قد أبْصَرَ الزَّمانُ عَلْوى وَغَفا

جَهْلاً بِعَلْوى فَعَلى الدُّنيا العَفا

Time has attained loftiness and turned away

Ignorantly from loftiness, so pardon the world

وأهْلُها لمَّا تَفَنَّنوا بها

لهمْ لِطَيْشِهِ الزَّمانُ ما صفا

And its people when they became engrossed in it

For their frivolity, time lacked purity

حَقٌّ وباطِلٌ وغَيٌّ وهُدًى

مَنعٌ وإبذالٌ وغَدرٌ ووفَا

Truth and falsehood, misguidance and guidance

Prevention and giving, betrayal and loyalty

ضِدَّانِ من حكمِهِما بينَهما

تَنافُرٌ صدَّهُما فاخْتَلَفَا

Two opposites, by their rule amongst them

Repulsion which divided them, so they differed

وللزَّمانِ يا هُذَيْمُ عُصبَةٌ

مِحوَرُها للفانِياتِ انْصرفَا

And time, O Huthaym, has a party

Whose axis turned to ephemeralities

رَمَتْ بِسَهمِ الزُّورِ عَبداً قَلْبُهُ

عن الوجودِ للمُقيمِ انْعَطَفَا

It shot with the arrow of falsehood, a servant whose heart

Turned from existence to the Eternal, inclined

وشَرَّقَتْ بِغَيِّها وغَرَّبَتْ

ورأيُها عنِ الصَّوابِ انْحَرفَا

It went astray with its misguidance and erred

And its view deviated from what is right

من كانَ للرَّحمنِ عبداً خالصاً

قَلباً على بابِ الإلهِ عَكَفَا

Whoever is exclusively a servant of the Merciful

With a heart steadfast at the door of God

وصَدَّ عن كَوْنِ السِّوى هِمَّتَهُ

وطَرفَهُ عن كلِّ شيءٍ طَرَفَا

And turned his resolve away from anything other than Him

And averted his glance from everything else

مَظاهرٌ بِحُكمها بارِزَةٌ

تَجْلو من السِّرِّ الخَفِيِّ طَرَفَا

Manifestations, apparent in their rule

Revealing from the hidden secret a glance

يَجّهَلُهُ الجاهلُ مأسورُ الهَوى

وإنَّما يَعْرِفهُ من عَرَفَا

The ignorant, prisoner of passions, does not know Him

But only one who has known, recognizes

يُبْرِزُ رَبُّ الجَهلِ من ضَميرِهِ

لِكلِّ ما يَراهُ ممَّا اغْتَرَفَا

The Lord of ignorance reveals from his conscience

To everything he sees, from what he has drawn

فَيُلْبِسُ المَظاهِرَ العُيوبَ عنْ

نَسجِ ضَميرهِ الَّذي قد أسْرَفَا

So he clothes the manifestations with the faults of

The weaving of his conscience which exceeded

والعارِفُ البَرُّ يَرُدُّ ما بَدا

لأصْلِهِ فَيَمْحَقُ الغَثَّ الصَّفا

While the righteous servant returns what appeared

To its origin, so he obliterates the impurities

كُلُّ امْرِئٍ تَنظُرُ عَينُ رأسهِ

بالنَّظَرِ الَّذي بِقَلبِهِ اخْتَفى

The sight of every person looks

With the sight his heart concealed

وتُشْرِفُ العَينُ على مَنْظورِها

وإنَّما القَلْبُ الَّذي قد أشْرَفَا

And the eye overlooks its view

But it is the heart that overlooked

ورُبَّما تَلْمَحُ عَينٌ أسْوَداً

أقَرَّهُ القلبُ مَقَرَّ الشُّرَفَا

And sometimes an eye glimpses blackness

While the heart settled it with nobility

وتُبْصِرُ الأزْهَرَ يَزْهو مَنْظَراً

وفي الفُؤادِ بالسَّوادِ التَحَفَا

And it sees the brilliant beautifully appearing

While in the heart is clothed with blackness

فالحُكْمُ للقُلوبِ في تَنْظيمِها

مَطْبوعُها رَقَّ لها أو كَثُفا

So judgement belongs to the hearts in their composition

Imprinted smooth or coarse within them

ما كُلُّ قلبٍ صادِقاً في حُكْمِهِ

إنْ أسْدَلَ الأسْتارَ أو إن كَشفَا

Not every heart is truthful in its ruling

Whether it lowered the curtains or exposed

إن طارَ قلبُ المَرءِ لله ولم

يَحْفَلْ بِغَوْشِ الكَوْنِ بالله اكْتَفى

If a person's heart soared to God and did not

Care about the din of existence, sufficing in God

يُلْهِمُهُ الله تَعالى رُشْدَهُ

ويَصْطَفيهِ مثلَ من قد اصْطَفى

God the Exalted inspires him with His guidance

And chooses him like one He has chosen

فَيَفْهَمَ المَطْوِيَّ من نَشرِ الوَرى

ويُبْصِرَ المَنْشورَ في طَيَّ الخَفَا

So he understands the hidden through the universe's unfolding

And sees the unfolded in the folds of the unseen

يا من يَرى الأبرارَ أشراراً لقدْ

طَغى بكَ الرَّأيُ الَّذي ما أنْصَفَا

O you who see the righteous as evil, indeed

Opinion has overwhelmed you, which did not judge fairly

حَكَمْتَ طَيشاً بِقياسٍ فاسدٍ

هَلاَّ تَوَقَّفْتَ كَمَنْ تَوَقَّفَا

You judged rashly with corrupt analogy

Why did you not refrain like one who refrained

بَعَثْتَهُمْ بالطَّيْشِ للدُّنيا وما

صَرَفْتَهُمْ حيثُ الإلهُ صَرَفَا

You roused them frivolously towards the world and did not

Redirect them where God has guided

وَصَفْتَهُمْ بما طَوَيْتَ حُكْمَهُ

قلباً وقد رُحْتَ بهِ مُتَّصِفَا

You described them with what you concealed in ruling

A heart, and you were pleased with attributing it

تَحْسَبُهُمْ بالزُّعْمِ أغْنِياءَ مُذْ

تَرَفَّعوا بِطَوْرِهِمْ تَعَفَّفَا

You suppose they are, as claimed, wealthy, having

Become aloof in their demeanor, abstaining

قومٌ بِبابِ الله عَزَّ شأنُهُ

زَوَوا عن السِّرِّ المُنيرِ السَّجَفا

A people at the door of God Most High

Who turned away from the luminous secret uncaring

تَزاحَموا هُناكَ لو أبْصَرْتَهُمْ

يَرْهُصُ كَتِفٌ بِجُهْدٍ كَتِفَا

They would jostle there if you saw them

With an effort, shoulder to shoulder

بِهِمَمٍ طَيَّارةٍ لِرَبِّها

تَهْزأُ بالبَرْقِ إذا ما خَطَفَا

With lofty resolves to their Lord

That ridicule lightning when it strikes

قد طَرَحوا الأشياءَ عن قُلوبِهمْ

وشارَفوا رِجالَها تَكَلُّفَا

They have discarded things from their hearts

And relieved themselves of burdens

فاتَ مَريضَ القلبِ بُرْءُ قُرْبِهِمْ

وهمْ لأمراضِ الوجوداتِ شِفَا

So the sick at heart despaired of their nearness

While they are the cure for the ailments of existence

تَسَنَّمَتْ ذُرَى العُلى أسْرارُهُمْ

ونَصَبَتْ فوقَ البُروجِ رَفْرَفا

The hidden secrets of the Most High assumed their qualities

And ascended above the celestial spheres

تَسَلْسَلَتْ عَظيمَةً رِجالُهُمْ

فَسَلَفٌ وَرَّثَ مَجْداً خَلَفَا

Their great men are chained in succession

So a predecessor inherited glory from a successor

من كلِّ قَرْمٍ هاشميٍّ قَلْبُهُ

عن كلِّ خَلقٍ في البَرايا عَزَفَا

The heart of each Hashimi in every generation

Turned away from all people in the land

تَعَلَّقَتْ بالمُصْطَفى وآلِهِ

هِمَّتُهُ وسارَ إثرَ المُصْطَفى

His resolve clung to the Chosen One and his family

And he went on the path of the Chosen

وراحَ يَتْبَعُ الصَّحابَةَ الأُلَى

مُنَكَّراً بِطَوْرِهِ مُعَرَّفا

And set out to follow the intimate companions

Disavowing with his demeanor, while professing

مُبَرَّأ الهِمَّةِ من شَقِّ العَصا

ولن يَرى سِوى السَّوادِ طَرَفَا

His slogan is truthfulness and his state is piety

His demeanor is patience and his nature is loyalty

إنْ اقْتَدى بِسَيِّدِ الكُلِّ اقْتَدَى

أوِ اقْتَفى إثرَ جَنابِهِ اقْتَفى

They are the people whose

Traces have become a gift for the gnostics

شِعارُهُ الصِّدقُ وحالهُ التُّقى

وطَوْرُهُ الصَّبْرُ وخُلْقُهُ الوَفَا

We are from them, and the truth we

Know, its promise will not be broken

أولئكَ القَومُ الذينَ أصبَحَتْ

آثارُهمْ للعارفينَ تُحَفَا

God will shine upon us with the might of His glory

A morning with flags fluttering

فَنَحنُ مِنهمْ والحَقيقةُ التي

نَعرفُها ميعادُها لن يُخْلَفَا

All of it religion, remembrance, and piety

Repelling with light the resolve of whoever hardened

سَيُطْلِعُ الله بِسَمْكِ عِزِّهِ

لنا صَباحاً بالسَّنا مُرَفْرَفا

Unlike the claim of those who transgressed upon God

And fabricated lies, swearing falsely

وكُلُّهُ دينٌ وذِكرٌ وتُقًى

تَرُدُّ بالأنْوارِ عَزمَ من جَفَا

And said about us other than what God desired

Guessing about us in His absence and illusion

خِلافَ زُعْمِ من على الله اعْتَدى

واخْتَرَعَ الكِذْبَ وَزوراً حَلَفَا

Wait, O party of passions, for you have come

With suspect claims and nonsense

وقالَ فينا غيرَ ما الله ارْتَضى

لنا بِغَيْبهِ وبالوَهْمِ اشْتَفى

You have judged us contrary to what the Creator ruled

And you have betrayed while He graciously favoured

مَهْلاً على رَسْلِكَ يا حِزبَ الهَوى

فقد وَرَدْتَ بالزُّعومِ التَّلَفَا

How many times has a gang aggressively attacked

Our sanctuary, but it sufficed

قَضَيْتَ فينا عَكْسَ ما الباري قَضى

وقد غَدَرْتَ وهو فَضلاً لَطَفَا

And zeal pushed it back to the brink

So we in existence are the essence of guidance

كم مَرَّةٍ بِطَيشِها تَهاجَمَتْ

عِصابَةٌ على حِمانا فَكَفى

The cosmos was molded upon us as shells

While the world has enchanted the hearts of its people

وَرَدَّها مَصْروعَةً على القَفَا

وغيرَةً أوْقَفَها على شَفَا

And God increased us in loftiness we craved

فَنَحنُ في الكونِ جَواهِرُ الهُدى

صيغَتْ علينا الكائِناتُ صَدَفَا

شَغَفَتِ الدُّنيا قُلوبَ أهْلِها

وزادَنا اللهُ بِعَلْوى شَغَفَا