الحَقُّ أَبلَجُ وَالسُيوفُ عَوارِ
فَحَذارِ مِن أَسَدِ العَرينِ حَذارِ
Truth is resplendent and swords are blazing,
So beware of the lion in his den, beware!
مَلِكٌ غَدا جارَ الخِلافَةِ مِنكُمُ
وَاللَهُ قَد أَوصى بِحِفظِ الجارِ
A king who became the neighbor of the Caliphate,
And God has enjoined good treatment of one's neighbor.
يا رُبَّ فِتنَةِ أُمَّةٍ قَد بَزَّها
جَبّارُها في طاعَةِ الجَبّارِ
O Lord of the tribulation of a nation led astray
By its tyrant in obeying the Supreme Tyrant.
جالَت بِخَيذَرَ جَولَةَ المِقدارِ
فَأَحَلَّهُ الطُغيانُ دارَ بَوارِ
Fate took a turn with Khayzuran deceitfully,
So tyranny made his abode one of destruction.
كَم نِعمَةٍ لِلَّهِ كانَت عِندَهُ
فَكَأَنَّها في غُربَةٍ وَإِسارِ
How many favors of God he had,
Yet he was as if estranged and shackled.
كُسِيَت سَبائِبَ لومِهِ فَتَضاءَلَت
كَتَضاؤُلِ الحَسناءِ في الأَطمارِ
The locks of blame were cast over him and faded away
Like the fading of a beautiful lady's veil.
مَوتورَةٌ طَلَبَ الإِلَهُ بِثَأرِها
وَكَفى بِرَبِّ الثَأرِ مُدرِكَ ثارِ
Seeking revenge for her humiliation by God,
And the Lord of Vengeance suffices as the requiter.
صادى أَميرَ المُؤمِنينَ بِزَبرَجٍ
في طَيِّهِ حُمَةُ الشُجاعِ الصاري
Echoing the Commander of the Faithful in Zabargad,
In his sheath lies the courage of the unsheathed sword.
مَكراً بَنى رُكنَيهِ إِلّا أَنَّهُ
وَطَدَ الأَساسَ عَلى شَفيرٍ هارِ
With deceit he built the pillars of his kingdom,
Though he laid its foundations on the verge of collapse,
حَتّى إِذا ما اللَهُ شَقَّ ضَميرَهُ
عَن مُستَكِنِّ الكُفرِ وَالإِصرارِ
Until God split open his conscience,
From the residing disbelief and obstinacy within.
وَنَحا لِهَذا الدينِ شَفرَتَهُ اِنثَنى
وَالحَقُّ مِنهُ قانِئُ الأَظفارِ
And he inclined his blade to this religion, bent over,
While truth recoiled from him, clawing and scratching.
هَذا النَبِيُّ وَكانَ صَفوَةَ رَبِّهِ
مِن بَينٍ بادٍ في الأَنامِ وَقارِ
This Prophet was the elite of his Lord
Amongst mankind, with dignity and honor.
قَد خَصَّ مِن أَهلِ النِفاقِ عِصابَةً
وَهُمُ أَشَدُّ أَذىً مِنَ الكُفّارِ
He singled out a group of the hypocrites
Who were more harmful than the disbelievers.
وَاِختارَ مِن سَعدٍ لَعينِ بَني أَبي
سَرحٍ لِوَحيِ اللَهِ غَيرَ خِيارِ
And he chose Sa'd, from the Bani Ubayda,
For the revelation of God, apart from any other.
حَتّى اِستَضاءَ بِشُعلَةِ السُوَرِ الَّتي
رَفَعَت لَهُ سَجفاً عَنِ الأَسرارِ
Until he illuminated with the flames of resolve
That raised for him curtains from the secrets.
وَالهاشِمِيّونَ اِستَقَلَّت عيرُهُم
مِن كَربَلاءَ بِأَثقَلِ الأَوتارِ
And the Hashimites, their caravan departed
From Karbala’, loaded with the heaviest burdens.
فَشَفاهُم المُختارُ مِنهُ وَلَم يَكُن
في دينِهِ المُختارُ بِالمُختارِ
So the Chosen One healed their rift with him,
For, in his religion, he was not the Chosen.
حَتّى إِذا اِنكَشَفَت سَرائِرُهُ اِغتَدَوا
مِنهُ بِراءَ السَمعِ وَالأَبصارِ
Until, when his secrets were uncovered, they disavowed him
Completely, in hearing and in sight.
ما كانَ لَولا فُحشُ غَدرَةِ خَيذَرٍ
لِيَكونَ في الإِسلامِ عامُ فِجارِ
Had it not been for the gross treachery of Khayzuran
There would not have been, in Islam, a scandalous year.
ما زالَ سِرُّ الكُفرِ بَينَ ضُلوعِهِ
حَتّى اِصطَلى سِرَّ الزِنادِ الواري
The secret of his disbelief remained in his breast
Until he kindled the secret spark, burning.
ناراً يُساوِرُ جِسمَهُ مِن حَرِّها
لَهَبٌ كَما عَصفَرتَ شِقَّ إِزارِ
A fire that runs through his body with its heat,
Flames whose blasts demolish his pillars without rubble.
طارَت لَها شُعَلٌ يُهَدِّمُ لَفحُها
أَركانَهُ هَدماً بِغَيرِ غُبارِ
Ignited, it was raised for the greatest idolator,
One who never raised its light as a guide.
مَشبوبَةً رُفِعَت لِأَعظُمِ مُشرِكٍ
ما كانَ يَرفَعُ ضَوءَها لِلساري
He prayed towards it while alive, and was its fuel when dead,
Entering it with the sinners.
صَلّى لَها حَيّاً وَكانَ وَقودَها
مَيتاً وَيَدخُلُها مَعَ الفُجّارِ
They ripped apart every joint of his body
And did to each limb as a poor criminal’s.
فَصَّلنَ مِنهُ كُلَّ مَجمَعِ مَفصِلٍ
وَفَعَلنَ فاقِرَةً بِكُلِّ فَقارِ
Thus will the people of the Fire be, in this world,
On the Day of Resurrection, most of the people of the Fire.
وَكَذاكَ أَهلُ النارِ في الدُنيا هُمُ
يَومَ القِيامَةِ جُلُّ أَهلِ النارِ
O what a scene it was, whose joy reached
Its farthest cities – the cities’ folk rejoiced.
يا مَشهَداً صَدَرَت بِفَرحَتِهِ إِلى
أَمصارِها القُصوى بَنو الأَمصارِ
They looked upon the heights of his trunk, as if
They had found the crescent on the eve of breaking the fast.
رَمَقوا أَعالي جِذعِهِ فَكَأَنَّما
وَجَدوا الهِلالَ عَشِيَّةَ الإِفطارِ
And they sniffed from it a perfume whose diffusion
Was of fine ambergris and aromatic musk.
وَاِستَنشَأوا مِنهُ قُتاراً نَشرُهُ
مِن عَنبَرٍ ذَفِرٍ وَمِسكٍ داري
And they talked of his death as talk
Of the nomads about successive rains.
وَتَحَدَّثوا عَن هُلكِهِ كَحَديثِ مَن
بِالبَدوِ عَن مُتَتابِعِ الأَمطارِ
And they exchanged greetings as pilgrims do
During venerable years at the cheapest rates.
وَتَباشَروا كَتَباشُرِ الحَرَمَينِ في
قُحَمِ السِنينِ بِأَرخَصِ الأَسعارِ
The gloating of a gloater was shameful, for
With it the clothes of shame were washed clean.
كانَت شَماتَةُ شامِتٍ عاراً فَقَد
صارَت بِهِ تَنضو ثِيابَ العارِ
The Caliph had granted him a position
In his heart, inviolable by fate.
قَد كانَ بَوَّأَهُ الخَليفَةُ جانِباً
مِن قَلبِهِ حَرَماً عَلى الأَقدارِ
So he quenched his thirst with sweet water gently,
And let him sleep in safety, without cunning.
فَسَقاهُ ماءَ الخَفضِ غَيرَ مُصَرَّدِ
وَأَنامَهُ في الأَمنِ غَيرَ غِرارِ
And through him he saw what ‘Amr ibn Shas
Had never seen before him in lifeless ruins.
وَرَأى بِهِ ما لَم يَكُن يَوماً رَأى
عَمرُو بنُ شَأسٍ قَبلَهُ بِعِرارِ
Yet here is the son of an infidel woman delighting in his unbelief
With passion like Farazdaq’s delight in lampoons.
فَإِذا اِبنُ كافِرَةٍ يُسِرُّ بِكُفرِهِ
وَجداً كَوَجدِ فَرَزدَقٍ بِنَوارِ
And when he remembered him he wept as Ka’b wept
When he elegized Abu Mihjan long ago.
وَإِذا تَذَكَّرَهُ بَكاهُ كَما بَكى
كَعبٌ زَمانَ رَثى أَبا المِغوارِ
His embellishments deluded the Caliph that
Not every lush, green branch bears fruit.
دَلَّت زَخارِفُهُ الخَليفَةَ أَنَّهُ
ما كُلُّ عودٍ ناضِرٍ بِنُضارِ
O you who firmly grasps the hand of Ka’us’s folk with justice,
Pair their right hand with their left.
يا قابِضاً يَدَ آلِ كاوُسَ عادِلاً
أَتبِع يَميناً مِنهُمُ بِيَسارِ
Affix the traitorous forehead with a rear skull,
And the betraying chest with a breastplate.
أَلحِق جَبيناً دامِياً رَمَّلتَهُ
بِقَفاً وَصَدراً خائِناً بِصِدارِ
Know that you only cast them
Into some of the pits they dug themselves.
وَاِعلَم بِأَنَّكَ إِنَّما تُلقيهِمُ
في بَعضِ ما حَفَروا مِنَ الآبارِ
Had his tribe not plotted against the Samaritan
Their calf would not have perished without cause.
لَو لَم يَكِد لِلسامِرِيِّ قَبيلُهُ
ما خارَ عِجلُهُمُ بِغَيرِ خُوارِ
Thamud would not have stabbed her she-camel
Had they not impugned their Lord, by Qudar’s sword.
وَثَمودُ لَو لَم يُدهِنوا في رَبِّهِم
لَم تَدمَ ناقَتُهُ بِسَيفِ قُدارِ
It healed the intestines from their sores
That your door became inaccessible to visitors.
وَلَقَد شَفى الأَحشاءَ مِن بُرَحائِها
أَن صارَ بابَكُ جارَ ما زَيّارِ
Peerless in the heart of the heavens though they were two in the cave,
As if they disappeared so as to fold up
ثانيهِ في كَبِدِ السَماءِ وَلَم يَكُن
لِاِثنَينِ ثانٍ إِذ هُما في الغارِ
News from a peering stalker,
Wearing black robes as if woven by venomous spiders,
وَكَأَنَّما اِنتَبَذا لِكَيما يَطوِيا
عَن ناطِسٍ خَبَراً مِنَ الأَخبارِ
Covered in the depths of carried litters,
Tied up for them at the carpenter’s workshop.
سودُ الثِيابِ كَأَنَّما نَسَجَت لَهُم
أَيدي السَمومِ مَدارِعاً مِن قارِ
They do not budge, and whoever sees them finds them
Forever on a journey of journeys.
بَكَروا وَأَسروا في مُتونِ ضَوامِرٍ
قيدَت لَهُم مِن مَربِطِ النَجارِ
They plotted against prophecy and guidance, so
Their necks were severed in that arena.
لا يَبرَحونَ وَمَن رَآهُم خالَهُم
أَبَداً عَلى سَفَرٍ مِنَ الأَسفارِ
They were ignorant and so did not appreciate
An acknowledged obedience in building lifetimes.
كادوا النُبُوَّةَ وَالهُدى فَتَقَطَّعَت
أَعناقُهُم في ذَلِكَ المِضمارِ
So strengthen the Caliphate through Aaron, he being
A comfort for its desolation and a house of rest,
جَهِلوا فَلَم يَستَكثِروا مِن طاعَةٍ
مَعروفَةٍ بِعِمارَةِ الأَعمارِ
With the Abbasid youth, and the moon surrounded
By the stars of Ya’rub and Nizari.
فَاِشدُد بِهارونَ الخَلافَةَ إِنَّهُ
سَكَنٌ لِوَحشَتِها وَدارُ قَرارِ
Generous kinsman and maternal nephew, his origin
Includes Quraysh, the Supporters and Helpers before.
بِفَتى بَني العَبّاسِ وَالقَمَرِ الَّذي
حَفَّتهُ أَنجُمُ يَعرُبٍ وَنِزارِ
He is the blessing of Yemen amongst them, and felicity,
A night lamp amongst them, and a daytime sun.
كَرَمُ العُمومَةِ وَالخُؤولَةِ مَجَّهُ
سَلَفا قُرَيشٍ فيهِ وَالأَنصارِ
So suppress the devils of hypocrisy with a rightly-guided one
Whose guidance the Creator is pleased with, and humankind.
هُوَ نَوءُ يُمنٍ فيهِمُ وَسَعادَةٍ
وَسِراجُ لَيلٍ فيهِمُ وَنَهارُ
To walk the horizons with the manner of kindness
And steer them with tranquility and dignity.
فَاِقمَع شَياطينَ النِفاقِ بِمُهتَدٍ
تَرضى البَرِيَّةُ هَديَهُ وَالباري
Thus China is threaded to Andalusia
To the walls of Rome – a fused kingdom.
لِيَسيرَ في الآفاقِ سيرَةَ رَأفَةٍ
وَيَسوسَها بِسَكينَةٍ وَوَقارِ
I know that this is a stronghold
You would not leave without an enclosure.
فَالصينُ مَنظومٌ بِأَندَلُسٍ إِلى
حيطانِ رومِيَّةٍ فَمُلكِ ذَمارِ
For the earth is a barren abode unless
A Hashimite becomes lord of that abode.
وَلَقَد عَلِمتُ بِأَنَّ ذَلِكَ مِعصَمٌ
ما كُنتَ تَترُكُهُ بِغَيرِ سِوارِ
The verses of the Glorious Qur'an were revealed amongst you
And excellent poetry is composed for you.
فَالأَرضُ دارٌ أَقفَرَت ما لَم يَكُن
مِن هاشِمٍ رَبٌّ لِتِلكَ الدارِ
سُوَرُ القُرانِ الغُرُّ فيكُم أُنزِلَت
وَلَكُم تُصاغُ مَحاسِنُ الأَشعارِ
