1. قَالُوا فُلانٌ عظِّمُوا حَقَّهُ

    فإنَّهُ مِنْ عُتْرَةِ المصْطَفَى

    They said, “So-and-so—honor his due,

    for he is of the Chosen One’s family.”

  2. فَقُلْتَ للقُرْبى منَ الْحَقِّ ما

    لا يَعْتَريه عنْدَ مِثْلي خَفَا

    Then you said, “Kinship has a right

    that is not obscure to one like me.

  3. لَكِنْ فُلانٌ تَرِبَتْ كَفُّهُ

    لِلسُّنّةِ الْغَرّاءِ أَبْدَى الْجَفا

    But so-and-so—may his palm be dust-covered—

    has shown disdain for the radiant Sunnah,

  4. وَصَارَ في الرَّفْضِ لَهُ مَذْهَبٌ

    كانَ بِهِ في دِينهِ مِنْ شفا

    and has adopted a doctrine of Rafḍ,

    through which he stood at a brink in his faith.

  5. فَبُعْضُهُ حَقٌّ عَلَى كُلِّ مَنْ

    يَكُونُ في نَهْجِ الْهُدَى مُنْصِفا

    Thus a part of him [perhaps: hatred of him] is a duty upon everyone

    who is fair-minded on the path of guidance.

  6. لا تنفعُ الْقُرْبةُ اِبناً أبى

    دِينَ أَبِيهِ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْوَفا

    Kinship does not benefit a son who rejected

    his father’s faith, in the eyes of the loyal.

  7. وَكَمْ منَ الأَدْنَيْنَ أَدْناهُمُ

    إلَى الدَّنايَا بَعْضُ ما تَخَلّفا

    And how many of the nearest kin have been brought nearer

    to baseness by some shortcoming.

  8. فَعَمُّهُ قَدْ عَمَّهُ الْخِزْيُ إذْ

    عَادَى الذي مَنْ دِينُهُ قَدْ صَفا

    For disgrace engulfed his uncle when

    he opposed the one whose faith had become pure.”