How will you look his grandfather in the eye Having done what you did after him?

How will you look his grandfather in the eye Having done what you did after him? Like butchers you slaughtered his progeny, Like slaves you herded his family. You forgot the kindness bestowed upon you On Mecca's Victory Day, when you were forgiven. Had it not been for the moon-faced sons of Hashim, A secret lost in the chest you would have been.

Through them did you ascend the pulpit, And rose to the heights of eminence.[^2] [^1]: Excerpted from a poem in Shihab al-Musawi's diwan (Egypt: 1330 A.H./1912 A.D.). [^2]: Excerpted from a poem by Ayatullah Shaikh Hadi Kashif al-Ghiťa’ published on p. 9 of Al-Maqbula al-Husayniyya. Previous…