أَلا باعَدَ اللَهُ أَهلَ النِفاقِ

وَأَهلَ الأَراجيفِ وَالباطِلِ

May Allah cast far away the people of hypocrisy,

And the mongers of sedition and falsehood.

يَقولونَ لي قَد قَلاكَ الرَسولُ

فَخلّاكَ في الحالِفِ الخاذِلِ

They say to me: "The Messenger has come to loathe you,

"And has left you behind among the deserters."

وَما ذاكَ إِلّا لِأَنَّ النَبيَّ

جَفاكَ وَما كانَ بِالفاعِلِ

"And this is only because the Prophet

"Has shunned you"—though he is not one to act so.

فَسِرتُ وَسَيفي عَلى عاتِقي

إِلى الراحِمِ الحاكِمِ الفاصِلِ

So I set out, my sword slung upon my shoulder,

Toward the merciful one, the ruler, the arbiter.

فَلَما رَآني هَفا قَلبُهُ

وَقالَ مَقالَ الأَخِ السائِلِ

When he saw me, his heart stirred with yearning,

And he spoke with the words of an inquiring brother:

أَممن أَبِن لِيَ فَأَنبأتُهُ

بارجافِ ذي الحَسَدِ الداغِلِ

"What is this? Explain to me." So I informed him

Of the rumors spread by the envious and treacherous.

فَقالَ أَخي أَنتَ مِن دونِهِم

كَهَرونَ موسى وَلَم يَأتَلِ

Then he said: "O my brother, you are to me—unlike them—

"As Aaron was to Moses," and he did not waver.