قالوا إلام تَحُبّ آلَ محمدٍ
وتَظَلَّ مَشغوفاً بهِمْ وتَبيتُ
They said, “How long will you love the House of Muhammad,
remaining heartsmitten with them by day and spending the night so?”
فأجبتُهم كفُوا الملامَ فإِنّني
أُرْشِدتُ نهجَ ودِادهِمْ فَهُديتُ
I answered them, “Cease your reproach, for I
was shown the path of loving them, and thus was guided.”
قالوا فإنَّ الفَقْرَ حَظُّ مُحبّهمْ
أرضيتَ قلتُ نعمْ رَضيتُ رضيتُ
They said, “But poverty is the allotted share of those who love them.”
“Are you content with that?” I said, “Yes—I am content, content.”
إنّي ملكتُ ذَخائراً أَحْرَزْتُها
مِنْ كيمياء ودَادهمْ فَغَنِيتُ
Indeed, I have gained treasures that I secured
from the alchemy of loving them, and so grew rich.
فدَعوا الملامَ فقد أهبَّ بمهجَتي
داعي الهُدَى فَأجبْتُ حِينَ دُعيتُ
So cease your reproach, for my very soul has been roused
by the herald of guidance; I answered when I was called.
Sol 5.6