الحر لا يأتي الدنيه — Tamim Al Fatimi

الحُرُّ لا يأتي الدنِيّهْ

والمجدُ للنّفسِ الأبيّهْ

The noble man does no base deed,

and glory belongs to the unyielding soul.

ومِن المكارمِ والتُّقَى

حسْنُ السَّريرةِ والطَّويّه

Among noble virtues and piety

is goodness of the heart and inward intent.

والمرءُ يَستُر بالسخا

ءِ معايِبَ النَّفسِ السخيّه

And a person conceals through generosity

the faults of the generous soul.

والحِلمُ أعظمُ ما يكو

ن إذا تعاظَمَت الخطِيّه

And forbearance is at its greatest

when the offense grows grave.

والعقلُ أجملُ زينةٍ

لأخي النَّباهةِ والرَّويّه

And reason is the finest adornment

for a man of discernment and deliberation.

والظُّلمُ من لُؤْمِ الطِّبا

عِ وعادَة النفسِ الردِيّه

And injustice springs from baseness of character

and is the habit of the vile soul.

والبغُي يؤذِن بالبَوا

رِ وبالدَّمار وبالمنَيّه

And aggression portends ruin

and destruction and death.

أوَ ما تَرَى بِالبَغْي ما

أفضَتْ إليه بنو أميّهْ

And do you not see what aggression brought

the sons of Umayyah to?

الناكِبين عنِ الهدى

والجائِرين على الرّعِيّهْ

Those who turned aside from guidance,

and oppressed their subjects,

والقاسِطِين الواثبي

ن على ابنِ فاطمةَ الزكيّه

and the unjust who sprang

upon the son of pure Fatimah.

كفروا بِربّ محمدٍ

بَغْياً فما حَفِظوا نبِيَّه

They disbelieved in Muhammad's Lord,

out of aggression, and so did not honor His Prophet.

وشفَوا بِسِبْطيهِ الحقُو

دَ وحارَبوا ظُلمْاً وصِيَّه

And through his two grandsons they assuaged their grudges,

and unjustly fought his appointed successor.

ونَسُوا مقالَ نبيِّهم

وهو المعدَّل في القضِيّه

And they forgot their Prophet's saying,

and his uprightness is attested in the matter:

من كنتُ مولاه فقد

أضحَى أبو حَسَنٍ ولِيّه

'Whoever has me as his master,

Abu Hasan has indeed become his guardian.'

جلّتْ بسَفْك دم الحُسي

نِ وقتلِهِ عِندي الرزِيّه

Immense, with the spilling of Husayn's blood,

and his killing, was the calamity to me.

ماذا أبيحَ بِكَرْبَلا

ءَ مِن النفوسِ الهاشِمِيّه

How many lives were made forfeit at Karbala—

lives from the house of Hashim!

ماذا تخطّفت الصوا

رِمُ مِنهمُ والسَّمهَرِيّه

How many the sharp swords snatched away

from them, and the stout spears!

بكتِ السماءُ لفقدِهِمْ

والأرضُ واحتذَتِ البرِيّه

The heavens wept for their loss,

and the earth; all creation did likewise:

أهلُ الفضائِلِ والمكا

رِم والنَّدى والأريَحيّه

people of virtues and noble deeds,

of generosity and openhandedness,

وذووا النّبوّةِ والهِدا

يةِ والعُلا واللَّوْذَعِيّه

possessors of prophethood and guidance,

of high rank and keen intelligence.

قَتلتْ أميّةُ هاشماً

أَعظْم بِذلك مِن بليّه

Umayyah slew Hashim—

what an immense calamity!

بحُقودِ بَدْرٍ طالَبو

هم والدّماءِ المشرِكيّه

For Badr's grudges they pursued

them, and for the blood of the idolaters.

خذلوا النبيَّ بقتلِهمْ

وتَعصّبوا للجاهِليّهْ

They forsook the Prophet by killing them,

and rallied in zeal for the age of ignorance.

هدموا الشريعةَ والشري

عةُ غَضّةُ المَبْدأ طرِيّه

They demolished the sacred law, while that law

was newly begun and still tender.

لَم تَخْفَ عن ربِّ البرِيْ

يَةِ من فِعالِهِمُ خَفِيّه

Nothing was hidden from the Lord of creation

of their deeds, however secret.

ما عُذرهمْ يومَ النّشو

رِ إذا تحاكمتِ البرِيّه

What excuse have they on the Day of Resurrection,

when all creation comes to judgment,

وأتى النبيُّ مطالِباً

بدمِ ابنِ فاطمةَ الرضيّه

and the Prophet comes demanding

redress for the blood of the son of well-pleasing Fatimah,

ودمُ الحسين على البتو

لِ وعينُها مِنه بكيّه

with Husayn's blood upon the Chaste One,

and her eye weeping over it?

نحروه غيرَ مُذمَّم

نَحْرَ الهدايا للضّحيّه

They slaughtered him, though blameless,

as beasts offered in sacrifice are slaughtered.

في كَرْبَلاَء يجود بالنْ

نَفسِ المعطَّشةِ الصَّدِيّه

At Karbala he offered up

his thirst-tormented, parched life,

حتّى انثنى لسيوفِهِمْ

وسِهامِهِم فيها دَريَّه

until he became, for their swords

and their arrows there, a target.

أعززْ عليّ مجالُه

ظَمآنَ في تلك الثَّنِيّه

How grievous to me his movements,

thirsting in that mountain pass!

وبنو أبِيه حَوْلَه

بين العُداةِ الناصِبِيّه

His father's sons were around him,

among the Nasibite enemies.

قد جَرّدوا بِيضَ المنَا

صِلِ واستعدّوا للمنيه

They had drawn the gleaming sword-blades

and readied themselves for death,

حتى تفانوا حولَه

وسُقُوا المنِيَّةَ بِالسَّويّه

until they all perished around him,

and all alike were given death to drink.

والفاسِقُ ابنُ زِيادٍ ال

ملعونُ يطلبهمْ بِنِيّه

And the wicked Ibn Ziyad,

the accursed, pursued them with resolve,

لا يأتلي في قَتْل أَب

ناءِ النبيِّ على حَميَّهْ

sparing no effort in killing the sons

of the Prophet, out of partisan zeal,

حتى إذا ما عَفّرو

هُ على ثَرَى الأرض الثريّه

until, when they had cast him into the dust

upon the soil of the moist earth,

حَثُّوا المَطَايا للشآ

مِ بِكلّ طاهِرة حَيِيّه

they urged their mounts toward al-Sham,

with every pure and modest woman.

شَهَروا نِساءَ نبِيهِّمْ

وتَقاسَموا بالبَغْي فَيَّه

They paraded their Prophet's women

and wrongfully divided his spoils.

أَسَرى يُسَقْن كما تُسا

قُ المشركاتُ بلا تَقِيّه

Captives, they were driven as

polytheist women are driven, without scruple,

حتّى إذا جاءوا يزِي

دَ بهنّ واحتَضَروا نَديّه

until, when they came to Yazid

with them and attended his assembly,

أَبْدَى الشَّماتَ وقال ثا

رات الرِجالِ العَبْشَمِيّه

he gloated and said, 'Revenge

for the men of Abd Shams!'

أَعزِز عليَّ وقُوفهُنْ

نَ ثَوا كِلا فوقَ المَطِيّه

How grievous to me their standing,

bereaved, atop their mounts!

والرأسُ مُلقىً وهو يَق

رَع بالقضيبِ على الثَّنِيّه

The head lay cast down, and he struck

its front tooth with the rod.

يا عين جودي بالدّمو

ع على مُصابِ الفاطِمِيّه

O eye, pour forth tears

for the calamity of Fatimah's line.

آليتُ لا ذقتُ المنا

مَ ولا اضطجعْتُ على حَشِيّه

I swore I would not taste sleep

nor lie upon a mattress,

ولأهجرنّ لذِيذ كلْ

لِ معِيشةٍ عندي هَنِيّه

and I shall forsake the delight of every

life that is pleasant to me,

حتّى أزورَ أميَّةً

في كلّ بَلْقَعةٍ قَصِيّه

until I visit Umayyah

in every distant, barren waste,

وأذيقَهمْ كأسَ المنِيْ

يَة بالغُدُوِّ وبالعَشِيّه

and make them drink the cup of death

at morning and at evening,

حتى أقوم بثأر آ

بائي من العُصَبِ الشَّقِيّهْ

until I avenge my forefathers

upon the wretched bands.

إنْ لم أَذُدْ طعَم الكَرَى

عن أعيُنٍ منهمْ عَمِيَّه

If I do not drive away the taste of slumber

from the blind eyes among them,

حتّى تروحَ أميّةٌ

لِسِوَى أُمَيَّةَ مدّعِيّه

until Umayyah comes to be

claiming descent from someone other than Umayyah,

فبرئتُ من نَسِبِ الوصِيْ

يِ ومِن وِلادَتهِ العلِيّه

then I disown descent from the appointed successor

and his exalted parentage.

لهْفي على النفرِ الّذِي

ن مضوْا ولِم يُبْقوا بقيّه

Alas for the men who

passed away and left no remnant!

تاللهِ لا برِحتْ لهمْ

نفسي مولّهةً شَجِيّه

By God, my soul shall never cease

to be distraught and sorrowful for them,

حتّى أُكدِّر عيشَ تِل

ك الأنفسِ الصُّغْرى الغَبِيّه

until I embitter the lives of those

petty, foolish souls,

وتروح ثارات الحسي

ن أبي بسَيْفي مُحْتَمِيّه

and the blood debts of Husayn,

my father, take shelter in my sword.

إنّي وآبائي وقو

مي والكِرام الأحمدِيّه

Indeed, I, my forefathers, and my people,

and the noble kin of Ahmad,

ذاقوا الرّدى وتُخُرِّموا

بِيَدِ الدِعيّ ابنِ الدعِيّه

tasted death and were cut down

by the hand of the bastard, son of the bastard woman,

بِيَدِ الغَويّ ابنِ الغَويْ

يِ ابنِ الغَويّ ابنِ الغَويّه

by the hand of the errant man, son of the errant man,

son of the errant man, son of the errant woman,

الناقِضِين الناكِثِي

ن على الشرِيعةِ والبرِيّه

the covenant-breakers and oath-breakers

against the sacred law and all creation,

البائِعين صوابَهمْ

في كلّ أمرٍ بالخطيّه

who sell their sound judgment

in every matter for sin.