يالَكَ مِن يَومٍ لَهُ حُرمَةٌ

تُقَصِّرُ الأَلسُنُ عَن شُكرِهِ

O what a day of reverence it is

Tongues fall short of thanking it

بِبُرءِ مَولانا الَّذي اِستُؤصِلَت

شافَةُ أَهلِ الجَورِ في عَصرِهِ

With the innocence of our Master in whose era

The lips of the unjust were uprooted

لَو لَم يَكُن فيهِ سِوى رَدِّهِ

كَيدَ أَبي الرَيّانِ في نَحرِهِ

If it only entailed foiling

The deceit of Abu Al-Rayyan against him

وَأَنَّهُ كَذَّبَ آمالَهُ

وَكَسَّرَ الحاجاتِ في صَدرِهِ

And proving his hopes false

And breaking the desires in his chest

أَمَّلَ لا قَدَّرَهُ اللَهُ أَن

يَظهَرَ ما يُبطِنُ في سِرِّهِ

He wished, but Allah did not destine

That what he hid in secret be exposed

حَتّى اِستَشَفَّ الناسُ مِن وَجهِهِ

ما صَوَّرَ الشَيطانُ في فِكرِهِ

Until people could see on his face

What Satan portrayed in his mind

فَيا أَميرَ المُؤمِنينَ اِعتَمِد

ما يَقتَضيهِ الحَزمُ في أَمرِهِ

So O Commander of the Faithful

Do what wisdom requires in his matter

طَهِّر بِلادَ العَدلِ مِن جَورِهِ

وَنَزِّهِ الإِسلامَ مِن كُفرِهِ

Purify the lands of justice from his tyranny

And cleanse Islam from his blasphemy

وَاِكشِف عَنِ الدَولَةِ ما رابَها

مِن عارِهِ المُخزي وَمِن عُسرِهِ

And uncover from the state what afflicted it

Of disgraceful shame and hardship

وَاِستَدرِكِ الفارِطَ في حَقِّهِ

وَاِخشَ عَلى بَغداذَ مِن مَكرِهِ

And make up for negligence in his regard

And fear for Baghdad from his plotting

فَرُبَّما أَخرَبَها شُؤمُهُ

لا بارَكَ الرَحمَنُ في عُمرِهِ

Lest his ill-omen ruins it

As the Merciful did not bless his lifetime