عزمتُ على تطليقِ عرسي لعُسرتي

فعاذت بِحقْوَيْ قاسمٍ وأرنَّتِ

I decided to divorce my difficult marriage

But she sought protection in your name, Qasim, and cried out

ونادت نِداء المُستجيرة باسمهِ

فقلتُ أجَرنا جارةً فاطمأنتِ

And called out the cry of one seeking refuge in your name

So I said, I will protect her as a neighbor, and she was reassured

أمانُكِ عندي ما حييت مُؤكَّدٌ

وإن لم تَعُدّي حُرمةً قد أسنَّتِ

Your protection with me is guaranteed as long as I live

And if she does not transgress, though she has grown old

أقاسمُ أنت الحِرزُ مما تخافُه

إذا ما الليالي أذنبت وأَجَنَّتِ

O Qasim you are the refuge from what she fears

When the nights sin and become troubled

أجرتُ لأني في جوارك واثقٌ

بعروتك الوثقي إذا النفسُ ظنَّتِ

I pardoned her because I trust in your neighborliness

With your faithful companionship, even when the soul suspects

وأعفيتُ من عزمي على الصرم حرةً

إذا هي خافت فاجعَ البينِ أنَّتِ

And I refrained from my decision to separate

When she feared the agony of separation would afflict her

وما بيَ ضنَّتْ إذ عزمتُ فراقها

ولكن بحظي من ولائكَ ضَنَّتِ

It was not out of stinginess when I decided to leave her

But it was due to my share of your loyalty that she clung

ولا لَؤُمَتْ نفسي ولا ساء عهدُها

ولكنها جُنَّ الزمانُ فجُنَّتِ

My soul did not blame itself or break its vow

But it was the times that made her unstable

وكنتَ إذا ما نفسُ حُرٍّ تطلَّعت

إليك مُناها أُعطيت ما تمَنَّتِ

And you, whenever the soul of a free person sought

Refuge in you, gave whatever was wished for

ولو يَممتْ من مَقْطع التُّرب عُصبةٌ

ذَراك على علاتها ما تَعنَّتِ

Even if a group of lowlifes thought to sever

Your lofty connection, they would not dare oppose you

أقولُ لعُذّالٍ نداك شجاهُم

دعوا مُزنةَ السّقيا إذا هي شَنّتِ

I say to the critics, your help for the thirsty

Is above reproach, even when the critic berates

دعُوا راحةً لم يخطُر البخلُ سَيْبها

ولا أنعمتْ يوماً فمنَّت ومنَّتِ

Leave in peace, stinginess never crossed its path

Nor did it ever favor and then refuse to give again

وما سُنَّةُ الشيطانِ سَنَّت بِبَذْلها

فواضِلَها بل سُنَّةُ الله سنَّتِ

It is not the way of Satan to habituate it to giving

Rather, it is the way of God that habituated it

أقاسمُ لا تَعْدَم سجايا رضيَّةً

إذا نُقِرَتْ نَقْرَ الدنانير طَنَّت

O Qasim, your agreeable traits do not lack

When examined closely like dinars they ring true

سجايا إذا هَمَّتْ بِخَيرٍ تَسَرَّعَتْ

إليه وإن هَمَّتْ بسوءٍ تأنَّتِ

Traits that when they intend good, hasten towards it

And when they intend evil, become slow

بكتْ شجوَها الدنيا فلما تَبَيَّنتْ

مكانَكَ منها استبشرتْ وتَغَنَّتِ

The world cried over your sorrows but when

Your status became clear, it rejoiced and sang your praises

وكانَتْ ضَئيلاً شخصُها فتطاولتْ

وكانت تُسَمَّى ذِلّةً فتكَنَّتِ

It was insignificant but through you became great

It was called lowly but through you gained prestige

لِتَسْتَمتِع الدنيا بوجهك دَهْرها

فقد طال ما اشتاقتْ إليه وحَنَّتِ

So that the world could enjoy your presence forever

Since it longed for you and yearned for so long

وكان بها عشقٌ قديمٌ تُجنّهُ

فلما أُذيلتْ أظهرتْ ما أجنَّتِ

And it had an ancient love it hid

When you arrived, it unveiled what it had hidden

وما شان نُعْمَى الله وَجْهٌ حَمَلْتَه

تزوّجت النُّعمى به أمْ تَبَنَّتِ

What is the matter of God's bounty, a face you carried

Did bounty marry it or just flirt?

ثوتْ في نعيمٍ نِعْمةُ الله إذ غدتْ

وراحتْ وظَلَّتْ في ذراك استكنَّتِ

It settled in bliss, God's bounty, when you arrived

It found peace and serenity in your shelter