يُجاهِرُني الْعَدُوُّ بِكُلِّ نُكْرٍ

ويَنْصُرُ مَنْ أصادِقُهُ الأَعادِي

The enemy rebukes me with every insult,

And supports those I call foes.

ويُبْعِدُني الْقَريبُ بلا احْتِشامٍ

ويِزْدادُ الْبَعيدُ مِنَ البعادِ

The near ones distance me without respect,

While those far grow further in their remoteness.

ويَطْوِي الْبِشْرَ عَنِّي منْ أُصَافِي

ويَنْسَى ما لَدَيْهِ مِنَ الأَيادِي

People hide kindness from me though we were intimate,

And forget the favors I did them.

وذَنْبِي عِنْد إِخْوانِي بأَنِّي

هَدَيْتُهُمُ إلى سُبُلِ الرَّشادِ

My sin, according to my brethren, is that

I guided them to righteous ways.

وقُلْتُ عَلَيْكُمُ بكِتابِ رَبِّي

وسُنَّةِ خَيْرِ مَهْدِيٍّ وهادِي

And told them, by the Book of my Lord

And the Sunna of the excellent Guide.

وَرَأْي الناسِ عِنْدَهما دَعُوهُ

فَبَعْضُ الرَّأْي مِنْ جِنْس الْعِنادِ

Yet people's opinion, to them, is: "Leave it alone!"

Though some opinion springs from obstinacy.

وعندهما دَعُوا زَيْداً وعَمْراً

إذَا كانَا عَلَى غير السَّدَاد

"Leave Zayd and 'Amr alone," they say,

"If they are not firmly on the right way."

فَقَوْلُ اللهِ يَشْفِي كُلَّ داءٍ

ويَرْوي قَوْلُ طَهَ كُلَّ صَادِي

Thus God's Word cures every illness,

And the Word of Taha slakes every thirst.

وصَحْبُ مُحَمّدٍ رَضُّوا عَلَيْهمْ

فَصَحْبُ مَحَمّدٍ خَيْرُ الْعِبادِ

The company of Muhammad - God bless them!

Were the best of all God's servants.

ولا ترْمُوا أَفاضلهُمْ بِنَقْصٍ

فَلَسْتُمْ مِنْ رِجالِ الاِنْتِقادِ

Do not find fault with any of their nobles.

You are not qualified to criticize.

إلَهي قَدْ أَغَاظُوني بزُورٍ

وأَنْكى ما أَشاعُوهُ فُؤادي

O my God, they have hurt me with lies

And made intolerable my anguish.

وأَبْكَى الْعَيْنَ بَهْتٌ نمَّقُوهُ

وَطَالَ لِما أَذَاعُوهُ سُهادي

My eyes are tearful, slandered by their calumnies,

Prolonged my nightly prayer by their rumors.

وَرامُوا لا رُعوا إطفاءَ عِلْمي

وعابُوا ما يُرْجِّحُهُ اجْتِهادي

They tried to extinguish my knowledge, recklessly,

And found fault with my lawful judgment.

فإنْ يَنْصُرْ إِلهِي عَنْ قَريبٍ

فَذَا نصْرٌ عَلَى وفقِ السَّدادِ

If soon, my God, You give me victory,

That will be a triumph for righteousness.

فَنَصْرِي فيه إعْزازٌ لِدِينٍ

ونَصْرِي فِيه دَفْعٌ للفَسَادِ

My triumph will honor the religion,

And drive away corruption.