الأَمرُ آل أَحسَنَ المآلِ
بِيُمنِ إِبراهيمَ رَأسِ الآلِ
The matter has ended well
With the blessing of Ibrahim, head of the family
فَتى العَفافِ وَالحجى وَالنائِلِ
وَمَعدِنِ الأَخلاقِ وَالفَضائِلِ
A young man of chastity, argument and attainment
And a mine of morals and virtues
دَعى القرى لِأَمره فَلبّتِ
وَحضنَ الدَعوَةَ حَتّى شَبّتِ
He called the villages to his cause and they responded
And embraced the call until it grew
وَماتَ لا أَقولُ في أَثنائِها
بَل وَهِيَ عِندَ مُنتَهى بِنائِها
And I do not say he died during it
But rather at its utmost growth
نالَته في ناديهِ لِلقَوم يَدُ
وَصِيدَ في وَاديهِ وَهُوَ الأَصيَدُ
It overtook him in his club of his people as prey
And game in his valley while he was the greatest game
أُلقِيَ في السجن فَكانَ حُفرَتَه
أَماته اللَه وَأَحيا أُسرَتَه
He was thrown in prison and it became his grave
God caused him to die and brought his family to life
بَينا بِهِ تَهامَسُ النُعاةُ
إِذ بِأَخيهِ هَتف الدُعاةُ
While the mourners were whispering about him
His brother was proclaimed by the callers
بويع في الكُوفة لِلسفّاحِ
في ثَبَج الدَعوة وَالكِفاحِ
He was pledged allegiance in Kufa to the Shedder (of Blood)
During the heyday of the call and the struggle
نَعى أَخاهُ وَنَعى أُمَيّه
وَقامَ بِالدَولة هاشِميّه
He announced the death of his brother and his mother
And established the Hashimi state
في جُمعة مَشهودَةٍ هِيَ المُنى
هَشّ إِلَيها عَرَفاتُ وَمِنَى
On a Friday witnessed by Arafat and Mina
Kufa became the place where the moon rises
فَكانَتِ الكُوفَةُ مَبزَغَ القَمَر
قَد طَلَع السَعدُ بِهِ عَلى الزُمَر
Good fortune emerged over the armies through him
The eminent figures pledged allegiance to him there
بُويعَ فيها النَفَرُ الأَعلامُ
وَنالَ عُليا الدُولِ الإِسلامُ
And through him the Islamic state attained Ali
Abu Al-‘Abbas assumed the imamate
قامَ أَبو العَباس بِالإِمامه
ابن جلا المُسوَّد العَمامَه
The son of Jula, of the blackened turban
A young man beside whom the youths pale
فَتى تَضاءَلُ الفُتِيُّ حَولَه
داعٍ لِمُلكٍ داعِمٌ لِدوله
Summoning to a kingdom, supporting a state
Like the full moon in its sky, but more beautiful
كَالبَدر في سَمائه بَل أَجمَلُ
لَو كانَ فَوقَ الأَرض بَدرٌ يُكملُ
If there were a full moon above the earth to complete it
Through him rule returned to the Four
قَد رَجع الأَمر بِهِ لِلأَربعِ
وَاِجتَمَع الأَمر لَهُ في أَربَعِ
And authority gathered to him in four
The son of sustenance did not promise except truthfully
إِبنُ الغَيوث لَم يَعِد إِلّا صَدق
وَلَم يَجُد إِلّا اِستَهَلّ وَغَدَق
And did not find except submissiveness and generosity
Softer than vinegar but severest in cutting
أَلينُ مِن صَمصامةٍ وَأَقطَعُ
لا يَعرِفُ الرَحمَةَ حِينَ يُقطَعُ
Not knowing mercy when he cuts
There was a day between the two states
قَد كانَ بَينَ الدَولَتين يَومُ
عزّ بِهِ قَومٌ وَذَلَّ قَومُ
A people were mighty through him and a people humbled
The factions met with the factions
التَقَتِ الأَحزابُ بِالأَحزابِ
وَاِقتَتَل الجَمعان حَولَ الزاب
And the two hosts battled around the strait
A river the great matter revolved around
نَهرٌ جَرى الأَمرُ العَظيمُ حَولَه
عُبور دَولَةٍ وَنَشأُ دَولَه
The passing of a state and the arising of its state
Marwan was the most complete cavalry
وَكانَ مَروان أَتمّ فَيَلقا
وَجُندُ عَبد اللَهِ أَوفى في اللُقا
And Abdullah’s army the most loyal in the encounter
So God granted ample victory
فَأَجزَل اللَه مِن الإِظهار
وَالنَصرِ لابن السادة الأَطهارِ
And triumph to the son of the pure masters
The sun of the day did not set
ما غَربت شَمسُ نَهار الباس
حَتّى بَدَت شَمسُ بَني العَباسِ
Until the sun of the Abbasids rose
They hoped like Joshua for the manifestation
هُم أَمّلوا كيوشعَ الإِداله
وَالنَصرَ قَبل غَيبة الغَزالَه
And victory before the disappearance of the illusion
So the intention was momentous
فَكانَت النيةُ ذات شَأنِ
وَكادَت الشَمس لَهُم تَستأني
And the sun almost waited for them
The state of the Servant of the Sun repelled
تَصرمت دَولة عَبدِ شَمسِ
وَدَبرت أَيامُهُم كَأمسِ
And his days passed like the day before yesterday
Through Abd Shams, Abd al-Muttalib was victorious
بِعَبد شَمسٍ فازَ عَبدُ المطلِب
لا كفءَ لِلغالب إِلا مَن غُلِب
No match for the victorious except the defeated
So since the atmosphere emptied for Hashim’s sword
فَمُذ خَلا الجَوُّ لِسَيفِ هاشِم
هَبّ هَبوب المُستَبدِّ الغاشِم
The storm winds of the aggressive tyrant blew
Violating sanctity by entering the house
المستبيح في دُخول البَيتِ
هَلاكَ حَيٍّ وَاِنتِهاكَ مَيت
Destroying the living and violating the dead
And violating graves though they are sacrosanct
فَهتك القُبورَ وَهِيَ حُرمه
مَن ماتَ فاِترُك لِلمَميت جُرمه
Leave the crime of the dead to the killer
The Umayyads' carpet was rolled up
وَمَنيت أُميةُ بِساطِ
أَبدلها النِطعَ مِن البِساطِ
Replaced with sheets for them
And every crime has punishment befalling it
وَكُلّ جُرمٍ واقِعُ العِقاب
وَلَو عَلى الأَنسالِ وَالأَعقابِ
Even if on descendants and later generations
Then the youthful conqueror passed away
ثُمَ قَضى مُقتبِلَ الشَبابِ
عَن دَولة مُقبلِةِ الأَسباب
From a state of advancing reasons
The towns were thus devoid of life through him
فَفَقدت بِهِ القَرى حَياها
وَماتَ بِالأَنبار مَن أَحياها
And he who gave them life died in Anbar
