وَمَوقِفٍ لَكَ بَعدَ المُصطَفى اِفتَرَقَت

فيهِ الصَحابَةُ لَمّا غابَ هاديها

And after Al-Mustafa's stance you had a position

In which the companions parted when their guide was absent

بايَعتَ فيهِ أَبا بَكرٍ فَبايَعَهُ

عَلى الخِلافَةِ قاصيها وَدانيها

You pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr and he pledged

To the caliphate, both its near and far inhabitants

وَأُطفِئَت فِتنَةٌ لَولاكَ لَاِستَعَرَت

بَينَ القَبائِلَ وَاِنسابَت أَفاعيها

And an ordeal was extinguished, without you it would have raged

Among the tribes, and its snakes would have crept

باتَ النَبِيُّ مُسَجّىً في حَظيرَتِهِ

وَأَنتَ مُستَعِرُ الأَحشاءِ داميها

The Prophet was laid to rest in his chamber

While you agonized, its blood still oozing

تَهيمُ بَينَ عَجيجِ الناسِ في دَهَشٍ

مِن نَبأَةٍ قَد سَرى في الأَرضِ ساريها

You wandered among the clamor of people in shock

From news that had spread across the land rampant

تَصيحُ مَن قالَ نَفسُ المُصطَفى قُبِضَت

عَلَوتُ هامَتَهُ بِالسَيفِ أَبريها

You shouted, "The soul of Al-Mustafa has been taken!"

"I will avenge him with the sword," you cried defiant

أَنساكَ حُبُّكَ طَهَ أَنَّهُ بَشَرٌ

يُجري عَلَيهِ شُؤونَ الكَونِ مُجريها

Your love of Taha made you forget he was but human

Subject to the laws of creation that all obey diligent

وَأَنَّهُ وارِدٌ لا بُدَّ مَورِدَهُ

مِنَ المَنِيَّةِ لا يُعفيهِ ساقيها

And that he was destined, as is compulsory

For death, from which no water-bearer will save repentant

نَسيتَ في حَقِّ طَهَ آيَةً نَزَلَت

وَقَد يُذَكَّرُ بِالآياتِ ناسيها

You forgot, regarding Taha, a verse revealed

Though verses may remind the forgetful penitent

ذَهِلتَ يَوماً فَكانَت فِتنَةٌ عَمَمٌ

وَثابَ رُشدُكَ فَاِنجابَت دَياجيها

One day you were confused and chaos spread

But your sanity returned and its darkness absent

فَلِلسَقيفَةِ يَومٌ أَنتَ صاحِبُهُ

فيهِ الخِلافَةُ قَد شيدَت أَواسيها

Thus the Saqifah has a day with you its master

In which the caliphate erected its pillars permanent

مَدَّت لَها الأَوسُ كَفّاً كَي تَناوَلَها

فَمَدَّتِ الخَزرَجُ الأَيدي تُباريها

The Aws offered a hand to take it

So the Khazraj stretched out hands competing

وَظنَّ كُلُّ فَريقٍ أَنَّ صاحِبَهُم

أَولى بِها وَأَتى الشَحناءَ آتيها

And each group thought its companion

Was worthier of it, and discord came to them fervent

حَتّى اِنبَرَيتَ لَهُم فَاِرتَدَّ طامِعُهُم

عَنها وَأَخّى أَبو بَكرٍ أَواخيها

Until you came forth, so their greedy hopes receded

And Abu Bakr became brother to its occupants