قومٌ إذا أخِذَ المَديحُ قَصائداً

أخَذوه عَنْ طه وعَنْ يس

A people, if praise poems were seized

They took them from Taha and from Yaseen

وإذا انطوى أرقُ الأضالع وفَّروا

مَيْسورَ زادِهُمُ على المِسْكينِ

And if the most tender ribs were folded

They shared plenty with the destitute

وإذا عَصى أمْرَ المَوالي خادِمٌ

نفَذتْ أوامِرُهمْ على جِبْرينِ

And if a servant disobeyed a master's order

Their orders prevailed upon the compelled

وإذا تَفاخَرتِ الرِّجالُ بسَيِّدٍ

فخَروا بأنْزَعَ في العُلومِ بَطين

And if men boasted of a master

They fell praising the most learned of scholars

مُلْقي عمود الشِّرْكِ بعد قيامِهِ

ومُبينِ دينِ اللّهِ بعدَ كُمونِ

Casting down the pillar of polytheism after its establishment

And clarifying the religion of Allah after its concealment

والمُسْتغاثُ إذا تَصافَحتِ القَنا

وغَدتْ صُفونُ الخيل غير صُفون

The one sought for help, when the spears intertwined

And the cavalry lines were no longer in line

ما أشكلَتْ يومَ الجِدال قضيَّةٌ

إلاَّ وبَدَّلَ شكَّها بيَقينِ

No issue perplexed on the day of debate

Except he changed its doubt into certainty

مُسْتودَعُ السرِّ الخَفيِّ وموْضِعُ

الخُلق الجَليِّ وفِتْنةُ المَفْتونِ

The repository of hidden secrets and place of

Apparent morals, and temptation of the infatuated