مَلكْتُم فؤاداً ليسَ يدخلُه العذلُ

فَذِكْرُ سواكم كلّما مَرَّ لا يَحْلُو

You own a heart not penetrated by blame,

So mention of other than you, whenever it passes, is not sweet.

يؤنَبني في حُبّكمْ كلُّ فارغٍ

ولي بهواكم عَنْ ملامَتهم شغلُ

Every free person blames me for loving you,

But your love distracts me from their blame.

وماذا عَسَى تُجْدي الملامةُ في الهوى

لِمَنْ لا له في الحُبِّ لُبٌّ ولا عَقلُ

What good can blame do in love,

For one whose heart and mind are not present in love?

لَئِنْ فَرضوا مِنّي السلوَّ جهالةً

فحبكُم عندي هو الفرضُ والنَّقْلُ

If they consider my devotion to be ignorance,

Then my love for you to me is obligation and tradition.

أأسْلو ولا صبغ المشيبِ بعارِضي

يلوحُ ولا صبغُ الشبيبة مُنحَلَ

Shall I renounce while the marks of old age decorate my cheeks?

While the marks of youth have not faded?

ولَو في سواكم أهلَ بيت محمدٍ

غرامي لكَانَ العَدْلُ عندي هو الْعَدْلُ

And if it were love for the people of your house, O Muhammad,

Equity to me would be to love them.

حَملتُ هواكمْ في زمان شَبيبتي

وقد كنتُ طِفلاً والغرامُ بكم طِفلُ

I carried my love for you in the days of my youth,

When I was a child, and love for you was a child.

فيا عاذلي في حُبّ آل محمدٍ

رويدكَ إنّي عنهمُ قطّ لا أسْلوا

So, O you who blame me for loving Muhammad's family!

Gently! I never renounce them.

أأسلُو هوى قومٍ قَضَى باجْتبائِهمْ

وتَفْضيلهمْ بينَ الورى العقلُ والنّقلْ

Shall I renounce a love for people God selected

And preferred over all mankind in reason and scripture?

أُولئِكّ بناءُ النبيّ محمدٍ

فقل ما تشا فيهم فإنّكَ لا تغلوا

They are the structure of the Prophet Muhammad.

So say what you will about them, for you cannot go too far.

فروعٌ تَسامتْ أصلُها سيّد الورى

وحَيْدَرةٌ يا حبّذا الفرعُ والأَصلْ

Branches rising up high, their origin the Master of mankind,

An esteemed trunk! How excellent are the branch and origin!

تَفَانَوا على إظهار دينِ أبيهمُ

كراماً ولا جبنٌ لديهمْ ولا بخلُ

They sacrificed themselves to establish the religion of their father,

Generously, with no cowardice or stinginess among them.

إلى الله أشكو عُصْبةً قد تَحاملوا

عليهمْ ودانُوا بالأَباطيل واعْتَلّوا

To God I complain of a group who attacked

Them wrongfully and clung to falsehood.

يرومون إطفاءً لأَنْوارِ فَضْلِهمْ

وما بَرحتْ أَنوارُ فضلِهمُ تَعلُو

They seek to extinguish the lights of their merit,

But the lights of their merit never cease rising.

وهُمْ أَنكروا في شأنِه بَعْدَ أحمدٍ

مِنَ النصّ أمراً لَيس يُنكرهُ العقلُ

After Ahmad, they rejected ordainments concerning him

No intellect would deny were prescribed.

وقد نوَّه المختار طه بِذكْرِهِ

وقالَ لهم هذا الخليفة والأَهْلُ

The Chosen One, Taha, noted him,

Saying he was the successor and family.

وَوَلاّهُ في يوم الغدير ولايةً

على الخلقِ طرّاً ما لَه أبداً عَزلُ

At Ghadir, he gave him leadership

Over mankind, eternally unremovable.

ونصَّ عليه بالإمامة دونهم

ولو لم يكن نصَّاً لقدَّمه الفضلُ

He prescribed him the Imamate, excluding them,

And if it were not prescribed, merit would have given precedence.

أليسَ أخاهُ والمُواسي بنفسِهِ

إذا ما الْتقى يَومَ الوغَى الخَيْل والرجلُ

Is he not his brother and comforter,

When men and steeds meet on the day of calamity?

أما كانَ أدناهُمْ إليه قرابةً

وأكثرهمْ عِلماً إذا عَظُمَ الجِهلُ

Was he not closest to him in kinship

And greatest in knowledge when ignorance was abundant?

أما كانَ أوفاهمْ إذا قال ذمّةً

وأعظمُهم حلْماً إذا زَلّتِ النَّعْلُ

Was he not truest to his word when he swore protection

And most forbearing when sandals slipped?

وأفصَحَهُمُ عند التلاحي وخيرَهم

نَوالاً إذا ما شِيمَ نائلُه الجَزْلُ

And most eloquent in discourse and best

In character, when his asker was serious?

يحجَونَ أنصارَ الإِلهِ بأنّنا

قرابتُهُ مِنّا بهِ اتّصَلَ لحبلُ

They argue, O Helpers of God, that our

Relationship with him was by marriage, not blood.

وهَلْ كانتِ الأَصحاب أدْنَى قرابةً

وأقربَ رِحْماً لَو عَقلتُم أم الأهلُ

Were the Companions closer or more directly related,

If you reason, O Family?

وهُمْ أخذوا بعدَ النبيّ محمدٍ

من ابنتِيهِ ما كانَ أنْحلَها قبلُ

After the Prophet Muhammad, they took

From his two daughters what they did not deserve before.

تَمالوا علَيْها غَاصِبين لِحَقِّها

وقالوا معاذ الله أن تورثَ الرسْل

They wrongfully usurped her rights, saying

"God forbid that messengers be inherited from."

وحكمهُم لا شك في ذاكَ باطِلٌ

وكيفَ يصحّ الفرعُ والأصل مُختَلّ

Their judgment in that was certainly false.

How can the branch remain when the origin is distorted?

أليسَ أمير المؤمنين هو الّذِي

لَه دونهم في ذلِك العقدُ والحل

Is it not the Commander of the Faithful to whom

The contract and dissolution belonged, not them?

وهُمْ قتلوا مِن آل أحمد سَادةً

كراماً بهم يُسْتدفعُ الضرّ والأزلُ

They killed the chiefs of Ahmad's house,

Noblemen, by whom harm and eternity are averted.

سَقوا كلَّ أرضٍ من دماء رقابهم

وشِيعتِهم حتّى ارتوى الحزن والسَّهلُ

They shed their blood and their followers'

Until sorrow and the plains were saturated.

فَصَبراً بني المختار إنّ أَمَامَنا

لموقفُ عدلٍ عندَهُ يقعُ الفَضْلُ

So patience, O Family of the Chosen! Our path

Leads to a day of justice where merit falls.

وعندي لِمَنْ عاداكمُ نَصْلُ مقولٍ

إذَا ما انْبرى يوماً يحاذرهُ النَّصْلُ

For those hostile to you, I have a piercing sword,

When it brandishes, swords will fear it.