وَإِن كانَ قَد صَلّى ثَمانينَ حِجَّةً
وَصامَ وَأَهدى البُدنَ بيضاً خِلالُها
Even if he prayed eighty pilgrimages
And fasted, sacrificing white camels
لَئِن نَفَرُ الحَجّاجِ آلُ مُعَتِّبٍ
لَقوا دَولَةً كانَ العَدُوُّ يُدالُها
If the pilgrims, the family of Mu'tib fled
They would meet a state which the enemy brandished
لَقَد أَصبَحَ الأَحياءُ مِنهُم أَذِلَّةً
وَفي النارِ مَثواهُم كُلوحاً سِبالُها
The living among them have become humiliated
And their abode is in the fire, its flames blazing
وَكانوا يَرَونَ الدائِراتِ بِغَيرِهِم
فَصارَ عَلَيهِم بِالعَذابِ اِنفِتالُها
And they used to watch others' misfortunes
So ruin befell them with punishment unleashed
وَكانَ إِذا قيلَ اِتَّقي اللَهَ شَمَّرَت
بِهِ عِزَّةٌ لا يُستَطاعُ جِدالُها
When told, 'Fear God', arrogance would grip him
Arrogance that cannot be overcome in dispute
أَلِكني إِلى مَن كانَ بِالصينِ إِذ رَمَت
بِهِ الهِندَ أَلواحٌ عَلَيها جِدلالُها
Guide me to the one who was in China when
India cast at him tablets with its edicts inscribed
هَلُمَّ إِلى الإِسلامِ وَالعَدلُ عِندَنا
فَقَد ماتَ عَن أَرضِ العِراقِ خِبالُها
Come to Islam and justice is with us
The lowly ways have died out from Iraq's realm
فَما أَصبَحَت في الأَرضِ نَفسٌ فَقيرَةٌ
وَلا غَيرُها إِلّا سُلَيمانُ مالُها
No humble soul remains upon the earth
Except Solomon, his wealth hers to claim
يَمينَكَ في الأَيمانِ فاصِلَةٌ لَها
وَخَيرُ شِمالٍ عِندَ خَيرٍ شِمالُها
Your right hand settles matters with oaths
While the best left hand is with the virtuous its mate
فَأَصبَحتَ خَيرَ الناسِ وَالمُهتَدى بِهِ
إِلى القَصدِ وَالوُثقى الشَديدِ حِبالُها
You have become the best of people and the guided one
To moderation, fortitude, rope tightly braided
يَداكَ يَدُ الأَسرى الَّتي أَطلَقَتهُمُ
وَأُخرى هِيَ الغَيثُ المُغيثُ نَوالُها
Your hands are hands that freed prisoners
Another pours rain, its charity raining
وَكَم أَطلَقَت كَفّاكَ مِن قَيدِ بائِسٍ
وَمِن عُقدَةٍ ما كانَ يُرجى اِنحِلالُها
How many shackles have your palms released
From the misery, knots beyond hope of unravelling
كَثيراً مِنَ الأَسرى الَّتي قَد تَكَنَّعَت
فَكَكتَ وَأَعناقاً عَلَيها غِلالُها
Many prisoners you released from fetters
Removed chains from necks they encircled
وَجَدنا بَني مَروانَ أَوتادَ دينِنا
كَما الأَرضُ أَوتادٌ عَلَيها جِبالُها
We found the Marwanids pillars of our faith
As the earth has mountains, their peaks unwilling to bow
وَأَنتُم لِهَذا الدينِ كَالقِبلَةِ الَّتي
بِها إِن يَضِلَّ الناسُ يَهدي ضَلالُها
While you are to this faith like the qiblah
Which if people lose their way, guides their misguidance
