فَأَنتَ إِذ لَم تَكُن إِيّاهُ صاحِبُهُ
مَعَ الشَهيدَينِ وَالصِدّيقِ في السورِ
Since you were not his companion,
Along with the two martyrs and the truthful one in Sura,
في غُرَفِ الجَنَّةِ العُليا الَّتي جُعِلَت
لَهُم هُناكَ بِسَعيٍ كانَ مَشكورِ
In the highest chambers of Paradise, made
For them there as reward for their blessed effort,
صَلّى صُهَيبٌ ثَلاثاً ثُمَّ أَنزَلَها
عَلى اِبنِ عَفّانَ مُلكاً غَيرَ مَقصورِ
Suhayb prayed three times, then handed it down
To Ibn Affan as an unrestricted kingdom,
وَصِيَّةً مِن أَبي حَفصٍ لِسِتَّتِهِم
كانوا أَحِبّاءَ مَهدِيٍّ وَمَأمورِ
A will from Abu Hafs to his six,
Who were beloved friends of the Guided One and his appointees,
مُهاجِرينَ رَأَوا عُثمانَ أَقرَبَهُم
إِذ بايَعوهُ لَها وَالبَيتَ وَالطورِ
The Emigrants who saw Uthman as the closest of them
When they pledged allegiance to him for it, the House, and Mt. Sinai,
فَلَن تَزالُ لَكُم وَاللَهُ أَثبَتَها
فيكُم إِلى نَفخَةِ الرَحمَنِ في الصورِ
So will it remain for you, and God has made it firm
Among you until the Trumpet blast of the Merciful,
إِنّي أَقولُ لِأَصحابي وَدونَهُمُ
مِنَ السَماوَةِ خَرقٌ خاشِعُ القورِ
Indeed, I say to my companions and those below them
From the nobility, reverent, dignified,
سيروا وَلا تَحفِلوا إِتعابَ راحِلَةٍ
إِلى إِمامٍ بِسَيفِ اللَهِ مَنصورِ
March on and do not worry about fatiguing a mount
To an imam with God's sword, victorious,
إِنّي أَتاني كِتابٌ كُنتُ تابِعَهُ
إِلَيَّ مِنكَ وَلَم أُقبِل مَعَ العيرِ
A letter came to me I was waiting for
To me from you, but I did not come with the caravan,
ما حَمَلَت ناقَةٌ مِن سوقَةٍ رَجُلاً
مِثلي إِذا الريحُ لَفَّتني عَلى الكورِ
No she-camel carried a man like me when the wind
Wrapped me in the garment,
أَكرَمُ قَوماً وَأَوفى عِندَ مُضلِعَةٍ
لِمُثقَلٍ مِن دِماءِ القَومِ مَبهورِ
I honored a people, and was true in the midst of those covered
In the blood of the people, confused,
إِلّا قُرَيشاً فَإِنَّ اللَهَ فَضَّلَها
مَعَ النُبُوَّةِ بِالإِسلامِ وَالخيرِ
Except for Quraysh, for God granted it virtue
Along with prophethood, Islam, and goodness,
مِن آلِ حَربٍ وَفي الأَعياصِ مَنزِلُهُم
هُم وَرَّثوكَ بِناءً عالِيَ السورِ
From the clan of Harb, and their dwellings in the hillforts
They and their inheritance left you a lofty-walled building,
حَربٌ وَمَروانُ جَدّاكَ اللَذا لَهُما
مِنَ الرَوابي عَظيماتُ الجَماهيرِ
Harb and Marwan, your two ancestors, theirs
Were the great assemblies from the hilltops,
تَرى وُجوهَ بَني مَروانَ تَحسِبُها
عِندَ اللِقاءِ مَشوفاتِ الدَنانيرِ
You see the faces of the Marwanids, deeming them
When encountered, pure gold dinars,
الضارِبينَ عَلى حَقٍّ إِذا ضَرَبوا
يَومَ اللِقاءِ وَلَيسوا بِالعَواويرِ
Striking for truth when they strike
On the day of meeting, and they are no procrastinators
