يا اِبنَ عَلِيٍّ عَلَوتَ إِن كانَ ما

حَدَّثتَ حَقّاً وَحَسبُكَ التُهَمُ

O son of Ali, you have risen high, if what

O Ibn Ali, you have ascended if what you reported is true, though even the suspicion is enough for you.

you said is true, and blame is enough for you.

Your union with the one who departed like a gazelle from the Diwan, a pen perched above his ear,

وَصلُ الَّذي راحَ كَالغَزالِ مِنَ ال

ديوانِ مِن فَوقِ أُذنِهِ قَلَمُ

The one who escaped from the office like a gazelle

Who unfastened—whether by chance or design—one of two buttons when boredom provoked him,

when the pen slipped from above his ear,

Then his solitary mole appeared, a mark possessing neither companion nor kin.

قَد حَلَّ سَهواً أَو عامِداً أَحَدَ ال

زَرَّينِ لَمّا اِستَفَزَّهُ السَأَمُ

Whether intentionally or not, one of the two

Far be it from me to stare! I lowered my gaze out of honor, for nobility is my nature,

blamed when boredom incited him.

So may no envious eye afflict you regarding him, nor may your blessings be muddied thereby.

ثُمَّ بَدا خالُهُ الفَريدُ الَّذي

لَيسَ لَهُ مُؤنِسٌ وَلا رَهِمُ

Then his unique uncle appeared who

has no intimate friend or shelter.

حاشايَ إِنّي غَضَضتُ مِن بَصَري

تَكَرُّماً إِنَّ شيمَتي الكَرَمُ

Far be it from me! I lowered my sight

out of generosity, for my trait is generosity.

فَلا أَصابَتكَ عَينُ ذي حَسَدٍ

فيهِ وَلا كُدِّرَت بِهِ النِعَمُ

So no envious eye afflicts you,

nor are bounties disturbed by it.