ما لي رَأَيتُكَ لا تُلِمُّ بِمَسجِدٍ

حَتّى كَأَنَّكَ في البَلاغِ السابِعِ

I have not seen you blame a mosque,

As if you were in the seventh heaven.

سَبِّح بِواحِدَةٍ فَفيها بُلغَةٌ

لِلمُتَّقينَ وَكُل بِخَمسِ أَصابِع

Glorify with one, for in it is eloquence,

For the pious, and each with five fingers.

يا أَوَّلاً في الكُفرِ لَم يَكُ ثانِياً

طالَ اِستِتارُكَ بِالإِمامِ الرابِعِ

O first in unbelief, none was second to you,

Your hiding behind the fourth imam was long.

وَالشِمرُ عِندَكَ في الحُسَينِ مُوَفَّقٌ

لَمّا حَماهُ مِنَ الفُراتِ النابِعِ

And al-Shimr with you was successful against al-Husayn,

When he protected him from the gushing Euphrates.

وَما صَحَّ عِندي أَنَّ ذاتَ خَلاخِلٍ

تُقفى مِنَ الجِنِّ الغُواةِ بِتابِعِ

And it is not valid for me that a flimsy entity,

Can be protected from the rebellious jinn with a follower.