خلل السحايبِ لَوْ يُعَمِّر حُسْنُها
لَغَلَتْ على مُبْتاعِها أثْمانُها
If her beauty could be made immortal
Through the clouds, its price would soar.
غضنَّى عليها الخازِبازُ تَطَرُّباً
فِعلَ القِيانِ تَجاوَبَتْ ألْحانُها
The lute player sang merrily,
And the melodies reciprocated.
أليس مَنْ حَلّ منه في أُخُوَّتِهِ
مَحلَّ هارونَ مِنْ مُوسَى بنِ عمرانِ
Is not he who assumed the role of his brother,
Like Aaron assumed the role of Moses son of Imran?
رُدّتْ لهُ الشمْسُ في أفْلاكِها فَقَضَى
صَلاتَه غَيْرَ ماساهٍ ولا واني
The sun turned back for him in its orbit, so he could
Pray without distraction or fatigue.
وشَافَعَ المَلِكَ الرّاجي شَفَاعَتَهُ
إذْ جاءهُ مَلَكٌ في خَلْقِ ثُعبانِ
And he interceded with the King who hoped for his intercession,
When an angel in the form of a serpent came to him.
أخِي حَبيبٌ حَبيبُ اللهِ لا كَذِبٌ
وابْناهُ لِلمُصطفَى المُستخلَصِ ابْنانِ
My beloved brother, the beloved of God, no lies,
And his two sons for the Chosen Mustafa two princes.
صَلَّى إلى القِبلَتينِ المُقتَدَى بِهما
والنَّاس عَنْ ذاكَ صُمٍّ وعُميانِ
He prayed towards both qiblas, the exemplary one,
While people about that were deaf and blind.
ما مِثْلُ زَوجَتِهِ أُخرى يُقاسُ بِها
ولا يُقاسُ إلى سِبْطَيْهِ سِبطانِ
None can be compared to his wife,
Nor can any two be compared to his two grandsons.
فَمُضْمِرُ الحُبِّ في نُورٍ يُخَصُّ بِهِ
ومُضمِرُ البُغضِ مَخصوصٌ بنيرانِ
Love's secret is in a light specified for him,
While hatred's secret is specified with fires.
هذا غداً مالِكٌ في النَّارِ يَمْلِكُهُ
وذاكَ رِضْوانٌ يَلقاهُ بِرِضوانِ
This one will rule hellfire tomorrow,
While the other will meet him with satisfaction.
قالَ النَّبيُّ لَهُ أشقى البَرِيَّةِ يا
عَلِيُّ إن ذُكر الأشقى شقيَّان
The Prophet said: O Ali, the most wretched of mankind -
If the most wretched is mentioned - they are two wretched ones.
هذا عَصَى صالِحاً في عَقْرِ ناقَتِهِ
وذاكَ فيكَ سيَلقاني بِعِصيانِ
One disobeyed the righteous one by hamstringing his she-camel,
And the other will meet me with disobedience against you.
لَيَخضِبَنْ هَذِهِ مِنْ ذا أبا حَسَنٍ
في حينِ يَخضُبُها مِنْ أحمرٍ قاني
These two will be dyed by the hand of Abu Hassan
At a time when his hand is dyed crimson red.
نِعْمَ الشَّهيدانِ رَبُّ العرشِ يَشهدُ لي
والخَلْقِ أنَّهما نِعْمَ الشّهيدان
How excellent are the two martyrs - the Lord of the Throne testifies for me
And creation, that they are excellent martyrs.
مَن ذا يُعزِّي النَّبيَّ المُصطفى بِهِما
مَنْ ذا يُعزّيهِ من قاصٍ ومِنْ داني
Who can comfort the chosen Prophet through them?
Who can comfort him, whether near or far?
مَنْ ذا لفاطِمَةَ اللَّهفَى يُنَبِّئُها
عَنْ بَعْلِها وابْنِها أنْباءَ لَهفانِ
Who can inform Fatima, burning with agony,
About her husband and her son - painful news?
مَن قابضِ النَّفسِ في المحرابِ مُنتَصباً
وقابِضِ النَّفس في الهَيْجاء عَطشانِ
The one who breathed his last in the prayer niche standing,
And the one who breathed his last in the desert, thirsty.
نَجْمانِ في الأرضِ بلْ بدرانِ قد أفَلا
نعَم وشَمسانِ إمَّا قُلْتَ شَمسانِ
Two stars on earth - no two full moons they were -
Yes, two suns - or I should say two suns.
سَيْفانِ يُغْمدُ سَيْفُ الحَربِ إنْ بَرَزا
وفي يَمِنَيهما لَلحَرْبِ سَيْفانِ
Two swords with which the sword of battle is sheathed,
And by their right side for battle, two swords.
