ما ردَّهُ الباغي إِذا ردَّتْ بهِ

أيدي الجَلالةِ عنكَ إِلاَّ رِدَّتُهْ

When the tyrant is turned back by the august hands,

What does it avail him save to turn him back?

الحَظُّ أقْصَرهُ وقدَّ حِبالَهُ

فَتعلَّقتْ بالغَيْرِ شُؤماً همَّتُهْ

Fortune has shortened his tether and tied his ropes,

So his ambitious thoughts have clung to others disastrously.

رُدَّتْ رجالٌ والنَّبيُّ إمامُهُمْ

لِتَطُمَّهُمْ من بأسِ ربِّكَ نِقمتُهْ

Men were turned back, and the Prophet was their imam,

So that the vengeance of your Lord might smite them.

دعْ من تَلصَّصَ في الفسادِ مُوارباً

واهْملهُ قَدْ عَمِيتْ بُنَيَّ بَصيرتُهْ

Leave him who insinuates corruption furtively;

Disregard him, for his insight has been blinded.

لوْ كانَ للرَّحمنِ فيه عِنايةٌ

قَطعتْهُ عن هذا التَّلصُّصِ نظرتُهْ

If the Merciful had cared for him,

His gaze would have been cut off from this creeping.

والوارِثُ النَّبويُّ في أحوالِهِ

معنًى يُشاكِلُهُ النَّبيُّ وسيرتُهْ

And the Prophetic Heir in his conditions

Resembles the Prophet in his way and his practice.

فارجعْ لربِّكَ لا تُؤمِّلْ غيرهُ

لا بدَّ توليكَ العنايةَ نُصرتُهْ

Return to your Lord, do not hope in any but Him;

His aid will surely take care of you.

ودعِ الحسودَ بِغَيظهِ وعنادهِ

تَشْويهِ في طيِّ المَفاسدِ زفرَتُهْ

And leave the envious one to his rage and stubbornness,

The whistling of his breath amidst the spread of corruption.

كمْ طائرٍ طلبَ العُلى حطَّتْ به

ضمنَ الحَضيضِ بغيرِ قصدٍ نهضتُهْ

How many a bird sought the heights and was brought down

To the depths without intention by its soaring!

ولكمْ ضَعيفٍ ذي انْكسارٍ خالصٍ

ألقتهُ في رُتَبِ المعزَّةِ ذِلَّتُهْ

And how many a weak one, broken and sincere,

His abasement has cast into the ranks of honor!

والعبدُ في الأمرَيْنِ مأسورُ القَضا

تأتي لهُ من غيرِ سعيٍ قِسمتُهْ

And the servant in both matters is bound by destiny;

His appointed lot comes to him without effort.