عادَت أَغاني العُرسِ رَجعَ نُواحِ
وَنُعيتِ بَينَ مَعالِمِ الأَفراحِ
The wedding songs have returned to lamentation
And congratulations turned into condolences
كُفِّنتِ في لَيلِ الزَفافِ بِثَوبِهِ
وَدُفِنتِ عِندَ تَبَلُّجِ الإِصباحِ
You were shrouded in the night of marriage with its garb
And buried at the break of dawn
شُيِّعتِ مِن هَلَعٍ بِعَبرَةِ ضاحِكٍ
في كُلِّ ناحِيَةٍ وَسَكرَةِ صاحِ
You were bidden farewell with the tears of a laughing mourner
In every place and drunken clamor
ضَجَّت عَلَيكِ مَآذِنٌ وَمَنابِرٌ
وَبَكَت عَلَيكَ مَمالِكٌ وَنَواحِ
Minarets and pulpits roared over you
And angels and mourners wept over you
الهِندُ والِهَةٌ وَمِصرُ حَزينَةٌ
تَبكي عَلَيكِ بِمَدمَعٍ سَحّاحِ
India the goddess and sad Egypt
Cry over you with flowing tears
وَالشامُ تَسأَلُ وَالعِراقُ وَفارِسٌ
أَمَحا مِنَ الأَرضِ الخِلافَةَ ماحِ
Syria asks and Iraq and Persia
Has the caliphate been erased from the earth?
وَأَتَت لَكَ الجُمَعُ الجَلائِلُ مَأتَماً
فَقَعَدنَ فيهِ مَقاعِدَ الأَنواحِ
The great gathering came to you in mourning
And sat in it in seats of lamentation
يا لَلرِجالِ لَحُرَّةٍ مَوؤودَةٍ
قُتِلَت بِغَيرِ جَريرَةٍ وَجُناحِ
O noble free men wrongfully killed
Without crime or sin
إِنَّ الَّذينَ أَسَت جِراحَكِ حَربُهُم
قَتَلَتكِ سَلمُهُمو بِغَيرِ جِراحِ
Indeed those whose war wounded you
Their peace killed you without wounds
هَتَكوا بِأَيديهِم مُلاءَةَ فَخرِهِم
مَوشِيَّةً بِمَواهِبِ الفَتّاحِ
With their hands they violated the honor of their pride
Adorned with the gifts of the Opener
نَزَعوا عَنِ الأَعناقِ خَيرَ قِلادَةٍ
وَنَضَوا عَنِ الأَعطافِ خَيرَ وِشاحِ
They removed from necks the best necklace
And tore from shoulders the best cloak
حَسَبٌ أَتى طولُ اللَيالي دونَهُ
قَد طاحَ بَينَ عَشِيَّةٍ وَصَباحِ
Suffice that the long nights brought it down
It fell between evening and dawn
وَعَلاقَةٌ فُصِمَت عُرى أَسبابِها
كانَت أَبَرَّ عَلائِقِ الأَرواحِ
And a relationship whose ties were severed
It was the strongest of soulmates
جَمَعَت عَلى البِرِّ الحُضورَ وَرُبَّما
جَمَعَت عَلَيهِ سَرائِرَ النُزّاحِ
It gathered people for righteousness and perhaps
It gathered on it the secrets of integrity
نَظَمَت صُفوفَ المُسلِمينَ وَخَطوَهُم
في كُلِّ غَدوَةِ جُمعَةٍ وَرَواحِ
It organized the ranks of Muslims and guided them
Every Friday morning and evening
بَكَتِ الصَلاةُ وَتِلكَ فِتنَةُ عابِثٍ
بِالشَرعِ عِربيدِ القَضاءِ وَقاحِ
The prayer wept and the sedition of an insolent transgressor
Rudely interfering in jurisprudence
أَفتى خُزَعبِلَةً وَقالَ ضَلالَةً
وَأَتى بِكُفرٍ في البِلادِ بَواحِ
Issued corrupt edicts and said perversions
And brought disbelief to the countries openly
إِنَّ الَّذينَ جَرى عَلَيهِم فِقهُهُ
خُلِقوا لِفِقهِ كَتيبَةٍ وَسِلاحِ
Indeed those on whom his jurisprudence flowed
Were created for the jurisprudence of brigades and weapons
إِن حَدَّثوا نَطَقوا بِخُرسِ كَتائِبٍ
أَو خوطِبوا سَمِعوا بِصُمِّ رِماحِ
If they speak they speak with the muteness of cohorts
Or if addressed they hear with the deafness of spears
أَستَغفِرُ الأَخلاقَ لَستُ بِجاحِدٍ
مَن كُنتُ أَدفَعُ دونَهُ وَأُلاحي
I seek forgiveness for morals, I am no denier
What have I to blame your patron for when I have
مالي أُطَوِّقُهُ المَلامَ وَطالَما
قَلَّدتُهُ المَأثورَ مِن أَمداحي
Often conferred on him the inherited praise
He is a pillar of the kingdom and protector of the state
هُوَ رُكنُ مَملَكَةٍ وَحائِطُ دَولَةٍ
وَقَريعُ شَهباءٍ وَكَبشُ نِطاحِ
And rebuker of comets and ram of butting
Shall I say the revival of the community is an atheist?
أَأَقولُ مَن أَحيا الجَماعَةَ مُلحِدٌ
وَأَقولُ مَن رَدَّ الحُقوقَ إِباحي
And shall I say the restorer of rights is a debaucher?
The truth is more deserving of your reverence
الحَقُّ أَولى مِن وَلِيِّكَ حُرمَةً
وَأَحَقُّ مِنكَ بِنُصرَةٍ وَكِفاحِ
And more right to support and struggle
So praise the men of truth and blame them
فَاِمدَح عَلى الحَقِّ الرِجالَ وَلُمهُموا
أَو خَلِّ عَنكَ مَواقِفَ النُصّاحِ
Or rid yourself of the stances of an advisor
And of men, if you rise up for their destruction
وَمِنَ الرِجالِ إِذا اِنبَرَيتَ لِهَدمِهِم
هَرَمٌ غَليظُ مَناكِبِ الصُفّاحِ
A tough old man of sturdy shoulders
So if you hurl the truth at their hides
فَإِذا قَذَفتَ الحَقَّ في أَجلادِهِ
تَرَكَ الصِراعَ مُضَعضَعَ الأَلواحِ
It will leave the struggle shaking the planks
Give sincere advice to the warrior, he will gain insight
أَدّوا إِلى الغازي النَصيحَةَ يَنتَصِح
إِنَّ الجَوادَ يَثوبُ بَعدَ جِماحِ
Surely the generous will return after plunging
Arrogance made the leader drink of its spirit
إِنَّ الغُرورَ سَقى الرَئيسَ بِراحِهِ
كَيفَ اِحتِيالُكَ في صَريعِ الراحِ
How is your cunning in laying the spirits low?
He transferred the laws, beliefs and sanctuaries
نَقَلَ الشَرائِعَ وَالعَقائِدَ وَالقُرى
وَالناسَ نَقلَ كَتائِبٍ في الساحِ
And people he transferred like brigades in the plain
A nation left him like an awed ghost
تَرَكَتهُ كَالشَبَحِ المُؤَلَّهِ أُمَّةٌ
لَم تَسلُ بَعدُ عِبادَةَ الأَشباحِ
That no longer worships specters
They gave him free rein like a Caesar among them
هُم أَطلَقوا يَدَهُ كَقَيصَرَ فيهُمو
حَتّى تَناوَلَ كُلَّ غَيرِ مُباحِ
Until he took all that was unlawful
The obedience of the masses deluded him
غَرَّتهُ طاعاتُ الجُموعِ وَدَولَةٌ
وَجَدَ السَوادُ لَها هَوى المُرتاحِ
And the commoners found in it the pleasure of comfort
And if you take glory from Omayyads
وَإِذا أَخَذتَ المَجدَ مِن أُمِّيَّةٍ
لَم تُعطَ غَيرَ سَرابِهِ اللَمّاحِ
You will not give anything but its fleeting mirage
Who will tell the Muslims words
مَن قائِلٌ لِلمُسلِمينَ مَقالَةً
لَم يوحِها غَيرَ النَصيحَةِ واحِ
Inspired by nothing but sincerity and advice?
The era of caliphate, I was the first defender
عَهدُ الخِلافَةِ فِيَّ أَوَّلُ ذائِدٍ
عَن حَوضِها بِبَراعَةٍ نَضّاحِ
To ward it off from its basin with skill
Love of God's essence has been and still remains
حُبٌّ لِذاتِ اللَهِ كانَ وَلَم يَزَل
وَهَوىً لِذاتِ الحَقِّ وَالإِصلاحِ
And passion for God's essence and reform
I am the lamp, I am not spent
إِنّي أَنا المِصباحُ لَستُ بِضائِعٍ
حَتّى أَكونَ فَراشَةَ المِصباحِ
Until I become the moth of the lamp
The expeditions of Adam were crowned with splendor
غَزَواتُ أَدهَمَ كُلِّلَت بَذَوابِلٍ
وَفُتوحُ أَنوَرَ فُصِّلَت بِصِفاحِ
And the conquests of Unur were detailed to brilliance
Their swords drew back and their resolve showed
وَلَّت سُيوفُهُما وَبانَ قَناهُما
وَشَبا يَراعي غَيرُ ذاتِ بَراحِ
While others were preoccupied with inaction
Do not bestow the Prophet's coat on an incapable
لا تَبذُلوا بُرَدَ النَبِيِّ لِعاجِزٍ
عُزُلٍ يُدافِعُ دونَهُ بِالراحِ
Dismissed one who defends it with ease
Yesterday he wounded the Muslims with a wound
بِالأَمسِ أَوهى المُسلِمينَ جِراحَةً
وَاليَومَ مَدَّ لَهُم يَدَ الجَرّاحِ
And today he extended to them the hand of a healer
So you will hear in every land a caller
فَلتَسمَعُنَّ بِكُلِّ أَرضٍ داعِياً
يَدعو إِلى الكَذّابِ أَو لِسَجاحِ
Calling to the liar or to prostration
And you will witness in every land a sedition
وَلتَشهَدُنَّ بِكُلِّ أَرضٍ فِتنَةً
فيها يُباعُ الدينُ بَيعَ سَماحِ
In which religion is sold for a pittance
Fatwas are issued based on al-Muizz's gold and sword
يُفتى عَلى ذَهَبِ المُعِزِّ وَسَيفِهِ
وَهَوى النُفوسِ وَحِقدِها المِلحاحِ
And the passions of souls and their relentless hatred
