splendor of her smile
If the branches of her youth were not withering
ودُميةُ القصر لولا سِمْطُ منطقِها
وظبيةُ القَفْرِ لولا الحَليُ والعطَلُ
The puppet of the palace if not for the sound of her speech
And the gazelle of the desert if not for her ornament and slackness
سيّان بيضُ ثناياها إذا ضحِكَتْ
ومَبسَمُ البرْقِ لولا النّظمُ والرّتَلُ
Her laughing white cheeks when she smiled
Were like the smirk of lightning if not for its prose and chanting
يبدو الصّباحُ فيَستَحيي إذا سفرَتْ
عنِ المُحيّا فيعلو وجهَهُ الخَجَلُ
The dawn appears and becomes shy when her veil Slips from her cheek so it rises high and its shyness intensifies
She struts tipsily during her endeavor while she is sober
تختالُ في السّعي سُكراً وهْيَ صاحيةٌ
فتنقُضُ الصّبرَ منها وهْيَ تنتَقِلُ
So she breaks patience from her as she walks
With her glances and lashes she invades hearts
تغزو القلوبَ بلَحظَيْها ومُقلَتها
لولا النُّعاسُ لقُلْنا جفنُها خلَلُ
If not for drowsiness, we would have said her eyelids are defective
I ransom them from horses in their stalls
أفديهِم من سَراةٍ في جواشِنِهم
وفي البراقعِ منهُم تلتَظي شُعَلُ
And in litters from them flames kindle
They are horsemen of spearing and striking but
فُرسانُ طَعْنٍ وضرْبٍ غيرَ أنّهُمُ
أمضى سِلاحِهم القاماتُ والمُقَلُ
Their sharpest weapons are their height and eyeliner
Archers upon archers they attacked with piercing white swords
شُوسٌ على الشّوسِ بالبيضِ الرِّقاقِ سطَوا
وبالجُفونِ على أهلِ الهَوى حمَلوا
And with their eyelids they carried out raids on the people of passion
In the sheath of each cleaver from their cleavers
في غِمد كلِّ هزَبْرٍ من ضَراغِمهم
وعَينِ كلِّ مَهاةٍ كامنٌ أجَلُ
And the eye of each beauty a fate lies in ambush
I did not know before encountering the blacks of their eyes That death was one of the names for kohl
لم أدْرِ من قَبلِ ألقى سُودَ أعيُنِهم
أنّ المنيّةَ من أسمائِها الكَحَلُ
When I socialized were it not for the trinkets of their necklaces I would have thought dinars were what myrtle yields
With white they crowned their moons and on
كلّا ولا خِلْتُ لولا حَليُ خُرَّدِهم
أنّ الدّنانيرَ ممّا يُثمِرُ الأسَلُ
Their suns crowns of brocade were placed
Their dawn from the white of faces cracking
بالبيضِ قد كلّلوا أقمارَهُم وعلى
شُموسِهم بالدّياجي تُضرَبُ الكُلَلُ
And their night from the horns of the eyes descending
They protected from pearls what their smiles gained
صباحُهُم من وُجوهِ البيضِ منفَلِقٌ
ولَيلُهُم من قُرونِ العِينِ مُنسدِلُ
And whatever they contained in their palms they spent
The blacks of the plaits and the brows you reckon them
صانوا من الدُّرِّ ما حازَتْ مباسِمُهُم
وما حوَوا منه في راحاتِهم بذَلوا
Wrapped in the black of night and lined with kohl
Composing poems suits their lions and in
سُودُ الذّوائِبِ والأحداقِ تحسَبُهم
تعمّموا بسوادِ الليلِ واِكتَحَلوا
Their gazelles adornment and amorous overtures look good
The hearts overnight in their dwellings as guests
يَروقُ في أُسْدِهم نَظمُ القَريضِ وفي
غِزلانِهم يَحسُنُ التّشبيبُ والغزَلُ
And they have no hospitality but their fires
They are the generous but they are Arabs
تُمْسي القُلوبُ ضُيوفاً في منازلِهم
ولا لهُنّ سِوى نيْرانِهم نُزُلُ
Stinginess in generosity suits them
As for the waists bending in their belts
همُ الأكارمُ إلّا أنّهم عرَبٌ
عندَ الكرائمِ منهُم يحسُنُ البُخُلُ
Under the iron and rods atop them saddlebags
And white round pearls some of which they wore
أمَا وَلُدْنٍ تثنّتْ في مناطقِهم
تحت الحَديدِ وقُضْبٍ فوقَها حُلَلُ
And some of which they made necklaces for the necks of girls
Were it not for slaying eyes and frames we would not
وبِيضِ حبّاتِ دُرٍّ بعضها لفَظوا
وبعضهُنّ لأعناقِ الدُّمى جعَلوا
Have feared the impact of their shooting and killing
May God not shine a dawn in their absence
لولا عُيونٌ وقاماتٌ بنا فتكَتْ
لم نَخْشَ من وقْعِ ما سَلّوا وما قتَلوا
Nor may its night unveil away from them and set
Nor may their eyes sober from the slumber of languor
لا أطْلَعَ اللَّهُ فجراً في مَفارقِهم
ولا اِنجَلى ليلُها عنهُم ولا أفَلوا
Nor fatigue in anything but them disperse
Were it not for their love sadness would not have worn out my body
ولا صحَتْ من سُلافِ الدَّلِّ أعيُنُهم
ولا سَرى في سِواها منهُمُ الكَسَلُ
Nor would the sight of homes and ruins hurt me
Nor would my heart separate with the ruins as
لولا هَواهُم لما أبلى الضّنى جسَدي
ولا شجَتْني رُسومُ الدّارِ والطّلَلُ
The abandoned places from Ali dispersed in the land
Al-Mousawi whose lineage’s lantern
ولا تفرّقَ قلبي بالرّسومِ كما
تفرّقتْ من عَليٍّ في الوَرى الخَوَلُ
Its wombs linked to the illumination of Mount Sinai
A noble soul the generous deeds measured by him
المُوسَويُّ الّذي مِشكاةُ نِسبتِه
أرحامُها بشِهابِ الطّورِ تتّصِلُ
And through him civilizations in the world originated and transmitted
A towering mountain if Sa’d Abi Waqqas were to replace him
كريمُ نَفْسٍ تُزانُ المَكرُماتُ به
ومنهُ تنشأُ بالدُّنيا وتنتقِلُ
The inhabitants of settlement with Al-Rahoun would not accept him
And if the crescent were to fall as night upon his land
طَوْدٌ لوَ اِنّ سَرَنْدِيباً تبدّلُه
لساكِني الحَوْزِ بالرّاهونِ ما قَبِلوا
It would not satisfy it that it changed its slipper
A battlement that leans affectionately towards gazelles
ولو إلى أرضه يهوي الهِلالُ دُجىً
لم ترضَهُ أنّه من نَعلِها بدَلُ
As if they had doe eyes looking at him
It covers the plateau like his past and his term
قِرنٌ يَميلُ إلى نَحوِ الظُّبا شغَفاً
كأنّهُنّ لديهِ أعيُنٌ نُجُلُ
Shakes good tidings and its side slopes
In an eye of its Hindiya from his blow cataracts
يغشى العِدا مثلَ ماضيهِ وعاملُه
يهتزُّ بِشراً ويَثني عِطفَهُ الجذَلُ
And in its slopes from the wine of hills, cheeks
It has swords if victory makes them laugh
في طرْفِ هِنديّه من ضَربه رَمَدٌ
وفي عَواليهِ من خَمْرِ الطُّلا ثمَلُ
Necks cry and souls bemoan themselves shadows
Its wounds and pupils of morning are one
له سُيوفٌ إذا ما النّصرُ أضحكَها
تَبكي الرِّقابُ وتَنعى نفسَها الظُّلَلُ
Neither those bleed nor these run with tears
The whites of its flanks like rivers of milk
جِراحُها وعُيونُ الصّبِّ واحدةٌ
لا تِلْكَ تَرْقا ولا هاتِيكَ تَندَمِلُ
You think with loyalty honey flows through them
When its zeal intensifies an ally of might
بيضُ الجوانبِ كالأنهارِ من لبَنٍ
تظنّها بالوَفا يَجري بها العسَلُ
If not for the dew of its wind, it would nearly ignite
It attacks the enemy from afar so it reaches him
حَليفُ بأسٍ إذا اِشتدّتْ حميّتُه
لولا نَدى راحتَيْهِ كادَ يشتعِلُ
Like a star that moves to him while the darkness wraps
Nearly every place it descended its field
يغزو العدوَّ على بُعْدٍ فيُدرِكُه
كالنّجمِ يَسري إليه والدُّجى جمَلُ
Follows it eager towards it when it departs
It meets the beds of light in its haunts
يكادُ كلُّ مكانٍ حلَّ ساحتَهُ
يَقفوهُ شَوقاً إليهِ حينَ يرتَحِلُ
As if it wraps itself in the leather of the sun
The opponent does not aspire in it the softness of its side
تَلقى مراقِدَ نُورٍ في مَواطِئِه
كأنّه بأديمِ الشّمسِ مُنتَعِلُ
For snakes and canes may soften when old
And its generosity does not tempt the enemy
لا يُطْمعُ الخصمَ فيه لِينُ جانبِه
فقد تَلينُ الأفاعي والقَنا الذُّبُلُ
So its sender of thunder, its showering clouds
It extends a hand to the heights and generous deeds
ولا يغُرُّ العِدا ما فيهِ من كرَمٍ
فمُحْدِثُ الصّاعِقاتِ العارضُ الهَطِلُ
Its lines to deaths and wishes are paths
A hand to every Egypt from its fingers
يمدُّ نحو العُلا والمَكْرُماتِ يَداً
خُطوطُها للمَنايا والمُنى سبُلُ
Aspirations flow and hopes in them settle
As if its ring on the day of bestowal in them
يدٌ إلى كلِّ مِصْرٍ من أنامِلِها
تَسري الأيادي وفيها ينزِلُ الأملُ
Were the bow of the lowering cloud when laden
It attained perfection as a child since its birth
كأنّ خاتَمَهُ يومَ النّوالِ بها
قوسُ السّحابِ الغَوادي حينَ ينهَمِلُ
And carried out excellence as an infant before being weaned
A soul from holiness in an absolute being
حازَ الكَمالَ صبيّاً منذُ مولدِه
وقام بالفَضْلِ طِفلاً قبلَ ينفصِلُ
With chivalry it surpassed so a man would testify to it
A moon has not emerged over a bed like it
نفْسٌ من القُدْسِ في ذاتٍ مجرّدةٍ
بالعُرْفِ جازَ عليها يصدُقُ الرّجُلُ
Nor has a mountain been mounted before it
Nor has a lion devoted itself to asceticism except it
ما لاحَ فوقَ سريرٍ مثلَهُ قمرٌ
ولا تمطّى جواداً قبلَهُ جَبَلُ
Nor been religious in the religion of gazelles a hero
Did a sword split the sun except its splitting blade?
ولا تنسّكَ زُهْداً غيرَهُ أسَدٌ
ولا تديّن في دينِ الظّبا بَطَلُ
And engulf the sea except its coat of mail and armor?
Its attributes the life below made dim by it indeed
هل عانقَ الشّمسَ إلّا سيفَهُ فلَقٌ
واِستغرَقَ البحرَ إلّا دِرعهُ وشَلُ
A measure over all the days so they became lowly
They portrayed it as a being but did not attain its qualities
باهَتْ مناقبهُ الدُّنيا به فعَلا
قدْراً على سائِر الأيّام واِستفَلوا
And the people are towards it like beasts, among them the lions and foxes
How does a pretentious person attempt in it an attribute?
حكَوهُ خَلْقاً وما حازوا خلائِقَهُ
والناسُ كالوحْشِ منها الليثُ والوَعلُ
And does the onion obtain the scent of the narcissus?
Not all honorable men their honors contain
أنّى يحاوِلُ فيه مدّعٍ صفةً
وهل يُحصِّلُ طِيبَ النّرجسِ البصلُ
And there is not pearl in every sea bearing
It has the dearest clothes of a man his roughest
ما كلُّ ذي كرَمٍ تحوي مكارمُه
والدّرُّ في كلِّ بحرٍ ليسَ يحتَمِلُ
And the best fabrics and brocades ragged
If with clothes without might someone arrogant
لديه أغلى لِباسِ المرءِ أخشنُه
وأحسَنُ الخزِّ والدّيباجِ مُبتذَلُ
He would surpass the naked in good dress
O son of the pitch black family when it carried in the horizon
لو باللّباسِ بدونِ البأسِ مفتخَرٌ
فاقَ البُزاةَ بحُسْنِ الملْبسِ الحَجَلُ
Bulls and camels fear it
Your children made the whole world unstable and in you even
يا اِبْنَ الأُسودِ الألى يوماً إذا حملَتْ
بالأفْقِ يُشفِقُ منها الثَّوْرُ والجمَلُ
If they were not born the cycles would not have found a match
You are suns whose morning light
زانَتْ بأبنائِكَ الدُّنيا وفيكَ ولو
لم يُولَدوا لم تَجِدْ كُفْؤاً لها الدّوَلُ
At night and times are dawn and roots
From you and because of you the narrators of glory took
أنتم شُموسُ ضُحاها بل وأنجُمُها
لَيلاً وأوقاتُها الأسْحارُ والأُصُلُ
The knowledge of highs and were it not for you they would be ignorant about it
They know you are truly their leaders
عنكم ومنكم رُواةُ المجدِ قد أخذوا
عِلمَ المَعالي ولولاكم به جهِلوا
And they surely know you came before
If meagerness dressed you the excess of its dress
يدرونَ أنّكُم حقّاً أئِمّتُهُم
ويعلَمون يَقيناً أنّكُم قُبُلُ
Then what pride upon you does it not contain?
Your medicine to the sick of glory a healing solution
إذا العَياءُ كَساكُم فضْلَ ملْبَسِه
فأيُّ فخرٍ عليكُم ليسَ يشتمِلُ
But they to oceans of praise have chronic diseases
As if your clay was mixed with clay
أدواكُمُ لسَقيمِ المجدِ عافيةٌ
لكنّهُنّ لأبحارِ الثّنا عِلَلُ
So its plants are none but roses and basil
My master whom fasting has an everlasting reward and passed away
كأنّما خُلِطَتْ بالطّينِ طينَتُكُم
فنَبْتُها ليس إلّا الوردُ والنّفَلُ
With you the breakfast and inclination forthcoming
And cheer with the return of a holiday in which returned to us
مولايَ ذا الصّومُ أبقى أجرَهُ ومضى
لديكَ والفِطْرُ والإقْبالُ مُقتَبَلُ
In you joy and worry and anguish went away
A feast honored O son of the two pure ones by you
واِسعَد بعودةِ عيدٍ عاد فيه لَنا
فيكَ السّرورُ وزال الهمّ والوجَلُ
For that the nation of Islam celebrates
You surpassed time as you surpassed kings so neither
عيدٌ تشرّفَ يا اِبْنَ الطّاهرينَ بكُم
لِذا به ملّةُ الإسلامِ تحتفِلُ
Of them is the master among its people majestic
And look at dawn breaking over its arrogance
فاقَ الزّمانَ كما فُقْتَ الملوكَ فَما
كِلاكُما سيّدٌ في قومِه جلَلُ
A crescent of bliss its years derived from you
An elder comes to you bent like a staff
واِسْتَجْلِ طلعةَ فِطْرٍ فوقَ غُرّتِه
هِلالُ سَعْدٍ سَناهُ منكَ مُنتَحِلُ
While you are like an erect wet branch
He saw you after vows by night so the lifespan of youth
شيخاً تأتّاكَ كالعُرْجونِ مُنحنياً
وأنت كالرّمحِ رَطْبُ العودِ مُعتدِلُ
Equaled him while he put kohl on
And you never stopped obeyed commander able
رآكَ بعدَ النّوى ليلاً فعادلَهُ
عُمرُ الشّبيبةِ غضّاً وهْوَ مُكتَحِلُ
Judgment runs with what you rule and complies
ولا برِحْتَ مُطاعَ الأمرِ مقتدِراً
يجري القضاءُ بما تَقْضي ويمتثِلُ
