أجَلْ هو الرُّزْءُ جَلَّ فادِحُهْ

باكِرُهُ فاجِعٌ ورائِحُهْ

Indeed it is the calamity, overwhelming its severity

Its beginning agonizing, and its outcome

لا ربْعُ دارٍ عفا ولا طَلَلُ

أوْحشَ لمَّا نَأْتِ ملائِحُهْ

Neither the spring of an abode healed, nor its ruins

More desolate when its misfortunes came upon it

عَنْ ذاكَ مندوحَةٌ لمُعْتَبِرِ

فَذُو النُّهَى جَمَّةٌ مَنَادِحُهْ

Far from that for one who takes heed

Is the path of salvation, though difficult its ascents

فَجَائِعٌ لو دَرَى الجنينُ بها

لعادَ مُبْيَضَّةً مَسَائِحُهْ

So one hungry, if the fetus knew it

Would return bleached are its bones

يا بُؤْسَ للدَّهْرِ حينَ آلُ رسو

لِ الله تجتاحُهُمْ جَوَائِحُهْ

Oh what misery when the Messengers of Allah

Were subjected to their calamities

إذا تَفَكَّرْتَ في مُصَابِهِمْ

أثْقَبَ زَنْدَ الهُمُومِ قَادِحَهْ

When you contemplate their afflictions

The load of sorrows weighs down its carrier

فبعضُهُمْ قُرِّبَتْ مَصَارِعُهُ

وبعضُهُمْ بُوعِدَتْ مَطَارِحُهْ

For some their places of death were brought near

While for others their places of fall were promised

أظْلَمَ في كَرْبِلاَءَ يومُهُمُ

ثم تجَلّى وَهُمْ ذَبَائِحُهْ

Darkened on the day of Karbala, then appeared [the truth] while they are the slaughtered

The rain did not cease watering every uprising ground

لا بَرِحَ الغَيْثُ كلَّ شارِقَةٍ

تَهْمي غَوَادِيْه أوْ رَوَائِحُهْ

Or roaming its valleys are its showers

Upon a land where a strange Messenger of Allah settled

على ثَرىً حَلَّهُ غريبُ رسو

لِ اللَّهِ مَجْرُوحةٌ جَوَارِحُهْ

Wounded are his noble organs

He who protected him decreased, and few are his helpers

ذَلَّ حِمَاهُ وقَلّ ناصِرُهُ

وَنَالَ أَقْصى مُنَاهُ كَاشِحُهْ

And the utmost of his aims faced preventers

While his women were taken captives, the necks of loved ones

وسيقَ نِسْوانُهُ طلائِقَ أح

زانٍ تَهَادَى بِهِمْ طلائِحُهْ

Dragged among them were their infants

And they were forbidden to cry and lament aloud

وهنَّ يُمْنَعْنَ بالوعيد من النَ

نوحْ وعِرُّ العُلا نوائحُهْ

Though bitter is estrangement and loud are its wailers

Sorrow returned to his grandfather and his father

عادَ الأَسَى جَدَّهُ ووالِدَهُ

حَيْثُ اسْتَغَاثَتْهُمَا صوائِحُهْ

Where their screaming for help was heard

If the Majestic did not want their war against him

لَوْ لَمْ يُرِدْ ذُو الجَلاَلِ حَرْبَهُمُ

بِهِ لَضَاقَتْ بِهِمْ فَسَائِحُهْ

Narrowness would have squeezed them and their surroundings

He who destroyed a nation whose she-camel was hamstrung

وَهْوَ الذي اجتاحَ أُمَّةً عَقَرَتْ

ناقَتَهُ إذْ دَعَاهُ صالِحُهْ

When their righteous one invited them [to Allah]

You have lost the path to the way of Allah

ضللتُمُ القَصْدَ للسبيلِ إلى الْ

لَّهِ فتاهتْ بِكُمْ صَحَاصِحُهْ

So you were confused while the calamities befell you

Oh you Shi'ites of misguidance and deviation

يا شِيْعَ الغَيِّ والضَّلاَلِ وَمَنْ

كَلٌّهُمْ جَمَّةٌ فضائِحُهْ

Stained are your robes with disgrace

You have wronged Allah in harming those

غَشَشتُمُ اللَّهَ في أذِيَّةِ مَنْ

إليْهِمُ أُدِّيَتْ نَصَائِحُهْ

To whom his advice was given

You threw dust on the forehead of a youth

عَفَرْتُمُ بالثَّرَى جبين فَتىً

جبريلُ قبلَ النبيَّ ماسِحُهْ

Whom Jibreel used to rub before the Prophet

Blood shedding between you and the Messenger of Allah

يُطَلّ ما بينَكُمْ دَمٌ لرسو

لِ اللَّهِ وابنُ السِّفَاحِ سَافِحُهْ

While the son of As-Saffah is its shedder

The same to Allah are all of you

سِيّانُ عند الإله كُلُّكُمُ

خاذِلُهُ مِنْكُمُ وذابِحُهْ

Those who abandoned him and those who slaughtered him

Curse pursues or roams around

على الَّذِي فاتَهُمْ بِحَقِّهِمْ

لعْنٌ يُغَادِيهِ أو يُراوِحُهْ

Those who deprived them of their rights

You are ignorant of who the Household know

جَهِلْتُمُ فيهِمُ الذي عَرَفَ ال

بَيْتُ وما قابَلَتْ أباطِحُهْ

And who did not encounter their inner chambers

If you are silent from supplicating to them

إن تصمُتُوا عن دعائِهِمْ فلكُمْ

يومُ وغىً لا يُجاب صائحُهْ

Then for you is a day when no supplicant is answered

Where the ram of calamity butts

في حيثُ كبْشُ الرّدَى يناطِحُ من

أبْصَرَ كبشَ الوَغَى يناطِحُهْ

Whoever sees the ram of tribulation headbutting him

And tomorrow the opponent will know who

وفي غَدٍ يَعْرِفُ المُخَالِفُ مَنْ

خاسِرُ دينٍ لَهُمْ وَرَابِحُهْ

Lost religion for them and who gained it

Before you is a blazing flame

وبين أيديكُمُ حريقُ لظىً

يلفَحُ تِلْكَ الوُجُوهَ لافِحُهْ

That will wrap those faces without extinguisher

If you think them fools in your ignorance

إن عِبْتُمُوهُمْ بجهلِكُمْ سَفَهاً

ما ضرَّ بَدْرَ السماءِ نابِحُهْ

The shining full moon is not harmed by the barking dog

Or if you conceal, the Quran whose intricacies

أو تكتُمُوا فالقرانُ مشكِلُهُ

بفضلِهِمْ ناطقٌ وواضِحُهْ

Declare their virtues clearly

No glory shone from their graves

ما أَشْرَقَ المَجْدُ من قبورِهِمْ

إلا وسُكَّانُها مصابِحُهْ

Except its dwellers are its lanterns

A people whom the sword of their father

قومٌ أبَى حدُّ سيفِ والدِهِمْ

للدينِ أو يستَقِيْمُ جامِحُهْ

Refused to straighten the religion or silence its dissenter

He who the Prophet felt tranquility with

وهو الذي استأنسَ النبيُّ بِهِ

والدينُ مذعورَةٌ مسارِحُهْ

While the religion panicked terrified are its shelters

They fought him and he is their supporter

حاربَهُ القومُ وهو ناصِرُهُ

قِدْماً وغَشُّوه وهْوَناصحُهْ

Before and they betrayed him while he advised them

So how many of them did the swords spill blood

فكم كَسَا منهُمُ السُّيُوفَ دَماً

يَوْمَ جِلادٍ يطيحُ طائِحُهْ

On a day of fighting when its fierce one charges

The people did not pardon when they were able

ماصفَحَ القومُ عندما قَدَرُوا

لما جَنَتْ فيهِمُ صفائحُهْ

To commit against them their atrocities

But rather stubbornness they granted him and exerted effort

بل منحوهُ العنادَ واجتهدوا

أن يمنعُوهُ ما اللَّهُ مانِحُهْ

To prevent what Allah grants him

They were volatile in harming him

كانوا خِفَاقاً إلى أذّيتِهِ

وهو ثقيلُ الوقارِ راجِحُهْ

While he is dignified and weighty

An ocean of knowledge, so if the knowledge rages

بحرُ علومٍ إذا العلومُ طَمَتْ

فهز تَيّارَها ضحاضِحُهْ

Its currents stir its depths

And if they flow in chastity, their immorality disgraced them

وإن جَرَوُا في العفافِ بَذَّهُمُ

بالسَّبْقِ عودَ الجَرَاءِ قارِحُهْ

Breaking the virginity of the chaste with deflowerer

He prevented the eye from their wreckage

قد منع الطَّرْفَ عن حُطَامِهِمْ

وهو إلى الصالحَاتِ طامِحُهْ

While he aspires to righteous deeds

O family whose love clarifies

ياعترةً حبُّهمْ يبينُ بِهِ

صالِحُ هذا الوَرَى وطالِحُهْ

The righteous of this world and its corrupt

The lock of evil you are O children of Ahmed

مغالِقُ الشَرِّ أنتُمُ يابَني

أحمدَ إِذْ غيركُمْ مفاتِحُهْ

When others are its keys

You are blessed, so if your mention passes by

طِبْتُمْ فإن مرَّ ذِكْرِكُمْ عَرَضاً

فَاحَ بِمِسْكِ الجِنَانِ فائِحُهْ

The fragrance of gardens emanates from its breeze

I conceal my sorrow in your love

أُكَاتِمُ الحُزْنَ في محبَّتِكُمْ

والحُزْنُ يَعْيَا بِهِ مَكَاوِحُهْ

Though it wearies with it its tossing and turning

Nothing but tears and sorrow for what

ليس سِوَى الدَّمْعِ والإناءُ بِمَا

يكونُ فِيْهِ لابُدّ راشِحُهْ

Will be in it its brim inevitably overflowing

So the eyelids will be harmed though

فَسَوْفَ تغرَى به الجفُون وإن

أضَر بالناظِرَيْنِ سافِحُهْ

Its flow harms the two eyes

If I was in the time of Dibel my praises in you

لو كُنْتُ في عصْرِ دِعْبِلٍ عَبَدَتْ

مدائحي فيكُمُ مدائِحُهْ

Would be praise while his are its praises