دَواعي الحينِ سُقنَ إِلى نَجاحِ

رُكوبَ البَغيِ لِلأَجَلِ المُتاحِ

The motives of the present have led to success

By riding injustice for the time being

وَلَو نُصحاً أَرادَ لَكانَ فيهِ

عُبَيدُ اللَهِ أَسبَقَ مِن نَجاحِ

Even if he had intended advice, in it

Would have preceded the slaves of God in success

فَحاقَ بِرَأسِهِ ما كانَ يَنوي

وَحَلَّ بِأَهلِهِ سوءُ الصَباحِ

So there befell his head what he intended

And his family was afflicted at dawn

مُدِلٌّ بِالسِعايَةِ وَالتَبَدّي

بِها قَتَلَ الإِمامَ بِلا جُناحِ

With plotting and pretense he lowered himself

By it he killed the Imam without right

وَأَكذَبُ مِن مُسَيلَمَةَ بنِ صَعبٍ

وَأَفضَحُ في العَشيرَةِ مِن سَجاحِ

More lying than Musaylimah ibn Thumamah

And more scandalous among the clan than Sajaah

بَدَت لِخَليفَةِ الرَحمَنِ مِنهُ

مَزايِنُ خائِنٍ نَطِفٍ وَقاحِ

There appeared to the Caliph of the Merciful from him

The attributes of a traitor, villain and shameless

فَكانَ يُريدُ نُصحاً وَهوَ مُضبٍ

عَلى غِشٍّ كَأَطرافِ الرِماحِ

So he wanted advice while being resentful

Of deceit, like spearheads

فَأُبسِلَ بِالَّذي كَسِبَت يَداهُ

وَعَمَّ الناسَ ذَلِكَ بِالصَلاحِ

So he met what his hands had earned

And people were generally benefited by that

فَلا عَدِمَ الإِمامُ صَوابَ رَأيٍ

نَفى الجَزباءِ عَن عَطَنِ الصِحاحِ

Thus the Imam did not lack sound judgment

Which dismissed the worthless from the authentic

وَأَبقاهُ الإِلَهُ بَقاءَ نوحٍ

لِتَشيِيدِ المَكارِمِ وَالسَماحِ

And God maintained him with the survival of Nuh

To build virtues and tolerance