أَقوى وَعُطِّلَ مِن فُرّاطَةَ الثَمَدُ

فَالرَبعُ مِنكِ وَمِن رَيّاكِ فَالسَنَدُ

The dwelling was stronger yet disabled by the barrenness of Al-Thamad

So a quarter from you and from your pasture is the support

فَالهُضبُ أَوحَشَ مِمَّن كانَ يَسكُنُهُ

هَضبُ الوِراقِ فَما جادَت لَهُ الجَمَدُ

The plateau became more desolate than those who used to inhabit it

The plateau of Al-Wirag that did not yield any frozen water for it

فَمَن عَهِدتُ بِهِ الأُلّافَ تَسكُنُهُ

فَالعَرجُ حَيثُ تَلاقى القاعُ وَالعُقَدُ

The one I was accustomed to stay there for long times

The hill where the plain and knots meet

عافوا المَنازِلَ مِن نَجدٍ وَساكِنِهِ

فَما دَرَيتُ لِأَنّى طِيَّةٍ عَمَدوا

They abandoned the dwellings of Najd and its inhabitants

So I did not know where they headed

لَكِن جَرَت سُنُحٌ بَيني وَبَينَهُمُ

وَالأَشأَمانِ غُرابُ البَينِ وَالصُرَدُ

But there were disagreements between me and them

And for the estranged, the crow of separation and the ostrich are friends

صاحا بِسَيرِهِمُ حَتّى اِستَحَثَّ بِهِم

وَبِالخَليطِ مِنَ الجيرانِ فَاِنجَرَدوا

They departed with their caravan until their tracks faded

And with the mixed company of neighbors dispersed

وَخَلَّفوا لَكَ آثاراً مُدَعثَرَةً

ما حَولَها سَبَدٌ مِنهُم وَلا لَبَدُ

And they left behind scattered remnants for you

Around it there is no trace of them, no scent and no track

إِلّا العِراصَ وَإِلّا الهُدبَ مِن دِمَنٍ

عَلى هَدامِلِها الأَهدامُ وَالنَجَدُ

Except the groves and the mounds of Dimaan

Upon its slopes ruins and date palms

فَقِف بِهِنَّ عَلى ما شِئتَ مِن أَثرٍ

مِمّا يُلَبَّدُ مِنها فَهوَ مُلتَبِدُ

So stop wherever you wish on a trace

Of what can be detected, it will be detected

وَمِن مَباءَةِ رِبعانٍ وَمِن عَطَنٍ

يَدِبُّ بَينَهُمُ القِردانُ وَالقَرَدُ

And from the innocence of two quarters and from Ataan

Monkeys and wild cats roam between them

وَمَلعَبٍ لِجَوارٍ يَنتَقِدنَ بِهِ

وَكُلِّ مُنتَزَهٍ لِلَّهوِ مُنتَقَدُ

And a playground for neighboring settlements bite them

And every frequented resort is bitten

بانوا بِهِنَّ وَفي الأَحداجِ غانِيَةٌ

في جيدِها وَمَتالي ليتِها غَيَدُ

They built them while the parted has singing camel riders

With necklaces and twined armlets like twisted fibers

عَبلٌ مُسَوَّرُها وَعثٌ مُؤَزَّرُها

مِثلُ المَهاةِ رَداحٌ نَبتُهُ رَوَدُ

Spotted she camels with bridles and hairy she camels with girths

Whose fodder is Rwad that grows in Maha

هَيفاءُ لَفّاءُ جِردَحلٌ مُخَلخَلُها

تُحيي وَتَقتُلُ مَن شاءَت بِما تَعِدُ

Slender smooth-bodied Jirdahal she camels that can

Give life and kill whoever she promises

فَما يَفوزُ الَّذي أَحيَت بِمَنفَعَةٍ

وَلا لِمَن قَتَلَت عَقلٌ وَلا قَوَدُ

So whoever she brought benefit to cannot win

Nor can whoever she killed have a mind or leader

تَخدي بِها أُصُلاً بُزلٌ مُخَيَّسَةٌ

مِثلُ القُصورِ عَلَيها البُدَّنُ الخُرُدُ

She corrupted an original lineage with distorted sand grouses

Like palaces that have termites eating them

حَتّى اِغتَمَسنَ ضُحىً في آلِ قَرقَرَةٍ

سَقياً لَهُنَّ وَلِلصَمدِ الَّذي صَمَدوا

Until they took a morning bath in the family of Qarqara

As drink for them and for the Eternal they sought refuge with

فَعِدهُما وَلِأَمرٍ ما يُزَحزِحُهُم

عِندَ الهَواهي وَأَهواءٌ بِهِم بَدَدُ

So count them and no command can deter them

When it comes to pleasures and wandered desires

وَقُل لِمُرتَفِقٍ في بَيتِ مَملَكَةٍ

قَولاً تَبَرَّأَ مِنهُ الغَيُّ وَالفَنَدُ

And say to one seeking refuge in the royal abode

Words that neither deceit nor gossip can turn away from

ماذا تَرى يا وَلِيَّ العَهدِ في رَجُلٍ

بِقَلبِهِ مِن دَواعي شَوقِهِ كَمَدُ

What do you see my heir in a man

That his heart has embedded in it the causes of his passion

أَقامَ في بَلَدٍ حَتّى بَكى ضَجَراً

مِن بَعضِها وَبَكَت مِن بَعضِهِ بَلَدُ

He stayed in a country until he wept out of boredom

From some of it and some of it wept for him

إِذا أَتاهُ غَداً أَو بَعدَهُ ثَقَلٌ

تَغدو إِلَيهِ بِهِ الأَنباءُ وَالبُرُدُ

If a hardship comes to him tomorrow or the day after

In the morning the news and coolness will come to him

وَقُرِّبَت لِمَسيرٍ مِنكَ يَومَئِذٍ

مَراكِبٌ مِنكَ لَم تولَد وَلا تَلِدُ

And riding animals were prepared for you one day

That were not born or give birth

تَغلي بِهِنَّ طَريقٌ ما بِهِ أَثَرٌ

في مُستَوٍ ما بِهِ حَزنٌ وَلا جَدَدُ

You shall embark on them a path with no trace

On a flat plain with no grief or renew

لا في السَماءِ وَلا في الأَرضِ مَسلَكُها

وَلا تَقومُ وَلا تَمشي وَلا تَخِدُ

Their course is not in the sky nor the earth

They do not stand still or walk or move

وَلا يَذُقنَ أَكالاً ما بَقينَ وَلا

يَشرَبنَ ماءً وَهُنَّ الشُرَّعُ الوُرُدُ

They do not taste food as long as they live nor

Do they drink water while the thoroughbreds are the flowers

جونٌ مُجَلَّلَةٌ قُعسٌ مُجَرشَعَةٌ

ما باتَ يُرمِضُها أَينٌ وَلا خَضَدُ

Stout fully caparisoned nimble she camels

That no diseases tired them at nights

تُلوى الأَزمَّةُ في أَذنابِها وَبِها

في السَيرِ يُعدَلُ إِن جارَت فَتَقتَصِدُ

Crisis turns in their tails and through them

The pace steadies if they bolt so they are reined

مِن كُلِّ مُقرِبَةٍ لِلسَيرِ مُنقِزَةٍ

خَوفاً تَجَمَّعَ مِنها الجُؤجُؤُ الأُجُدُ

Of every she camel prompting the travel

Fear gathered jellybeans that datura ripped off

مِن سَبعَةٍ فَإِذا أَنشَأتَ تَحسُبُها

وَفّاكَها كُمَّلاً في كَفِّكَ العَدَدُ

You will think they are seven, but when you start counting them

They are like fruits perfectly fitted in your palm

السَمرُ وَالنَجرُ وَالنَحّارُ يَقرَعُها

وَالفَقرُ وَالقيرُ وَالأَلواحُ وَالعَمَدُ

The fiddle, the tambourine, the flute play them

And poverty, drought, planks and poles too

فَقَد وَفَت وَلَها في وَفقِها عَلَمٌ

مِثلُ السَحابَةِ في أَقرابِها زَبَدُ

So they have a flair and have a guide in their course

Like a cloud among its kinsfolk is foam

في نُشرَةٍ بَعدَ حَظّي طيبَ جادِيَةٍ

جاءَت تَهادى بِهِم مِن بَعدِ ما هَجَدوا

On a later notice after my good fate guided

They came complimenting after they were cautious

فَثَوَّرَت بَقَراً ما مِثلُهُم بَقَرٌ

إِن قُمتَ قاموا وَإِن قُلتَ اِقعُدوا قَعَدوا

So it startled out camels unmatched by any

If you stand they stand if you say sit they sit

فَباتَ عَرشُكَ فَوقَ الماءِ يَحمِلُهُ

بَحرٌ تَلاطَمَ فيهِ المَوجُ وَالزَبَدُ

So your throne remained above the water holding it

A turbulent sea with surging waves and foam

وَالريحُ مُرسَلَةٌ وَالماءُ مُنصَلِتٌ

وَأَنتَ مُرتَفِقٌ وَالسَيرُ مُنجَرِدُ

The wind blows hard and the water pours forth

While you seek refuge and the travel makes one naked

إِلى أَبيكَ أَميرِ المُؤمِنينَ بِنا

نَفدٌ إِلَيهِ وَفَتحٌ ما بِهِ نَفَدُ

To your father commander of the faithful we

Have a purpose and openness that has no ruse

وَاللَهُ أَصلَحَ بِالمَهدِيِّ فاسِدَنا

سِرنا إِلَيهِ وَكانَ الناسُ قَد فَسَدوا

And may God reform through the Mahdi our corruption

And heal their chests after denial had festered

داوى صُدورَهُمُ مِن بَعدِ ما نَغِلَت

كَما يُداوى بِدُهنِ العُرَّةِ العَنَدُ

As the swelling of the spleen is healed with violet oil

Until they recovered and the habits of zeal were said to return them

حَتّى اِستَصَحّوا وَحَتّى قيلَ قَد رَجَعوا

مِمّا دَعَتهُم إِلَيهِ العادَةُ العُنُدُ

And he did not spare anyone who had tyrannized and wronged

Except that he took them in his grip so they were harvested

وَلَم يَدَع أَحَداً مِمَّن طَغى وَبَغى

إِلّا تَناوَلَهُم بِالكَفِّ فَاِحتُصِدوا

But there was not for the groups of polytheists by him

A horde or scattered bands

بَل لَم يَكُن لِجُموعِ المُشرِكينَ بِهِ

وَلا يُشَيِّعُهُ جَولٌ وَلا بَدَدُ

He closed the gaps with God's steadfast horses

And in the horses and their horsemen is justification

سَدَّ الثُغورَ بِخَيلِ اللَهِ مُلجَمَةٍ

وَفي الخُيولِ وَفي فُرسانِها سَدَدُ

Then you returned and did not stay in any valley

Except you were just, no injustice and no deviation

ثُمَّ اِنثَنَيتَ وَلَم تَنزِل بِهِ أَوَداً

إِلّا عَدَلتَ فَلا جَورٌ وَلا أَوَدُ

This is for your prosperity and man boasts

And boasting in it and in his days is stupidity

هَذا لِيُمنِكَ وَالإِنسانُ مُفتَخِرٌ

وَالفَخرُ فيهِ وَفي أَيّامِهِ كَبَدُ

If the tribes boast in their countries

And all of them vie in the position of ancestors

إِذا القَبائِلُ في بُلدانِها اِفتَخَرَت

وَكُلُّهُم في مَقامِ الجِدِّ مُحتَشِدُ

Surely boasting is to whoever built for you

A glory that Mount Uhud falls short of its pillars

إِنَّ الفَخارَ إِلى مَن قَد بَنى لَكُمو

مَجداً تَقاصَرَ عَن أَركانِهِ أُحُدُ

In the area of Mecca are relics for your ancestors

That were built by Ma'ad's grandfather Odod

بِبَطنِ مَكَّةَ آثارٌ لِأَوَّلِكُم

مِمّا بَنى لِمَعَدٍّ جَدُّهُ أُدَدُ

God had always been and nothing had existed so He originated it

And none but you of its inhabitants are its pillars

اللَهُ كانَ وَما كانَت فَكَوَّنَها

وَما بِها غَيرُكُم مِن أَهلِها سَنَدُ

Except the abodes around it whose pegs were planted

If the peg told of its neighbors

إِلّا الدَيارَ الَّتي مِن حَولِها وُتِدَت

لَو كانَ يُخبِرُ عَن جيرانِهِ الوَتِدُ

Abodes perish and whoever inhabits them perishes

And your abodes and the veils of your abodes are renewers

تَبلى الدِيارُ وَيَبلى مَن يَحِلُّ بِها

وَدورُكُم وَمَغاني دورِكُم جُدُدُ

And the house of your paternal uncle Hujr in the region of Yemen

A house in which honor and mastery were complete

وَبَيتُ خالِكَ حُجرٍ في ذُرى يَمَنٍ

بَيتٌ تَكامَلَ فيهِ العِزُّ وَالنَضَدُ

And the house of Amr and structure of the house of Thi Yazin

And Thi Al-Kila' and he to whom soldiers yield

وَبَيتُ عَمروٍ وَمَبنى بَيتِ ذي يَزَنٍ

وَذي الكِلاعِ وَمَن دانَت لَهُ الجَنَدُ

And Tubba' and the iron garments he has

In times iron is spun in its times hides

وَتُبَّعٌ وَسَرابيلُ الحَديدِ لَهُ

أَزمانَ يُنسَجُ في أَزمانِهِ الزَرَدُ

So boast there of people of generosity

That if God made eternity for people of heights they would be

فَاِفخَر هُناكَ بِأَقوامٍ ذَوي كَرَمٍ

لَو خَلَّدَ اللَهُ قَوماً لِلعُلى خَلَدوا

Do you see a non-Arab among people or an Arab

Except that for your paternal uncle among them is a bounty and hand

وَهَل تَرى عَجَماً في الناسِ أَو عَرَباً

إِلّا لِخالِكَ فيهِم نِعمَةٌ وَيَدُ

If they reward you with gratitude then loyalty to it

And if you are denied then the precedent of denial preceded them

فَإِن جَزَوكَ بِشُكرٍ فَالوَفاءُ بِهِ

وَإِن جُحِدتَ فَعادٌ قَبلَهُمُ جَحَدوا

So why is that and from where is it permissible for them

While all of them to you my honored son are loyal

فَكَيفَ ذاكَ وَمِن أَنّى يَسوغُ لَهُم

وَكُلُّهُم لَكَ يا اِبنَ الخَيرِ مُعتَبِدُ

And you my master of Islam and its master

And for every doctrine among its people is a pillar

وَأَنتَ يا سَيِّدَ الإِسلامِ سَيِّدُهُم

وَكُلُّ دينٍ لَهُ مِن أَهلِهِ سَنَدُ

If they compete with you in glory you were more glorious

And you are the glorious helper, honest and loyal

إِن فاخَروكَ بِمَجدٍ كُنتَ أَمجَدَهُم

وَما ظَلَمتَ وَأَنتَ الماجِدُ النَجُدُ

Or if they reconciled with you then the reconciliation that pleased you

Or fought you so the lion is in your attire

أَو صالَحوكَ فَصُلحٌ ما رَعَوكَ بِهِ

أَو حارَبوكَ فَفي سِربالِكَ الأَسَدُ

Not like a lion crouching in the thickets

Above his shoulders the hyrax and its burrows he protects

ما اللَيثُ مُفتَرِشاً في الغيلِ كَلكَلَهُ

عَلى مَناكِبِهِ مِن فَوقِهِ لِبَدُ

He protects the cubs and protects the lairs of his prowess

And burning charcoal has inflamed his trunk

يَحمي الشُبولَ وَيَحمي غيلَ لَبوَتِهِ

وَقَد تَحَرَّقَ في حَيزومِهِ الحَرَدُ

A day with more daring, no by God, than you when

The brave sons of war flared up in its flames

يَوماً بِأَجرَأَ لا وَاللَهِ مِنكَ إِذا

أَبناءُ حَربٍ عَلى نيرانِها اِحتَرَدوا

Under the platter their skulls like monkeys

Upon it the eggs blaze

تَحتَ العَجاجَةِ إِذ فيها جَماجِمُهُم

مِثلَ القُرودِ عَلَيها البَيضُ تَتَّقِدُ

In every narrow fight that squeezes

The breast of the brave when blindness blankets him

في كُلِّ مُعتَرَكٍ ضَنكٍ يَضيقُ بِهِ

صَدرُ الكَمِيِّ إِذا ما عَمَّهُ الرَمَدُ

While the firewood like the old woman of fire has cooled

Bald, white-haired, with its knots tied

وَالجُردُ مِثلُ عَجوزِ النارِ قَد بَرَدَت

شَوهاءُ شَهباءُ مُزوَرٌّ بِها الكَتَدُ

Nothing remains in her mouth to gnaw on

Except the tongue and the little toe, rotten and degraded

لَم يَبقَ في فَمِها شَيءٌ تَلوكُ بِهِ

إِلّا اللِسانُ وَإِلّا الدُردُرُ الدَرِدُ

She labored when she saw a group

Bearing arms against a people for them is number

باتَت تَمَخَّضُ لَمّا أَن رَأَت عُدَداً

مِن السِلاحِ عَلى قَومٍ لَهُم عَدَدُ

And Al Mushrafiyah, its tents are folded

From the veils, and the spear tips aim straight

وَالمَشرَفِيَّةُ قَد فُلَّت مَضارِبُها

عَنِ الكُماةِ وَأَطرافُ القَنا قِصَدُ

If only the Mahdi of his nation would choose for us

About what he sees and the thick of war confuse

لَو ما تخَيَّرَنا مَهدِيُّ أُمَّتِهِ

عَمّا يَرى وَكُماةُ الحَربِ تَطَّرِدُ

Which of the three are you in it when they betrayed

The covenant of God and the pact which they covenanted

أَيُّ الثَلاثَةِ فيها أَنتَ إِذ غَدَروا

بِذِمَّةِ اللَهِ وَالعَهدِ الَّذي عَهِدوا

A stalwart hero in it who ignites it

With those who fight until the fuel grows

أَفارِسٌ بَطَلٌ فيها تَوَقَّدُها

بِمَن تُحارِبُ حَتّى يَعظُمَ الوَقَدُ

Or a righteous one with cool water that extinguishes it

Until his intense coldness diminishes it

أَم عارِضٌ بِرِدٌ بِالماءِ يُخمِدُها

حَتّى يُنَشنِشَها شُؤبوبُهُ البَرَدُ

Or a mercy that descended from his Lord to them

What he continued to sustain them after exhaustion

أَم رَحمَةٌ نَزَلَت مِن رَبِّهِ لَهُمو

ما قَد تَدارَكَهُم مِنَ بَعدِ ما جَهِدوا

He brings life to the countries after their death

And light comes out from it while the earth is buried

يُحيي البِلادَ بِها مِن بَعدِ مَوتَتِها

وَيَخرُجُ النَورُ مِنها وَالثَرى ثَأَدُ

I wish I knew while the heat of summer moves

On two plains, malignant and regressing

يا لَيتَ شِعري وَمَرُّ القَيظِ مُختَلِفٌ

عَلى شَريجَينِ مَلفوظٌ وَمُزدَرَدُ

What is with Moses and who is called to his allegiance

As if there is in his clothes a hidden quince

ما بالُ موسى وَمَن يُدعى لِبَيعَتِهِ

كَأَنَّهُ قَفَصٌ في ثَوبِهِ صُرَدُ

The days do not show in the season of his allegiance

To the councils except that he shudders

لا يُظهِرُ الدَهرُ ما في فَصلِ بَيعَتِهِ

إِلى المَجالِسِ إِلّا وَهوَ يَرتَعِدُ

And whoever turns to an evident matter of state

Rheum that its remedies bring relief yet it returns

وَمَن يَدِبُّ إِلى أَمرٍ بَداهِيَةٍ

رَبداءَ تَذرَبُ عَن أَدوائِها المِعَدُ

Children of Abu Ja'far oh best carried

On the camels' litters, noble and generous

بَني أَبي جَعفَرٍ يا خَيرَ مَن حَمَلَت

عَلى غَوارِبِها العِيدِيَّةُ الأُجُدُ

What has distracted you from one turning to you

For an allegiance that the One Eternal did not permit

ما بالُ غَفلَتِكُم عَمَّن يَدِبُّ لَكُم

بِبَيعَةٍ لَم يُجزِها الواحِدُ الصَمَدُ

By God guide yourselves from people of a kingdom

That if it had supporters in earth they would unite

لِلَّهِ دَرُّكُمو مِن أَهلِ مَملَكَةٍ

ما إِن لَها عَنكُمو في الأَرضِ مُلتَحَدُ

Until it came to you peacefully while pure

With pardon that in it thunder applauds

حَتّى أَتَتكُم تَهادى وَهيَ صافِيَةٌ

عَفواً يُصَفِّقُ فيها الراعِدُ الغَرِدُ

Take the caliphate and fill the eye of your envier

With pus that the blind and bleary eyed will gouge out

كِلوا الخِلافَةَ وَاِحشوا عَينَ حاسِدِكُم

قَيحاً يُفَقِّئُهُ العُوّارُ وَالرَمَدُ

How many enviers of you hope for your caliphate

That if realized the jealous eye would pick out

كَم حاسِدٍ لَكُمُ يَرجو خِلافَتَكُم

قَد كانَ يَفقَأُ مِنهُ المُقلَةَ الحَسَدُ

It has awakened upon you unwary eyes

When the sentinels and observation have slumbered

أَذكى عَلَيكُم عُيوناً غَيرَ غافِلَةٍ

إِذا تَغَفَّلَتِ الأَحراسُ وَالرَصَدُ

Why is that and he has no equipment for battle

Neither the mustering nor if he dies will he be missed

وَفيمَ ذاكَ وَلا في العيرِ عِدَّتُهُ

وَلا النَفيرُ وَلا إِن ماتَ يُفتَقَدُ

He has come and gone while hopes are unrealized

Like counterfeit coins when scrutinized

أَمسى وَأَصبَحَ وَالآمالُ مُعرِضَةٌ

كَالدِرهَمِ الزَيفِ مِنها حَينَ يُنتَقَدُ

I am innocent to you of his guardianship

As the francolin is innocent of its hunter

إِنّي بَريءٌ إِلَيكُم مِن وِلايَتِهِ

كَما تَبَرَّأَ مِن قَنّاصِهِ الفَرَدُ

And God will declare innocent whoever does not love you

On judgement day when intercession will not benefit

وَاللَهُ يَبرَأُ مِمَّن لا يُحِبُّكُمو

يَومَ القِيامَةِ إِذ لا يَنفَعُ الحَفَدُ

Yet I say about this to your riser

Words assisted by success and right guidance

وَقَد أَقولُ عَلى هَذا لِقائِمِكُم

قَولاً يُساعِدُهُ التَوفيقُ وَالرَشَدُ

My master the Mahdi your ownership

None should share its sweetness with you

يا أَيُّها القائِمُ المَهدِيُّ مُلكُكُمو

لا يَشرَكَنَّكُمو في حُلوِهِ أَحَدُ

If one day you seek a man for it

To protect your men if absent and if present

إِن كُنتَ مُلتَمِساً يَوماً لَها رَجُلاً

يَكفي رِجالَكَ إِن غابوا وَإِن شَهِدوا

Then listen carefully when death flutters from a man

In whose counsel there is no artifice and no trouble

فَاِسمَع وُقيتَ حِمامَ المَوتِ مِن رَجُلٍ

ما في مَشورَتِهِ أَفنٌ وَلا نَكَدُ

You call to your son Moses while he is wise in

His age and the soldiers have favored him

تَدعو إِلى اِبنِكَ موسى وَهوَ مُحتَنَكٌ

في سِنِّهِ وَبِهِ ما أَنعَمَ الجُنُدُ

He is righteous to his father

And righteousness kindness and affection stem from

فَإِنَّهُ وَلَدٌ بَرٌّ بِوالِدِهِ

وَالبَرُّ يُخلَقُ مِنهُ الطُرفُ وَالتَلُدُ

He is the son of she who if you are absent, you say to her

My Khayzuran, may abundant rainwater quench your thirst

وَإِنَّهُ اِبنُ الَّتي إِن غِبتَ قُلتَ لَها

يا خَيزُرانُ سَقاكِ الوابِلُ الرَغِدُ

You have not been absent in lands impermissible to you

Except that your heart and liver call you to it

ما غِبتَ عَنها بِأَرضٍ لا تَحَلُّ بِها

إِلّا دَعاكَ إِلَيها القَلبُ وَالكَبِدُ

Moses and Moses which king

After the pillar of religion can rely on

وَإِنَّ موسى وَموسى أَيُّما مَلِكٍ

عَلَيهِ بَعدَ عَمودِ الدينِ يُعتَمَدُ

The partner of your soul resides in a body from you

As long as the soul and body are sustained

شَريكُ روحِكَ يَأوي مِنكَ في جَسَدٍ

ما دامَ يُرزَقُ مِنهُ الروحُ وَالجَسَدُ

He would have not been without you, the Mahdi of his nation

Rightfully with all perfect praise monopolizing

قَد كانَ لَولاكَ يا مَهدِيَّ أُمَّتِهِ

بِالحَمدِ أَجمَعَ وَالمَعروفِ يَنفَرِدُ

Delegate to him my commander of the faithful and do not

With that look forward to a tomorrow that will fool you

فَاِعقِد لَهُ يا أَميرَ المُؤمِنينَ وَلا

تَنظُر بِهِ أَمَداً قَد طالَ ذا الأَمَدُ

The nights and days are spiteful

And man perishes with no eternity

وَاِجعَل بِعَينِكَ فيهِ الآنَ قُرَّتَها

فَقَد يَقَرُّ بِعَينِ الوالِدِ الوَلَدُ

This is my saying to you and God guides you

And God my Lord the One Eternal knows

وَاِعضُد أَخاهُ بِهِ لا تَترُكَنَّهُما

كَساعِدٍ مُفرَدٍ لَيسَت لَهُ عَضُدُ

That I have been loyal to you with my ancestral bounty

And does a hand offer generosity except with what it finds

فَقَد سَمِعتَ بِموسى حينَ أَفظَعَهُ

وَعيدُ فِرعَونَ لَو يَأتي بِما يَعِدُ

حَتّى اِستَمَدَّ بِهارونِ فَآزَرَهُ

فَمِن هُناكَ أَتاهُ النَصرُ وَالمَدَدُ

فَاِعقِد لَهُ يا أَميرَ المُؤمِنينَ وَلا

تَنظُر بِذاكَ غَداً لا يَغرُرَنكَ غَدُ

إِنَّ اللَيالِيَ وَالأَيّامَ فاجِعَةٌ

وَالمَرءُ يَفنى وَلا يَبقى لَهُ الأَبَدُ

هَذا مَقالي لَكُم وَاللَهُ يُرشِدُكُم

وَيَعلَمُ اللَهُ رَبّي الواحِدُ الصَمَدُ

أَن قَد نَصَحتُ لَكُم بِالجودِ مِن جِدَتي

وَهَل تَجودُ يَدٌ إِلّا بِما تَجِدُ