أَبلِغ مُعاوِيَةَ الَّذي بِيَمينِهِ
أَمرُ العِراقِ وَأَمرُ كُلَّ شَآمِ
Convey to Mu'awiyah, in whose right hand
Lies command of Iraq and every Levant
إِنَّ الهُمومَ وَجَدتَها حينَ اِلتَقَت
في الصَدرِ طارِقِهُنَّ غَيرُ نِيامِ
That worries have beset me, when they converged
Untroubled in my heart, rapping at its door
يَسهَرنَ مَن طَرَقَ الهُمومُ فُؤادَهُ
وَيَرومُ وارِدُهُنَّ كُلَّ مَرامِ
They keep awake whom worries pierce his soul
Each seeking what it craves of him for sure
يَأمُرنَني بِنَدى مُعاوِيَةَ الَّذي
قادَ اِبنُ خَمسَتِهِ لِكُلِّ لُهامِ
Commanding me to call on Mu'awiyah
Whose son led every reckless, ravenous cur
أَو يَستَقيمَ إِلى أَبيهِ فَإِنَّهُ
ضَوءُ النَهارِ جَلا دُجى الأَظلامِ
Or make straight for his father, he's the light
Of day, dispelling darkness' heavy pall
غَمَرَ الخَلائِفَ قَبلَهُ وَهُوَ الَّذي
قَتَلَ النِفاقَ أَبوهُ بِالإِسلامِ
Before him caliphs reigned, yet he it was
Through Islam his father hypocrisy forestalled
وَرِثوا تُراثَ مُحَمَّدٍ كانوا بِهِ
أَولى وَكانَ لَهُم مِنَ الأَقسامِ
Inheriting Mohammed's legacy, theirs
By foremost right, allotted fairest share
لَمّا تُخوصِمَ في الخِلافَةِ بِالقَنا
وَبِكُلِّ مُختَضَبِ الحَديدِ حُسامِ
When challenged for successorship by sword,
All honed and sharpened for the fatal stroke
كانَت خِلافَتُها لِئالِ مُحَمَّدٍ
لِأَبي الوَليدِ تُراثُها وَهِشامِ
Rightfully the caliphate was Abu's heir
Hisham, inheritance from their people's trust
أَخلِص دُعاءَكَ تَنجُ مِمّا تَتَّقي
لِلَّهِ يَومَ لِقائِهِ بِسَلامِ
Make your prayers sincere, saved you'll be
For the day you meet Him in peace to be
وَهُوَ الَّذي اِبتَدَعَ السَماءَ وَأَرضَها
وَرَسولَهُ وَخَليفَةَ الآنامِ
He who fashioned the heavens and made the earth
His Prophet and caliph of all humanity
مَلِكٌ بِهِ قُصِمَ المُلوكُ وَعِندَهُ
عِلمُ الغُيوبِ وَوَقتُ كُلِّ حِمامِ
A King before whom kings are bowed down low
Knower of secrets, when every bird takes flight
أَرجو الدُعاءَ مِنَ الَّذي تَلَّ اِبنَهُ
لِجَبينِهِ فَفَداهُ ذو الإِنعامِ
I hope for prayers from one who for his son
Sacrificed, most gracious and benevolent
إِسحاقُ حَيثُ يَقولُ لَمّا هابَهُ
لِأَبيهِ حَيثُ رَأى مِنَ الأَحلامِ
Isaac, when his father brought him to an altar
Saw it as a dream, said with great deference
أَمضي وَصَدِّق ما إِمِرتَ فَإِنَّني
بِالصَبرِ مُحتَسِباً لِخَيرُ غُلامِ
Go ahead and do as you are commanded
With patience I meet my fate, an innocent
إِنَّ المُبارَكَ كانَ حَيثُ جَعَلتَهُ
غَيثُالفَقيرِ وَناعِشَ الأَيتامِ
That blessed one was where you had placed him
Succor of the poor, and the orphan's nourishment
وَلَتَعلَمَنَّ مَنِ الكَذوبُ إِذا اِلتَقى
عِندَ الإِمامِ كَلامُهُم وَكَلامي
Soon you'll know whose words are lies, when we
Stand before the Imam, yours and mine
قالَ الَّذي يَروي عَلَيَّ كَلامَهُم
الطارِحاتِ بِهِ عَلى الأَقدامِ
He who repeats their slander against me
Casting aspersions from his haughty perch
هَل يَنتَهي زَجَلٌ وَلَم تَعمِد لَهُ
مِثلَ الَّذي وَقَعَت بِذي الأَهدامِ
Can a poetaster thrive who hasn't earned
Scandals like the greats, trudging feet of verse?
شَنعاءُ جادِعَةُ الأُنوفِ مُذِلَّةٌ
كانَت لَهُ نَزَلَت بِكُلِّ غَرامِ
Grim-faced, long-nosed, with pride withering all
For him she came, lust personified
