الْحَقُّ يَعْلُو وَالأَبَاطِلُ تَسْفُلُ
وَاللهُ عَنْ أَحْكَامِهِ لاَ يُسْأَلُ
The truth rises while falsehoods sink,
And God is not questioned about His rulings.
وَالأَمْرُ فِيمَا كَانَ أَوْ هُوَ كَائِنٌ
كَالْعِلَّةِ الْقُصُوَى فكَيْفَ يُعَللُ
What was or what will be,
Is like the highest cause, so how can it be caused?
وَهُوَ الْوُجُودُ يَجُودُ طَوْراً بِالَّذِي
تَرْضَى النُّفُوسُ بِهِ وَطَوْراً يَبْخَلُ
He is the existence that sometimes gives generously,
What satisfies souls, and sometimes is stingy.
والْيِسْرُ بَعْدَ الْعُسْرِ مَوْعُودٌ بِهِ
وَالصَّبْرُبِالْفَرَجِ الْقَرِيبِ مُوَكّلُ
Ease comes after hardship,
Patience leads to impending relief.
والْمُسْتَعِدّ لِمَا يُؤَمِّلُ ظَافِرٌ
وَكَفَاكَ شَاهِدُ قَيِّدُوا وَتَوَكَّلُوا
The one prepared for what he hopes for is successful,
"Tie your camel and trust in God" is enough for you.
وَمَنِ اقْتَضَى بالسَّعْدِ دَيْنَ زَمَانِهِ
والسَّيْفِ لَمْ يَبْعُدْ عَلَيْهِ مُؤَمَّلُ
Whoever the times require his good fortune,
And the sword does not fail to reach the dodger.
أمُحَمَّدُ وَالْحَمْدُ مِنْكَ سَجِيَّةٌ
بِحُلِيِّهَا بَيْنَ الْوَرَى يُتَجَمَّلُ
O Muhammad, praise be to you,
A habit glorified among all peoples.
أَمَّا سُعُودُكَ فَهُوَ دُونَ مُنَازِعٍ
عَقْدٌ بِأَحْكَامِ الْقَضَاءِ مُسَجَّلُ
Your good fortune is assured without contention,
A contract under the rulings of destiny, affirmed.
وَلَكَ السَّجَايَا الْعُزَّ وَالشِّيَمُ ألَّتِي
بِغَرِيبِهَا يَتَمَثَّلُ الْمُتَمَثَّلُ
The noble morals and propriety belong to you,
The ultimate refinement is reflected in you.
وَلَكَ الْوَقَارُ إِذَا تَزَلْزَلَتِ الرَّبَا
وَهَفَتْ مِنَ الرَّوْعِ الْهِضَابُ الْمُثَّلُ
Dignity is yours when mountains quake
And the highlands crumble into hills.
وَلَكَ الْجَبِينُ الطَّلْقُ وَالْخُلُقُ الَّذِي
لَحْظُ الْكَمَالِ بِلَحْظِهِنَّ مُوَكَّلُ
The bright forehead and fine manners are yours,
The glances of perfection focused on you.
النُّورُ أَنْتَ وَكُلُّ نُورٍ دُجْيَةٌ
وَالْبَحْرُ أَنْتَ وَكُلُّ بَحْرٍ جَدْوَلُ
You are the light, and any light is but darkness,
You are the sea, and any sea is but a stream.
وَإِذَا ذُكِرْتَ كَأَنَّ هَبَّاتِ الصَّبَا
رَكَدَ الْكَبَاءُ بِجَوِّهَا والْمَنْدَلُ
When you are remembered, it is as if
The blowing winds stand still in their blowing, and the clouds halt.
مِنْ ذَا يُجِيدُ الْوَصْفَ مِنْكَ خَيَالُهُ
وَصِفَاتُ مَجْدِكَ فَوْقَ مَا يُتَخَيَّلُ
Who can properly describe your glories?
Your qualities are far beyond any imagination.
وَاللهِ مَا وَفَّي بِحَقِّكَ مَادِحٌ
وَاللهِ مَا جَلَّى بِحَمْدِكَ مِقُوَلُ
By God, no praiser does justice to your right,
By God, no words can fully articulate your praise.
عَوِّذْ كَمَالَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتَ فَإِنَّهُ
قَدْ تَنْقُصُ الأَشْيَاءُ مِمَّا تَكْمُلُ
Seek perfection for what you are able, for
Even full things diminish with time.
تَابَ الزَّمَانُ لَدَيْكَ مِمَّا قَدْ جَنَى
وَاللهُ يَأَمُرُ بِالْمَتَابِ وَيَقْبَلُ
Time has repented to you for its wrongs,
And God commands repentance and accepts it.
إِنْ كَانَ مَاضٍ مِنْ زَمَانِكَ قَدْ أَتَى
بِإِسَاءَةٍ قَدْ سَرَّكَ الْمُسْتَقْبَلَ
If the past brought evil,
Let the future that pleased you intercede for what came before.
هَذَا بِذَاكَ فَشَفِّعِ الثَّانِي الَّذِي
أَرْضَاكَ فِيمَا قَدْ جَنَاهُ الأَوَّلُ
God has made you guardian over His servants,
When He chose you, a never-to-be-displaced rule.
وَاللهُ قَدْ ولاَّكَ أَمْرَ عِبَادِهِ
لَمَّا ارْتَضَاكَ وِلاَيَةً لاَ تُعْزَلُ
When the divine supports you with His victory,
And destines goodness for you, who then can forsake you?
وَإِذَا تَغَمَّدَكَ الإِلاَهُ بِنَصْرِهِ
وَقَضَى لَكَ الْحُسْنَى فَمَنْ ذَا يَخْذُلُ
So go forth when you attack, every palm is calloused,
And strike, every limb made strong.
فَإِذَا انْتَضَيْتَ فكَلُّ كَفٍ مُرْهَفٌ
وَإِذَا ضَرَبْتَ فكُلَّ عُضْوٍ مَفْصِلُ
If you summoned the winds to raid,
The eastern wind would carry out your raid.
فَلَوِ اعْتَمَدْتَ عَلَى الرِّيَاحِ لِغَارَةٍ
نهَضَتْ بِغَارَتِكَ الصَّبَا وَالشَّمْأَلُ
If you sought help from meteors,
The fully armed stars would fight for you.
وَلَوِ اسْتَعَنْتَ الشُّهْبَ وَاسْتَنْجَدْ تَهَا
حَمَلَ السِّلاَحَ لَكَ السِّمَاكُ الأَعْزَلُ
Glory to Him who through your ascension split open the dark,
And restored the necklace that had been broken.
سُبْحَانَ مَنْ بِعُلاَكَ قَدْ شَعَبَ الثَّأَى
وَأَعَادَ حَلْيَ الْجِيدِ وَهْوَ مُعَطَّلُ
Entities almost deny their senses,
And early foretokens are ignored.
قَدْ كَادَتِ الأَعْيَانُ يَكْذِبُ حِسُّهَا
وَالأَولِيَّاتُ السَّوَابِقُ تُجْهَلُ
The trembling earth spins and its people
Are tossed by the wind of torment and shaken.
وَالأَرْضُ رَاجِفَةٌ تَمُورُ وَأَهْلُهَا
عَصَفَتْ بِهِمْ رِيحْ الْعَذَابِ فَزُلْزِلُوا
Whoever dies, dies an inglorious death.
Whoever lives is corrupt and misguided.
مَنْ مَاتَ مِنْهُمْ مَاتَ مِيتَةَ فِتْنَةٍ
أَوْ عَاشَ فَهْوَ مُفَسَّقٌ وَمُضَلَّلُ
No pledge of allegiance saves, no covenant protects.
Religion and world are a mixed-up mess.
لاَبَيْعَةٌ تُنْجِي وَلاَ عَهْدٌ يَقِي
الدِّينُ وَالدُّنْيَا نَسِيجٌ هَلْهَلُ
You have blocked from their horizons those who would be guided,
And barred from their authority those who would be just.
فَحَجَبْتَ عَنْ آفَاقِهِمْ مَنْ يَهْتَدِي
وَمَنَعْتَ عَنْ أَحْكَامِهِمْ مَنْ يَعْدِلُ
Now when the sinner recoils in his sin,
Surrendering, disavowing his misdeeds.
فَالْيَوْمَ إِذْ بَخَعَ الْمُسِيءُ بِذَنْبِهِ
مُسْتَسْلِماً وَتَنَصَّلَ الْمُتَنَصِّلُ
Include in your forgiveness he who transgressed or sinned,
And follow your way which is best.
فَاشْمُلْ بِعَفْوِكَ مَنْ تَجَنَّى أَوْ جَنَى
واسْلُكْ طَرِيقَتَكَ الَّتِي هِيَ أَمْثَلُ
Guard the protected realm, your glory protects it,
Seek widespread goodness, your fortune is coming.
وَاحْرُسْ حِمَى الْعُلْيَا فَمَجْدُكَ مُنْجِدٌ
وَاطْلَبْ مَدَى الدُّنْيَا فَسَعْدُكَ مُقْبِلُ
Be steadfast, God's victory is a banner over you,
And good fortune upon you a trailing robe.
وَانْهَدْ فَنَصْرُ اللهِ فَوْقَكَ رَايَةٌ
وَمِنَ السُّعُودِ عَلَيْكَ سِتْرٌ مُسْبَلُ
Terror goes before you, followed by legions,
From afar they feel it, though you are far.
وَالرُّعْبُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ يُرْدِفٌ جَحْفَلاً
مِنْهُ عَلَى بُعْدِ الْمَسَافَةِ جَحْفَلُ
God's spirit carries out His judgement through you,
The noble angels descend to you.
وَالرُّوحُ رُوحُ اللهِ يَنْفُذُ حُكْمُهُ
لَكَ وَالْمَلاَئِكَةُ الْكِرَامُ تَنَزُّلُ
Ishmael knew not the gift you gave him,
If only he had sense to perceive it.
لَمْ يَدْرِ إِسْمَاعيلُ مَا طَوَّقْتَهُ
مِنْ مِنَّةٍ لَوْ كَانَ مِمَّنْ يَعْقِلُ
A blessed comfort, a shady canopy,
Its greenness glistening, water ever-flowing.
نِعَمٌ مُهَنَّأَةٌ وَظِلٌّ سَجْسَجٌ
تَنْدَى غَضَارَتُهُ وَمَاءٌ سَلْسَلُ
Well-fed, well-clothed, your provision sustains him,
Relieved of burdens too heavy to bear.
الطَّاعِمُ الْكَاسِي وَرِفدُكَ كَافِلُ
وَالْعَالَةُ الْمُعْفَاةُ مِمَّا يَثْقُلُ
The devil of delusion seduced him
To a hopeless quest, though wants are easily fulfilled.
أَغْرَاهُ شَيْطَانُ الْغُرُورِ لِغَايَةٍ
مِنْ دُوِنِهَا تُنْضَى الْمَطِيُّ الذُّلَّلُ
Through it he seeks a high place,
Beyond what his mind could hope to attain.
يَبْغِي بِهِ دَرْجاً إِلَى نَيْلِ الَّتِي
كَانَتْ قُوَى إِدْرَاكِهِ تَتَخَيَّلُ
Soon you let him taste, then restored him,
To the abyss of tribulation, an evil place.
سُرْعَانَ مَا أَبْدَاهُ ثُمَّ أَعَادَهُ
فِي هَفْوَةِ الْبَلْوَى وَبِئْسَ الْمَنْزِلُ
Another draft you served to Qais after him,
God gives tyrants respite then seizes them.
وَسَقَى بِكَأَسِ الْحَيْنِ قَيْساً بَعْدَهُ
وَاللهُ يُمْلِي للِطُّغَاةِ وَيُمْهِلُ
Treacherous character is the worst trait, condemned.
The wise and forebearing agree on this.
وَالْغَدْرُ شَرُّ سَجِيَّةٍ مَذْمُومَةٍ
شَهِدَ الْحَكِيمُ بِذَاكَ والْمُتَمَلِّلُ
Ask the lands of traitors - their ruins will answer
Those who ask. Their twisted tracks are testimony,
فاسْأَلْ دِيَارَ الْغَادِرِينَ فَإِنَّهَا
لَمُجِيبَةٌ أَطْلاَلُهَا مَنْ يَسْأَلُ
Their cunning hidden footsteps and dark night,
Tripping up the times, a dreadful stumbling.
جَرَّتْ عَلَيْهَا الرَّامِسَاتُ ذُيُولَهَا
وَعَوَتْ بِعَقْوَتِهَا الذِّئَابُ الْعُسَّلُ
Trusting your fortunes safe from a slayer's sword,
Go forth at peace, for it is without flaw or defect.
يَافَتْكَةً أَخْفَتْ مَوَاطِئَ غَدْرِهَا
حِيَلُ الْخَدِيِعَةِ وَالظَّلامُ الْمُسْبَلُ
The slayer was slain by the same sword after,
And Suhail rose to strike and then fled.
عَثَرَ الزَّمَانُ بِهَا وَكَانَتْ فَلْتَةً
شَنْعَاءَ وَالدَّنْيَا تَجِدُّ وَتَهْزَلُ
A cowardly rabble, when opposed they fled,
Their lives called them, so they slipped away.
أَمِنَتْ سُعودُكَ مِنْ حِرَابَةِ قَاطِعٍ
فَاسْرَحْ وَرِدْ فَهُوَ الْكَلاَ وَالْمَنْهَلُ
Under the dark's cover they crept up by night,
The full moon crowned with stars arrayed.
قُتِلَ الْمُقَاتِلُ بَعْدَهَا بِسِلاَحِهِ
وَغَدَا لَهَا زُحَلٌ يَفِرَّ ويَزْحَلُ
Had God not defended you, protected you,
Morning would find you wrapped in their garb.
وَلَفِيفُ جُبَّانٍ إِذَا مَا اسْتُوقِفُوا
نَادَتْ بِهِمْ آجَالُهُمْ فَتَسَلَّلُوا
What they tore, treachery could not mend,
What they undid, the necklace could not be restrung.
طَرَقُوا عَلَى الضِّرْغَامِ لَيْلاً غَابَهُ
وَالْبَدْرُ تَاجٌ بِالنَّجُومِ مُكَلَّلُ
In that shock, ally forsook ally, stronghold failed.
Guard abandoned and pact retreated.
لَوْلاَ دِفَاعُ اللهِ عَنْكَ وَعِصْمَةٌ
أَصْبَحْتَ فِي أَبْرَادِهَا تَتَسَرْبَلُ
The Shaykh of Saints sacrificed himself for you,
The most precious soul to offer.
مَا رقّعَ الْوَهْيُ الَّذِي قَدْ مَزَّقُوا
مَا حُلِّيَ الْجِيدُ الَّذِي قَدْ عَطَّلوا
Their snapping curs did not harm him,
They felled a lofty peak but it stands tall.
فَثَبَتَّ مُجْمَعَ الْفُؤَادِ بِهَفْوَةٍ
خُذِلَ النَّصِيرُ بِهَا وَخَانَ الْمَعْقِلُ
Thus are the wicked - once unleashed they do
Not stop, though nothing remains to be done.
وَفَدَاكَ شَيْخُ الأَوْلِيَاءِ بِنَفْسِهِ
وَالنَّفْسُ آثَرُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ يُبْذَلُ
You escaped, like the moon after eclipse,
Plunging through the darkness but appearing anew.
مَا ضَرَّهُمْ إِذْ نَاوَشَتْهُ كِلاَبُهُمْ
وَسَطَتْ بِهِ أَنْ لَمْ يَكُونُوا مُثَّلُ
To the seat of refuge and sanctuary of hijra you came,
Where, once settled, even feet stumble.
وَكَذَلِكَ الْخبّ اللَّئِيمُ إِذَا سَطَا
عَمِلَ الَّتِي مَا بَعْدَها مَا يُعْمَلُ
The abode of loyalty, where stalwarts dwelt,
Sheltering, victory assured through their aid.
وَنَجَوْتَ مَنْجَى الْبَدْرِ بَعْدَ مُحَاقِهِ
تَهْوِي كَمَا يَهْوِي بِجَوٍّ أَجْدَلُ
Until you were summoned by Al-Mu'tasim,
Noblest, most guarded, and ablest of rulers.
فَحَلَلْتَ مِنْ وَادِي الأَشَى بِقَرَارَةٍ
عَزَّ الثَّوَاءُ بِهَا وَطَابَ الْمَنْزِلُ
You left them, hearts brimming with sorrow,
Throats choking, tears streaming.
كُرْسِيَّ مُعْتَصَمٍ وَمَثْوَى هِجْرَةٍ
وَالمُسْتَقَرّ إِذَا تَزِلَّ الأَرْجُلُ
You rode the dancer's back, bravely leaving
Realm, throne, and homeland - what strength sustains?
دَارُ الْوَفَاءِ وَمَوْطِنُ الْقَوْمِ الأُلَى
كَفَلُوا وَبِالنَّصْرِ الْعَزِيزِ تَكَفَّلُوا
The sea rose against you, its chest pounding,
The wind cut, blustering gusts unyielding.
حَتَّى دَعَاكَ الْمُسْتَعِينُ وَإِنَّه
لآبَرُّ بِالْمُلْكِ الْمُضَاعِ وَأَكْفَلُ
In an awesome stand, what stand!
Some pleasing, some withering, some withering!
فَرَحَلْتَ عَنْهُمْ وَالْقُلُوبُ بَوَالِغٌ
ثُغَرَ الْحَنَاجِرِ وَالْمَدَامِعُ تَهْمِلُ
Until you reached the capital, restoring order,
Guiding the misguided, settling the troubled.
فَلَقَدْ شَهِدْتَ وَمَا شَهِدْتُ كَمَوْقِفٍ
وَالنَّاسُ قَدْ وَصَلُوا الصَّرَاخَ وَأَعْوَلُوا
There the ships sailed out to meet you,
Plunging to their purpose, hopes high.
وَبِكًلِّ نَادٍ مِنْكَ أَنّةُ نَادِبٍ
وَبِكُلِّ دَارٍ مِنْكَ حُزْنٌ مُثْكِلُ
Their stern faced you though their faces
Were lit with your victory, delighted.
يَتَزَاحَمُونَ عَلَيْكَ حَتَّى خِلْتُهُمْ
سِرْبَ الْقَطَا الظَّامِي وَكَفُّكَ مَنْهَلُ
These shall be free women, rejoicing
In the cool bloom of youth, immaculate.
غَلَبُوا عَلَيْكَ لِكَيْ تَتِمَّ مَشِيئَةٌ
لِلَّهِ تَبْرُزُ فِي الْوُجُودِ وَتَنْزِلُ
Each, her wings like billowing sails,
Carrying, though she knows not what she carries.
وَظَعَنْتَ عَنْ أَوْطَانِ مُلْكِكَ رَاكِباً
مَتْنَ الْعُبَابِ فَأَيُّ صَبْرٍ يَجْمُلُ
Dawn rose radiant from your visage,
Dispelling darkness as they shone forth.
وَالْبحْرُ قَدْ خَفَقَتْ عَلَيْكَ ضُلُوعُهُ
وَالرِّيحُ تَقْطَعُ الزَّفِيرَ وَتُرْسِلُ
They embarked upon the lands guided by you
For the opening and victory to come.
فِي مَوْقِفٍ يَا هَوْلَهُ مِنْ مَوْقِفٍ
يَذْوِي لَهُ رَضْوَى وَيَذْبُلُ يَذْبُلُ
A remnant of Aad's people You destroyed,
Scattered by the sterile winds, tossed about.
حَتَّى حَلَلْتَ بِعُنْصِرِ الْمُلْكِ الَّذِي
يُرْعَى الدَّخِيلُ بِهِ وَيُكْفَى الْمُعْضِلُ
With sheerest falsehood they became bold,
Now to obvious truth they are humbled.
مَثْوَى بَنِي يَعْقُوبَ أَسْبَاطِ الْهُدَى
وَسَحَائِبِ الرُّحْمَى الَّتِي تُسْتَنْزَلُ
Your blade reddened where it struck them,
The hue of pooled blood, staining, fixed.
وَخَلاَئِفُ اللَّهِ الَّذِينَ أَكُفُّهُم
دِيَمُ الْوَرَى إِنْ أَحْسَنُوا أَوْ أَمْحَلُوا
You advanced on the day of alarm, and they retreated.
You stirred in the night of dread, and they cowered.
وَدَعَائِمُ الدِّينِ الْحَنِيفِ إِذَا وَهَتْ
مِنْهُ الْقُوَى وَاخْتَلَّ مِنْهُ الْكَلْكَلُ
You hastened the partisans' demise until
The ways of salvation perplexed them, and they rushed to doom.
وَكَفَى بِإِبْرَاهِيمَ بَدْرَ خِلاَفَةٍ
تَعْنُو لِغُرَّتِهِ الْبُدُورُ الْكُمَّلُ
You left their faces as graves at daybreak,
Their palms like clouds inscribed at dusk.
وَكَفَى بِإِبْرَاهِيمَ لَيْثَ كَرِيهَةٍ
يِعْنُو لِغُرَّتِهِ الْهِزَبْرُ الْمُشْبلُ
When the necklace was shattered, forming letters,
The swords' suspended harnesses set to work.
أَغْنَى وَأَقْنَى وَاعْتَنَى وَكَفَى الْعَنَا
وَأَعَانَ فَهْوَ الْمُنْعِمُ الْمُتَفَضِّلُ
By God, your people at the canal banks,
When the terrible caller called and they raced.
وَلِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ غَايَةٌ مَرْقُوبَةٌ
أَعْلاَمُهَا وَلِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ مَفْصِلُ
A people, when the dust storm raged on their faces,
They took the banners of jihad and donned them.
فَأَنِفْتَ لِلدِّينِ الْحَنِيفِ وَأَهْلِهِ
مِنْ خُطَّةِ الْخَسْفِ الَّتِي قَدْ حُمِّلُوا
So faces scoffed at flaming brow,
And palms rebuked the clouds' darkness.
وَلِمِلَّةٍ جُنَّتْ فَلَوْ لَمْ تُنْتَدَبْ
لَمْ يُلْفَ مَنْ يُرْقَى وَلاَ مَنْ يَتْفُلُ
O House of Victory, when glories are recounted,
Do not disgrace others and boast.
أَحْكَمْتَ بِالرَّأَيِ السَّدِيدِ أُصُولَهَا
وَفَرَيْتَهَا لَمَّا اسْتَبَانَ الْمَفْصِلُ
For your lofty ways have no limits,
In which even the ablest rhetorician is humbled.
وَرَكِبْتَ فِيهَا كُلَّ صَعْبٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ
لَوْلاَ الإِلاَهُ وَعِزَّ نَصْرِكَ يَسْهُل
Your contributions to the faith are clear,
Relayed through time, conveyed and retold.
وَأَجْرَتَ مَسْجِدَهَا الَّذِي قَدْ ضَيَّعُوا
وَرَحِمْتَ مِنْبَرَهَا الَّذِي قَدْ عَطَّلُوا
Are you not the first meteors whose coming
Did not change His Prophet's path, or replace it?
جَمَعَتْ عَلَيْكَ الْعُدْوَتَانِ قُلُوبَهَا
وَأَكُفَّهَا وَعَلَى الْحَمِيَّةِ عَوَّلُوا
Is not your grandfather the Madeenan abode, his place,
And his companion, the Prophet sent to all?
فَاهْتَزَّ لِلْحَرْبِ الْكَمِيُّ بَساَلةً
وَاهْتَزَّ فِي مِحْرَابِهِ الْمُتَبَتِّلُ
What transmitter after this can embellish
One whose glory the Scripture extols?
وَبَدَا انْفِعَالُ الْكَوْنِ هَذَا الْعَالَم
الْعُلْوِيَّ مُهْتزَّ فَكَيْفَ الأَسْفَلُ
O pillar of heights, o moon of guidance,
The strongest handhold, unsevered.
وَالرَّومُ لاِسْتْرِجَاعِ حَقِّكَ شَمَّرَت
هَذَا هُوَ النَّصْرُ المُعِمُّ الْمُخْوِلُ
God's making you the caliph gladdened people
When doubts were dispelled, hopes realities.
وَاسْتَقْبَلَتْكَ السَّابِحَاتُ مَوَاخِرا
تَهْوِي إِلَى مَا تَبْتَغِي وَتُؤَمِّلُ
God's making people love you gladdened cities,
As doubts faded and goals drew near.
تُبْدِي جَوَانِبُهَا الْعُبُوسَ وَإِنْ تَكُنْ
بِالنَّصْرِ مِنْكَ وُجُوهُهَا تَتَهَلَّلُ
It heartens worshippers that through you their faith prevailed,
Cleansed of troubling doubt and purified.
هُنَّ الْجَوَارِي الْمُنْشآتُ وَقَدْ غَدَتْ
تَخْتَالُ فِي بُرْدِ الشَّبَابِ وَتَرْفُلُ
It gladdens nations that you shade their lands,
God's sheltering veil of protection settled over them.
مِنْ كُلِّ طَائِرَةٍ كَأَنَّ جَنَاحَهَا
وَهُوَ الشِّرَاعُ بِهِ الْفَرَاخُ تُظَلَّلُ
The openings came late for the one who
Plunged from foothold to foothold to reach you.
جَوْفَاءُ يَحْمِلُهَا وَمَنْ حَمَلَتْ بِهِ
مَنْ يَعْلَمُ الأَنْثَى وَمَا هِيَ تَحْمِلُ
God removes from souls what He wills,
Until the rightful and wrongful stand clear.
أَطَلَعْنَ صُبْحاً مِنْ جَبِيِنَكَ مُسْفِراً
يَجْلُو الظَّلاَمَ وَهُنَّ لَيْلٌ أَلْيَلُ
Fate is beyond any person's control,
Some gain through effort, some despite it.
وَطَلَعْنَ مِنْكَ عَلَى الْبِلاَدِ بِطَارِقٍ
لِلْفَتْحِ وَالنَّصْرِ الَّذِي يُسْتَقْبَلُ
The truth is truth, all else is false,
Could the keen-sighted discerner reflect.
وَبقيّةٌ مِنْ قَوْمِ عَادٍ أُهْلِكُوا
بِبَقِيَّةِ الرِّيحِ الْعَقِيمِ وَجُدِّلُوا
The world varies, and ways end differently,
Inevitably, relentlessly, irreversibly.
بِالْبَاطِلِ الْبَحتِ الصرَاحِ تَعَزَّزُوا
فَالآنَ لِلْحَقِّ الْمُبِينِ تَذَلَّلُوا
But our return is to God, though long the days.
God is best sought and hoped for.
خَضَبَتْ مَنَاصِلَكَ الْمَفَارِقَ مِنْهُمُ
حِنّا نَجِيعٍ صَبْغُهَا لاَ يَنْصلُ
Your Lord left no aggressor against you,
The sword overtakes those who flee it.
أَقْبَلْتَ فِي يَوْمِ الْهِيَاجِ فَأَدْبَرُوا
أَقْدَمْتَ فِي لَيْلِ الْعَجَاجِ فَأَجْفَلُوا
For their enmity they were seized, could any escape
Or attain what they hoped for?
أَعْجَلْتَ حِزْبَ الْبَغْيِ فاشْتَبَهَتْ بِهِمْ
طُرُقُ النَّجَاةِ وَلِلْهَلاَكِ تَعَجَّلُوا
All were taken in mountain passes and roads,
The believers' eyes had their fill of them.
صَبَّحْتَهُمْ غُرَرَ الْجِيَادِ كَأَنَّمَا
سَدَّ الثَّنِيَّةَ عَارِضٌ مُتَهَلِّلُ
Damned be they! They held to no pact,
Nor gained what they imagined.
مِنْ كُلَّ مُنْجَرِدٍ أَغَرَّ محَجَّلٍ
يَرْمِي الْجِلاَدَ بِهِ أَغَرَّ مُحَجَّلُ
God's enemy saw the result of his betrayal,
Disgrace nearing, awaited or not.
زَجِلُ الْجَنَاحِ إِذَا أَجَدَّ لِغَايَةٍ
وَإِذَا تَغَنَّى بِالصَّهِيلِ فَبُلُبُلُ
He is one below mention, let not the tongue
Speak of him or pay him heed.
جِيدٌ كَمَا الْتَفَتَ الظَّلِيمُ وَفَوْقَهُ
أُذْنٌ مُشَنَّفَةٌ وَطَرْفٌ أَكْحَلُ
The world's paltriness allowed the Despised to prevail.
But now the sword rights all wrongs.
فَكَأَنَّمَا هُوَ صُورَةٌ فِي هِيْكَلٍ
مِنْ لُطْفِهِ وَكَأَنَّمَا هُوَ هَيْكَلُ
This is Solomon, carried off by jinn, it is said,
But his throne was restored in the end.
عَجَباً لَهُ أَيَخَافُ فِي لَيْلِ الْوَغَى
تِيهاً وَذَابِلُهُ ذُبَالٌ مُشْعَلُ
No ordeal changed your noble temperament,
Inner nature cannot be transformed.
وَخَلِيجُ هِنْدٍ رَاقَ حُسْنُ صَفَائِهِ
حَتَّى لكَادَ يَعُومُ فِيهِ الصَّيْقَلُ
Rather, your wisdom grew broader thereafter,
Encompassing all that can be understood.
غَرِقَتْ بِصَفْحَتِهِ النِّمَالُ وَأَوْشكَتْ
تَبْغِي النَّجَاةَ فَأَوْثَقَتْهَا الأَرْجُلُ
Time's tests taught you lessons,
Weighing matters, bearing loads.
فَالصَّرْحُ مِنْهُ مُمَرَّدٌ وَالصَّفْحُ من
هُ مُوَرَّدٌ وَالشَّطَّ مِنْهُ مُهَدَّلُ
None reproaches you with lack of experience,
Lest the sharp-tongued critic be faulted.
وَبِكُلِّ أَزْرَقَ إِنْ شكَتْ أَلْحَاظُهُ
مَرَهَ الْعُيُونِ فَبِالْعَجَاجَةِ يُكْحَلُ
Your rule is secure, its pillar steadfast,
The truth clear, leaving no confusion.
مُتَأَوِّدٌ أَعْطَافُهُ فِي نَشْوَةٍ
مِمَّا يُعَلّ مِنَ الدِّمَاءِ وَيُنْهَلُ
Your heir came to you, fortune his crown,
Creation his palm's dust, his forehead's kiss.
عَجَباً لَهُ إِنَّ النَّجِيعَ بِطَرْفِهِ
رَمَدٌ وَلاَ يَخْفَى عَلَيْهِ الْمَقْتَلُ
They saw you, o full moon, and crescent anew,
So they lauded and hailed the sight.
لِلَّهِ يَوْمُكَ فِي الْفُتُوحِ فَإِنَّهُ
يَوْمٌ أَغَرَّ عَلَى الزَّمَانِ مُحَجَّلُ
The bond is whole, most wondrous circumstance,
As your Lord decrees, all-encompassing.
لِلَّهِ مَوْقِفُكَ الَّذِي وَثَبَاتُهُ
وَثَبَاتُهُ مَثَلٌ بِهِ يُتَمَثَّلُ
You forgave my lifelong sins until
Grey hairs, whose faults cannot be ignored.
وَالْخَيْلُ خَطٌّ وَالْمَجَالُ صَحِيفَةٌ
وَالسُّمْرُ تَنْقُطُ وَالصَّوَارِمُ تَشْكُلُ
When my last home was in your precincts,
My soul circled you, ever aspiring.
وَالْبِيضُ قَدْ كَسَرَتْ حُرُوفَ جُفُونِهَا
وَعَوَامِلُ الأَسَلِ الْمُثَقَّفِ تَعْمَلُ
I bring you the lore of statecraft, by which
Kings rise above kings, excelling.
لِلَّهِ قَوْمُكَ عِنْدَ مُشْتَجَرِ الْقَنَا
إِذْ ثَوَّبَ الدَّاعِي الْمُهِيبُ وَأَقْبَلُوا
Do not neglect the care by which
The she-camels of rule are reigned.
قَوْمٌ إِذَا لَفَحَ الْهَجِيرُ وُجُوهَهُمْ
حَجَبُوا برَايَاتِ الْجِهَادِ وَظَلَّلُوا
Take lessons, sparing none thereafter,
Lest the same faults be repeated.
فَوُجُوهُهُمْ بَسَنَا الأَهِلَّةِ تَزْدَرِي
وَأَكُفَّهُمْ جَوْنَ السَّحَائِبِ تُخْجِلُ
Consider the scales when punishing or rewarding,
Stinginess or wastefulness both merit scorn.
يَا آلَ نَصرٍ إِنْ تُذُوكِرَ مَفْخَرٌ
لاَتَفْضَحُوا مَنْ دُونكُمْ وَتَرَسَّلُوا
If ties are bound, let not passion or desire prevail,
For every match bears some discontent.
عَلْيَاؤُكُمْ غَايَاتُهَا لاَ تَنْتَهِي
فِي مِثْلهَا خَانَ الْبَلِيغَ الْمقْوَلُ
Guard the tongue from ugly words, for it
May stretch to where the pruning hook cannot reach.
آثَارُكَمْ فِي الدِّينِ غَيْرُ خَفِيَّةٍ
تُرْوَى عَلَى مَرِّ الزَّمَانِ وَتُنْقَلُ
If you wound the heart of a freeman unintended,
How can such a wound be repaired?
أَوَلَسْتُمْ الشُّهُبَ الأُولَى مَا غَيَّرُوا
مِنْ بَعْدِ بُعْدِ نَبِيِّهِمْ أَوْ بَدَّلُوا
Accept the counsel of an honest adviser,
Thank him though he errs or lies.
أَو لَيْسَ جَدُّكُمُ الْمَدِينَةُ دَارُهُ
كَلاَّ وَصَاحِبُهُ النَّبِيُّ الْمرْسَلُ
Rely on diligence in pursuit,
For what is past cannot be reclaimed.
سَعْدٌ وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ سَعْدُ عُبَادَةٍ
فِي مَجْدِهِ صَدَقَ الَّذِي يَتَوَغَّلُ
When an intimate leaves you, reflect:
What does he take, what does he leave?
مَاذَا يُحَبِّرُ مَادِحٌ مِنْ بَعْدِمَا
أَثْنَى بِمَدْحِكُمُ الْكِتَابُ الْمُنْزَلُ
Give oversight to the paths you establish,
An eye that sees all occurring upon them.
يَانُكْتَة الْعَلْيَا وَياقَمَرَ الْهُدَى
وَالعُرْوَةُ الْوُثْقَى الَّتِي لاَ تُفْصَلُ
Show no panic in adversity, thereby
Is your value diminished and cheapened.
يَهْنِيكَ صُنْعُ اللهِ حِينَ تَبَلَّدَتْ
فِيكَ الْحِجَى وَتَأَوَّلَ الْمُتَأَوِّلُ
Wealth - take it rightfully, knowing
Wealth conveys aims both near and far.
يَهْنِيكَ صُنْعُ اللهِ حِينَ اسْتَأَنَسَتْ
مِنْكَ الظَّنُونُ وَأَقْصَرَ الْمُسْتَرْسِلُ
With it balance governance costs, save
What exceeds them, weigh all that enters and leaves.
يَهْنِي الْعِبَادَ أَنِ اغْتَدَى بِكَ دِيُنهَا
يُجْلُى مِنَ الشَّكِّ الْمُرِيبِ وَيُغْسَلُ
In your giving and withholding, consider the scales,
Stinginess and profligacy both draw scorn.
يَهْنِي الْبَلاَدَ أَنِ اغْتَدَى بِكَ فَوْقَهَا
سِتْرُ الْوِقَايَةِ وَالْحِمَايَةِ يُسْدَلُ
Uphold reverence and noble conduct,
Which forbid the ugly and despised.
فَتْحُ الْفُتُوحِ تَأَخَّرَتْ أَيَّامُهُ
يَنْسَلّ مِنْ حَدَبٍ إِلَيْكَ وَيَنْسِلُ
Preoccupy yourself not with indulgence but
What satisfies the wise soul and busies it.
يَزَعُ الإلاَهُ مِنَ النَّفُوسِ مَنِ ارْتَضَى
حَتَّى يَبِينَ مُحِقُّهَا وَالْمُبْطِلُ
The people of this age follow in their fathers' steps,
If they rise, rise with them, if they sink, sink.
وَاللهُ بِالتَّمْحِيصِ يُوقِظُ أَنْفُساً
عَنْ حَقِّهِ الْمَحْتُومِ كَانَتْ تَغْفُلُ
Take them with pardon, do not expose their secrets,
One is not bound to reveal another's faults.
وَيُكَيِّفُ السَّببَ الْخَفِيَّ لِمَنْ قَضَى
بِسَعَادَةِ مِنْهُ إِلَيْهِ تُوَصَّلُ
They censured the times and people before us,
Did they find any goodness or sweetness in them?
وَالْحَظّ أَمْرٌ لَيْسَ فِي وُسْعِ امْرِئٍ
فَمُكَثِّرٌ فِي كَدِّهِ ومُقَلِّلُ
While your intellect in caliphate and rule
Is most excellent, your governance supreme.
وَالْحَقّ حَقٌّ مَا سِوَاهُ فَبَاطِلٌ
لَوْ حَقَّقَ الْمُسْتَبْصِرُ الْمُتَأَمِّلُ
My lord, time has treated me harshly, unjustly,
While you are the most just leader.
تَتَلَوَّنُ الدَّنْيَا وَتَخْتَلِفُ الْمُنَى
وَالْبُدّ بُدٌّ لَيْسَ عَنْهُ مَعْدِلُ
It bent me low in my refuge, frightening me
Unfairly, and burdened me beyond my capacity to bear.
وَلِربّنا الرُّجْعَى وَإِنْ طَالَ الْمَدَى
وَاللهُ نِعْمَ الْمُرْتَجَى وَالْمُؤَمَلُ
It cast me and my children into the endless sea,
As if unaware we have no other escape.
لَمْ يُبْقِ رَبُّكَ مِنْ عِدَاتِكَ مُعْتَدٍ
وَالسَّيْفُ يَسْبِقُ حَدُّهُ مَنْ يَعْذِلُ
We are killed by exile, whether one
Is stripped of homeland or slain.
أُخِذُوا بِبَغْيِهِمُ أَيُفْلِتُ هَارِبٌ
لِلَّهِ يُسْرِعُ خَطْوُهُ أَوْ يُعْجِلُ
This logic cannot be refuted,
As attested in the Book sent down.
ثُقِفُوا بِكُلِّ ثَنِيَّةٍ وَتَبَادَرَتْ
بِهِمُ عُيُونُ الْمُؤَمِنِينَ فَقُتِّلُوا
I became like chicks, needing water to live,
While water lets them thrive and grain sustains.
سُحْقاً لَهُمْ لاَ بِالْوَفَاءِ تَمَسَّكُوا
يَوْماً وَلاَ فَازُوا بمَا قَدْ أَمَّلُوا
If I rise to join them I cannot,
If I offer excuses they do not accept.
وَرَأَى عَدُوُّ اللهِ عُقْبَى غَدْرِهِ
وَالْخِزْيُ مِنْهُ مُعَجَّلٌ وَمُؤَجَّلُ
I have no means to reach you,
No device to attain your heights.
وَهُوَ الَّذِي مِنْ حَقِّهِ أَلاَّ يُرَى
يُعْنَى اللِّسَانُ بِذِكَرِهِ أَوْ يَحْفِلُ
You are my only means to you -
Do not block my quest. For the likes of you grant and fulfill.
وَحَقَارَةُ الدُّنْيَا عَلَى اللهِ اقْتَضَتْ
أَنْ يَثْأَرَ الْمُسْتَحْقَرُ الْمُسْتَرْذَلُ
My children and I have no other mercy;
My case is clear, beyond doubt.
هَذَا سُلَيْمَانُ النَّبِيُّ ابْتَزَّهُ
الْكُرسِيَّ بَعْضُ الْجِنِّ فيِمَا يُنْقَلُ
Take it as sincere advice dictates,
A necklace of eloquent phrases sequenced.
مَا غَيْرتْ مِنْكَ الْخُطُوبُ سَجِيَّةً
مَجْبُولَةً وَالَطَّبْعُ لاَ يُتَنَقَّلُ
Eloquence's lead offers through it
Wisdom's gems, radiant to gatherings.
بَلْ زَادَ عَقْلُكَ بَسْطَةً مِنْ بَعْدِهَا
حَتَّى أَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ يُعْقَلُ
Thank your Lord for the gift that is you, for
Gratitude multiples the reward of those who give thanks.
وَأَفَادَكَ الدَّهْرُ التَّجَارِبَ بَانِيا
تَضَعُ الأَمُورَ عَلَى الْوِزَانِ وَتَحْمِلُ
مَا إِنْ رَأَيْنَا مَنْ يُعَابُ بِحُنْكَةٍ
حَتَّى يُعَابَ الصَّارِمُ الْمُتَقَلِّلُ
قَدْ قَرَّ أَمْرُكَ وَاسْتَقَرَّ عِمَادُهُ
وَالْحَقُّ بَانَ فَلَمْ يَدَعْ مَا يُشْكِلُ
وَأَتَاكَ نَجْلُكَ وَالسَّعُودُ تَحُفَّهُ
وَالْخَلْقُ تَلْثِمُ كَفَّهُ وَتُقَبِّلُ
لَمَحُوكَ يَا بَدْرَ الْكَمَالِ فكَبَّرُوا
وَبَدَا هِلاَلُكَ بَعْدَ ذَاكَ فَهَلَّلُوا
فَالشَّمْلُ مُجْتَمِعٌ كَأَحْسَنِ حَالَةٍ
تَعْتَادُهَا وَنَوالُ رَبِّكَ يَشْمُلُ
وَلَقَدْ غَفَرْتَ ذُنُوبَ دَهْرِي كُلَّهَا
حَتَّى الْمَشِيبَ وَذَنْبُهُ لاَ يُهْمَلُ
لَمَّا رَأَتْ مَثْوَاكَ كَعْبَةَ طَائِفٍ
عَيْنِي وَكَفُّكَ لِلطَّوَافِ مُقبَّلُ
أُهْدِيكَ مِنْ أَدَبِ السِّياسَةِ مَا بِهِ
تَبْأَى الْمُلُوكُ عَلَى الْمُلُوكِ وَتَفْضُلُ
لاَ تُغْفِل الْحَزْمَ الَّذِي بِعِقَالِهِ
إبلُ الإِمَارَةِ وَالإِدَارَةِ تُعْقَلُ
وَاجْعَلْ صُمَاتَكَ عِبْرَةً فِيمَا مَضَى
وَعَلَيْهِ قِسْ مِنْ بَعْدِمَا يُسْتَقْبَلُ
وَالأَمْرُ تَحْقِرُهُ وَقَدْ يَنْمِي كَمَا
تَنْمِي الْجُسُومُ عَلَى الْغِذَاء وَتَعْبَلُ
فَاحْذَرْ صَغِيرَ الأَمْرِ وَلْتَحْفِلْ بِهِ
وَإِذَا غَفَلْتَ فَإِنَّهُ يُسْتَفْحَلُ
فَالنَّارُ أَوَّلُ مَا تَكُونُ شَرَارَةً
وَالْغَيْثُ بَعْدَ رَذَاذِهِ يَسْتَرْسِل
شَاوِرْ إِذَا الشُّورَى دَعَتْكَ أُولِي النُّهَى
فَخطابُ غَيْرِ أُولِي النّهَى لاَ يَجْمُلُ
وَأَجِزِ الْمُسِيءَ إِذَا أَسَاء بِفِعِلْهِ
وَالْمُحْسِنَ الْحُسْنَى جَزَاءً يَعْدِلُ
وَإِذَا عَدَلْتَ فَلاَ الْهَوَادَةُ وَالْهَوَى
مِنْ بَعْدِهِ أَبَداً لَدَيْكَ تُؤْمَّلُ
وَمَنِ اسْتَبَحْتَ ذِمَارَهُ بِعُقُوبَةٍ
فَبِغيْرِهِ مِنْ بَعْدِهَا يُسْتَبْدَلُ
وَإِذَا عَقَدْتَ فَلِلْغنَى لاَ لِلْهَوَى
فَبِكُلِّ قَدْرِ رُئْبْةٌ لاَ تُهْمَلُ
وَصُنِ اللِّسَانَ عَنِ الْقَبِيحِ فَرُبَّمَا
يَمْضِي اللِّسَانُ بِحَيْثُ يَنْبُو الْمنْصَلُ
وَإِذَا جَرَحْتَ فُؤَادَ حُرٍّ لَمْ تُطِقْ
إِدْمَالَهُ وَبِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ يَدْمُلُ
وَأَقْبَل وَصِيَّةَ مَنْ أَتَى لَكَ نَاصِحاً
وَاشْكُرْهُ وَهْوَ الْكَاذِبُ الْمُتَحَيِّلُ
وَعَلَى التَّثَبُّتِ فِي السِّعَايَةِ فَاعْتَمِدْ
فَمَرَدُّ أَمْرِ فَاتَ لاَ يُسْتَسْهَلُ
وَإِذَا جَنَى جَانٍ تَبَيَّنَ جَهْلُهُ
فَاحْلُمْ عَلَيْهِ فأَيْنَ مَنْ لاَ يَجْهَلُ
وَارْعَ السَّوَابِقَ لاَ تُضِعْهَا إِنَّهَا
دَيْنٌ يُلاَمُ لأَجْلِهِ مَنْ يَمْطُلُ
وَإِذَا تَرَحَّلَ عَنْ جِوَارِكَ رَاحِلٌ
فَانْظُرْ بِعَقْلِكَ عَنْكَ مَاذَا يَنْقُلُ
وَاجْعَلْ عَلَى السِّيرِ الَّتِي رَتَّبَتْهَا
عَيْناً تَجِيءُ بِكُلِّ مَا يُتَقَوَّلُ
لاَ تُبدِ هَوْنَاً فِي الشَّدَائِدِ إِنْ عَرَتْ
فَبِقَدْرِ مَا تُبْدِيهِ قَدْرُكَ يحملُ
وَالْمَال خُذْهُ بِحَقِّهِ وَاعْلَمْ بِأَنْ
نَ الْمَالَ لِلْغَرَضِ الْبَعِيدِ يُوَصِّلُ
وَازِنْ بِهِ مُؤَنَ السِّيَاسَةِ وادَّخِرْ
فَضْلاً وَوَازِ بِخَرْجِهِ مَا يدْخُلُ
وَالْمَنْحُ وَالْمَنْعُ اعْتَبِرْ قِسْطَاسَهُ
فَالْبُخْلُ وَالتَّبْذِير مِمَّا يُرْذَلُ
وَعَلَيْكَ بِالتَّقْوَى وَبِالخُلُقِ الَّذِي
يَنْهَى النُّفُوسَ عَنِ الْقَبِيحِ وَيَعْذِلُ
وَاشْغِلْ عِنِ اللَّذَّاتِ نَفْسكَ بِالَّذِي
نَفْسُ الْحَكِيمِ بِهِ تَلذُّ وَتُشْغَلُ
وَبَنُو الزَّمَانِ عَلَى سَبِيلِ أَبِيهِمُ
إِنْ عَزَّ عَزُّوا أَوْ يَذِلُّ تَذَلَّلُوا
بِالْعَفْوِ خُذْ مِنْهُمْ وَلاَ تَكْشِفْ لَهُمْ
سِتْراً فَلَسْتَ عَلَى كَبِيرٍ تَحْصُلُ
ذُمَّ الزَّمَانُ وَأَهْلُهُ مِنْ قَبْلِنَا
فَمَتَى حَلاَ أَوْ لَذَّ هَذَا الْحَنْظَلُ
هَذَا وَعَقْلُكَ فِي الْخَلاِفَةِ قَدْرُهُ
أَسْنَى وَرَأَيُك فِي السِّيَاسَةِ أَفْضَلُ
مَوْلاَيَ هَاضَنِي الزَّمَانُ وَسَامَنِي
جَوْراً وَأَنْتَ هُوَ الإِمَامُ الأَعْدَلُ
أَنْحَى عَلَى وَفْرِي وَرَوَّعَ مَأْمَنِي
ظُلْماً وَحَمَّلَنِي الَّذِي لاَ يُحْمَلُ
وَرَمَى بِنَا الْبَحْرُ الْمُحِيطُ وَلَوْ دَرَى
مِنْ دُونِهِ مَرْمَىً لَقَالَ لَنَا ارْحَلُوا
إِنَّا قُتِلْنَا بِالنَّوَى سِيَّان مَنْ
يُجْلَى عَنِ الأَوْطَانِ أَوْ مَنْ يُقْتَلُ
هَذَا قِيَاسٌ لَيْسَ يُدْفَعُ حُكْمُهُ
مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا شَهِدَ الْكِتَابُ الْمُنْزَلُ
أَصْبَحْتُ فِي زُغْبٍ كَأَفْرَاخِ الْقَطَا
وَالْمَاءُ شرطُ حَياتِهِم والسُنبُلُ
فَإذا سَمَوتُ لِقَصدِهِم لم أستَطِع
وإذا اعْتَذَرْتُ إِلَيْهِمُ لَمْ يَقْبَلُوا
وَأَنَا الَّذِي مَا لِي إِلَيْكَ وَسِيلَةٌ
أُدْلِي بِهَا لِعُلاَكَ أَوْ أَتَوسَّلُ
أَنْتَ الْوَسِيلَةُ لِي إِلَيْكَ فَلاَ تُضِعْ
قَصْدِي فَمِثْلُكَ مَنْ يَقُولُ وَيَفْعَلُ
مَا لِي وَلاَ لَبِنِيَّ غَيْرَكَ رَحْمَةٌ
لَكِنَّ عُذْرِي وَاضِحٌ لاَ يُجْهَلُ
خُذْهَا كَمَا شَاءَ الْخَلُوصُ كَأَنَّهَا
عِقْدٌ بِأَلْقَابِ الْبَدِيعِ مُفَصَّلُ
أَهْدَى الْبَيَانُ بِهَا فَرَاِئدَ حِكْمَةٍ
يَبْأَى النَّدَى بِنَشْرِهَا وَالْمَحْفِلُ
وَأشْكُرْ صَنِيعَ اللهِ فِيكَ فَإِنَّهُ
يُنْمِي ثَوَابَ الشَّاكِرِينَ وَيُجْزِلُ
