Selected Arabic Poems of the Promised Messiah (as) — Page 87
The Miraculous Qasidah 87 ُ دَائِمًا ِ تَحْتَاج َاف ی ْ َس ْأ اْل ا َّ ظُب َی فَإِن ُ دَائِمًا ِ تَحْتَاج َاف ی ْ َس ْأ اْل ا َّ ظُب َی ُفَإِن َ وَیُنْدِر الدِّمَاء ٍ یُّجْرِي سَاعِد ُإِلـٰی َ وَیُنْدِر الدِّمَاء ٍ یُّجْرِي سَاعِد إِلـٰی The blade of the sword needs an arm to cause blood to flow, And the head to be severed from the body. ٌ ْمَة ی ِ ِ ھَز ْن ی َ ِ الشَّفْرَت ْق ی ِ ٍ رَّق بِعَضْب ٌ ْمَة ی ِ ِ ھَز ْن ی َ ِ الشَّفْرَت ْق ی ِ ٍ رَّق ُبِعَضْب ٌ مُّحَقَّر ْف ی ِ ٌ ضَع ُ طِفْل نَاشَه ُإِذَا ٌ مُّحَقَّر ْف ی ِ ٌ ضَع ُ طِفْل نَاشَه إِذَا Even if the edge of the sword is sharp, It will result in defeat if handed over to a weak and frail child. رًا ِّ ُّ مُفَق َ الْکَمِي أَخْذ إِذَا أَمَّا َ و رًا ِّ ُّ مُفَق َ الْکَمِي أَخْذ إِذَا أَمَّا َ ُو َنْحَر ی َّ ُکَفَی الْعَوْد َ مِنْه ُ الْبَدْء ُ ضَرْبًا و َنْحَر ی َّ کَفَی الْعَوْد َ مِنْه ُ الْبَدْء ُ ضَرْبًا و But when a brave man holds a sharp sword, his first attack never needs a second, As he would slay his enemy with the first strike. ُ إِذَا قَل َّ تَقْوَی الْمَرْء ِ قَل َّ اقْتِبَاسُه ُ ُإِذَا قَل َّ تَقْوَی الْمَرْء ِ قَل َّ اقْتِبَاسُه َ یُنَوِّر اْل ْ ُمِن َ الْوَحْي ِ کَالسَّلْخ ِ الَّذِي َ یُنَوِّر اْل ْ مِن َ الْوَحْي ِ کَالسَّلْخ ِ الَّذِي When taqw a in a person diminishes, his ability to infer and deduce, From he Word of God decreases like the last night of the month that has no light. أَرْضُھَا َ ُ و َ التُّقَاۃ ْن ی َ أ أَسَفَا َا ی َ ف أَرْضُھَا َ ُ و َ التُّقَاۃ ْن ی َ أ أَسَفَا َا ی َ ُف َظْھَر ی ِ ُوَإِنِّي ْ أَرٰی فِسْقًا عَلَی الْفِسْق َظْھَر ی ِ وَإِنِّي ْ أَرٰی فِسْقًا عَلَی الْفِسْق I can only pity this situation! Where is taqw a and where is the land that will generate it?! I see only sinfulness upon sinfulness being manifested. ُّ قَبْلَھَا ْ مِت ْتَنِي ی َّ ٍ ل ظُلُمَات أَرٰی ُّ قَبْلَھَا ْ مِت ْتَنِي ی َّ ٍ ل ظُلُمَات ُأَرٰی ذُقْت ُ کُئُوْس َ الْمَوْت ِ أَو ْ کُنْت ُ أُنْصَر َ ُو ذُقْت ُ کُئُوْس َ الْمَوْت ِ أَو ْ کُنْت ُ أُنْصَر َ و I see such overwhelming darkness that I wish I had died before wit- nessing it, And partaken of the chalice of death; or I had been helped.