الحُمدُ لِلَّهِ واجِبِ الشُكرِ

قَد اِهتَدى سَيِّدي أَبو نَصرِ

Praise be to Allah, deserving of thanks,

My master Abu Nasr has been rightly guided,

وَاِتَّبَعَ الحَقَّ حينَ لاحَ لَهُ

فَجرُ الهُدى مِن دُجُنَّةِ الفَجرِ

And followed the truth when it appeared to him,

The light of guidance shone from the darkness of dawn,

وَقالَ إِنَّ المَسيحَ لَيسَ بِمَعـ

ـبودٍ وَأَفتى الصَليبَ بِالكَسرِ

And he said, “Christ is not to be worshipped,”

And gave judgement that the cross should be broken,

فَظَنَّ حُسّادُهُ مُعاندَةً

أَمراً وَظَنُّ الحَسودِ لا يُزري

So his enviers thought it hypocrisy,

A matter which the envious do not comprehend,

قالوا نِفاقاً وَلَيسَ يَفرُقُ في الـ

ـإِسلامِ بَينَ النِفاقِ وَالكُفرِ

They spoke it falsely, for there is no difference in Islam,

Between hypocrisy and disbelief,

ما ذاكَ إِلّا سَترٌ عَلى عمرٍ

رُبَّ اِنتِهاكٍ خَيرٌ مِنَ السَترِ

That was only a veil upon Umar,

Many a violation is better than stripping bare,

فَقُلتُ يا قَومُ إِنَّ في عمرٍ

مَعذِرَةً إِن سَمِعتُمُ عُذري

So I said, “O people, Umar has

An excuse, if you would hear my plea,

شَكَت لَهُ أُختُهُ لَهيبُ حِمىً

في حِرِها تَستَثيرُ كَالجَمرِ

His sister Layla complained to him of feverish desire,

Inflaming her, like embers of fire,

وَحِكَّةً في نَواتِها كَدَبيـ

ـبِ النَملِ لا تَأتَلي بِها تَسري

And itching in her soft parts, like the creeping

Of ants that does not cease,

وَعِزَّهُ داؤُها وَقَد شَهِدَت

لَهُ رُواةُ الأَخبارِ بِالخُبرِ

And her remedy was his virility, as

Narrators of reports have borne witness,

وَكانَ هَذا يَقومُ بِالناسِ في الـ

ـحمّامِ هَذا جَلِيَّةُ الأَمرِ

And this used to help people in the

Bathhouse, this being clear,

فَجازَ هَذا الأُستاذُ أَيَّدَهُ اللَـ

ـهُ إِلَيها يَوماً مَعَ العَصرِ

So this teacher, whom God strengthen,

Went to her one day at nightfall,

وَكانَ قَد نامَ مِن كَلالَتِهِ

وَطاحَ عَنهُ الرِدا وَلا يَدري

And he had slept from weariness

And the cloak had slipped from him unawares,

وَاِنسابَ غُرمولهُ وَلا دَقَلٌ

في رَأسِهِ مِثلُ مِيسَمِ البَكرِ

With his tool exposed, and no headcloth

On his head, like a virgin’s,

منهرتُ الشِدقِ كالِحُ الوَجهِ صُلبُ الـ

ـمتنِ صَعبُ المِراسِ مُستَشري

Wide of cheek, hard of body, rigid

Of member, a difficult mount,

فَقالَ هَذا يَكونُ مُمتَهِناً

مُضَيَّعاً لا رِضى عَنِ الدَهرِ

So she said “This would be violating

And wasting what merits no censure,”

وَلَم يَزَل بِالمِحالِ يَخدَعُهُ

حَتّى أَتاها بِهِ عَلى قَدرِ

But she did not stop deceiving him

Until she brought him to her bed,