1. يا غَزالاً عِذارُهُ كَالطِرازِ

    اِنَّ حُسنَ الميعادِ بِالاِنجازِ

    O gazelle, whose cheek-down is like embroidered trim,

    indeed, a promise's beauty lies in its fulfillment.

  2. غِظ عَذولي وَاِهتزّ لِلوَصلِ يَوماً

    كَغصونٍ قَد غِظتَها بِاِهتِزازِ

    Anger my reproacher, and one day sway toward union,

    like branches you have angered by your swaying.

  3. قَد أَلَفتُ الاِذلال مُذ حُلتَ عَنّي

    فَتَعَطَّف عَلَيَّ بِالاِعزاز

    I have grown used to humiliation since you turned away from me;

    so show me tenderness and honor me,

  4. بِاِنعِطافٍ إِلى الهَوى وَاِنصِرافٍ

    وَاِنحِرافٍ عَن القِلى وَاِنحِياز

    with a turning toward love and a turning away,

    and a veering from aversion and a withdrawal.

  5. اِنَّ عَينَيكَ صالَتا في فُؤادي

    بِحُسامَينِ صارِمٍ وَجُراز

    Indeed, your two eyes charged into my heart

    with two swords, one keen and one cleaving.

  6. فَدُموعي مَوصولَة بِدِمائي

    وَحَذاري موشَّح بِاِحتِراز

    So my tears are joined to my blood,

    and my fear is girdled with caution.

  7. كُلَّما قُلتُ قَرَّ فيكَ قَراري

    بِتُّ من خيفَتي عَلى اِنفازِ

    Whenever I said, 'My repose in you is settled,'

    I spent the night, from fear, poised to spring.

  8. وَاِنخِزالي اِذا رَأَيتُ وشاتي

    كَاِنخِزالِ العُصفورِ عِندَ البازِ

    And my shrinking when I see my slanderers

    is like a sparrow's shrinking before a hawk.

  9. لَيتَني قَد رَأَيتُ مِن بَعدِ بُعدٍ

    فُرصَةَ النَصرِ آذَنَت بِاِنتِهازِ

    Would that, after separation, I had seen

    a chance for victory beckoning to be seized.

  10. لا وَلكِن يا لَيتَ مُلكَ البَرايا

    عادَ في سادَتي شُموسِ الحجاز

    No, rather—would that dominion over humankind

    returned to my lords, the suns of the Hijaz,

  11. أَهلِ بَيتِ النَبِيِّ بَيتِ المَعالي

    دونَ بَيتِ الأَرجاسِ أَهلِ المَخازي

    the Prophet's household, the house of lofty virtues,

    rather than the house of the filthy, the people of disgrace.

  12. وَقَريباً نَرى المجالَ بَعيداً

    بِسِيوفٍ تَمضي بِغَيرِ جَوازِ

    And soon we shall see the field stretching far,

    with swords that cut through without permission;

  13. وَيَعودُ الحَقُّ المُبينُ اِلَيهِم

    وَيُجازي الظلومَ خيرُ مُجازي

    and the manifest right will return to them,

    and the best of requiters will requite the oppressor.

  14. يا عَلِيُّ الَّذي عَلا عَن مُحاذٍ

    وَسَما عَن مُقارنٍ وَمُوازي

    O Ali, who rose above any peer,

    and soared above any equal or counterpart,

  15. أَنتَ رَبُّ الجهادِ وَالزُهدِ وَالعِل

    مِ وَقُربىً في مَوضِعِ الأَحرازِ

    you are master of holy struggle, asceticism, and knowledge,

    and kinship, in the place of safeguards;

  16. صاحبِ الطَيرِ وَالكَساءِ أَبي السِب

    طَينِ ليثِ الأَبطالِ يوم البِراز

    he of the bird and the cloak, father of the two grandsons,

    lion of champions on the day of single combat;

  17. مالِكِ الحَوضِ وَاللِواءِ لِواءِ ال

    حَمدِ حتفِ الرِقابِ وَالأَجوازِ

    master of the Pool and the Banner—the Banner of

    Praise—doom of necks and torsos.

  18. كَم فِقارٍ بِذي الفقارِ تَعَمَّد

    تَ فَأَسلَمتَ أَهلَهُ لِلتَعازي

    How many vertebrae you targeted with Dhu al-Fiqar,

    and left their kin to receive condolences!

  19. أَنتَ أَعجَزتَ في غداة التَلاقي

    كُلَّ خَصمٍ نِهايَةَ الاِعجازِ

    You rendered helpless, on the morning of encounter,

    every adversary, to the utmost degree.

  20. أَنتَ بادَرتَ يَومَ بَدرٍ وَبَعضُ ال

    قَومِ لا يُخرَجون بِالمِهمازِ

    You rushed forth on the day of Badr, while some of the

    people would not be driven out with a spur.

  21. وَلَتِلكَ الحُروبِ شَأنٌ عَظيم

    فَتَرَكنا الاِكثارَ لِلايجازِ

    And those wars are a matter of great import,

    so we left elaboration for brevity.

  22. أَنتَ زوجُ الزَهراءِ حورِيَّةِ الاِن

    سِ وَخَيرِ النِساءِ عِندَ اِمتِيازِ

    You are the husband of al-Zahra, the houri of humankind,

    and the finest of women when distinctions are drawn.

  23. أَنتَ يَومَ الغَديرِ صَدرُ المَوالي

    حينَ خَلَّفتَهُم معَ الأَعجازِ

    You, on the day of al-Ghadir, were head of the patrons,

    when you left them with those at the rear.

  24. قضد لَعَمري جاراكَ قَومٌ وَلكِن

    كنتَ فيهِم كَالبازِ في الخازِ باز

    Indeed, by my life, some people vied with you, but

    you were among them like a hawk among flies.

  25. أَنا أَفدي تُرابَ نَعلَيكَ بِالرو

    حِ وَبِالنَفسِ دونَ بَذلِ الرِكازِ

    I would ransom the dust of your two sandals with my spirit,

    and with my own self, rather than with buried treasure.

  26. أَنا حَربٌ لآلِ حَربٍ عَلَيهِم

    لَعنَةُ اللَهِ ما تَجَهَّزَ غازي

    I am at war with the House of Harb; upon them

    be God's curse as long as a raider makes ready.

  27. أَنا مَن كافح النواصبَ عَنكُم

    بِلِسانٍ كَالصارِمِ الهَزهازِ

    I am he who fought the Nawasib in your defense

    with a tongue like a keen, swiftly swinging sword,

  28. وَأَراهُم أَنَّ الحَقيقَةَ فيكُم

    حينَ قاسَوا حَقيقَةً بِمَجاز

    and showed them that truth resides in you,

    when they compared reality with metaphor.

  29. سادَتي سادَتي أَتَيتُ بِخَودٍ

    حَسِبوها في حَيِّزِ الاِعوازِ

    My lords, my lords, I have brought a beautiful maiden,

    whom they had thought unattainable.

  30. مِدحَةٌ مِنحَةٌ من اللَهِ فيكُم

    تَتركُ الشاعرينَ في هَوّازِ

    A praise-poem, a gift from God concerning you,

    that leaves the poets still at 'Hawwaz'.

  31. حُلَّة لِلفُخارِ في العَترةِ الأَط

    هارِ تمَّت مَنسوجةً في طِرازِ

    A robe of glory for the pure kindred,

    completed, woven in embroidered style.

  32. هيَ تَمشي بِأَصبَهانَ وَلكِن

    سَتَروها قَد أَصبَحَت بِطراز

    She walks in Isfahan, but

    you will see her already in Taraz.

  33. بِاِبنِ عَبّادٍ اِستَمَرَّت فَجاءَت

    حِرزَ عِلمٍ من أَكرمِ الأَحرازِ

    Through Ibn Abbad she traveled onward, and came

    as a talisman of knowledge, among the noblest talismans.