قَرُبَ الحَبيبُ إِلى المُحِبِّ الوامِقِ

مِن بَعدِ ما فَتَكَ الفُراقُ بِعاشِقِ

The beloved draws near to the ardent lover

After separation ravaged the impassioned one

فَالآنَ قَد لَوَتِ النَوى أَعناقَها

وَدَنا مِنَ الأَوطانُ كُلُّ مُفارِقِ

Now the stars have bowed their necks

And every expatriate's homeland has come near

أَقدِم أَميرَ المُؤمِنينَ عَلى الرِضا

وَاِسلَم لِإِهلاكِ العَدوِّ المارِقِ

I present the Commander of the Faithful pleased

And submitted to destroy the straying enemy

أَسَدٌ بَدا مِن غابِهِ فَتَضَعضَعَت

مِنهُ الثَعالِبُ عِندَ شَدٍّ صادِقِ

A lion emerged from his den so the foxes

Shook before his true ferocity

حَتّى إِذا عَرَفوا الهَدى وَرَمَت يَدٌ

ما جَمَعَت لِمُخاتِلٍ وَلِسارِقِ

Until they knew the right path and a hand hastened

What it had not gathered for a contender or thief

شامَ السُيوفَ وَقَد رَأَينَ مَواقِعاً

في أَرؤُسٍ وَكَواهِلٍ وَعَواتِقِ

The swords have been sheathed and he saw positions

In heads, shoulders, and slender necks

حِلماً وَإِبقاءً وَرَأفَةَ واسِعِ ال

إِنعامِ لاكَزٍّ وَلا مُتَضايِقِ

With forbearance, respite, expansive gentleness

And favor, not stinginess or tightfistedness

وَثَنى أَعِنَّتَهُ وَلَو حَضَرَ الوَغى

كانَت دِمائُهُمُ كَنَفثَةِ باصِقِ

He restrained his supporters, and had the fray attended

Their blood would be like an expectorator's spittle

سيروا عَلى خَطِّ الطَريقِ فَإِنَّهُ

إِن رُحتُمُ لِلنَكثِ أَسرَعُ لاحِقِ

Walk the straight path, for if you desire

To break it, swifter than you will be the pursuer

لا تَحسَبوا اليَومَ الجَديدَ كَأَمسِكُم

أَينَ الصَباحُ مِنَ الظَلَمِ الغاسِقِ

Do not reckon today as your yesterday

Where is the morn from the gloomy dark?