1. After you left, eyes abandoned sleep
And their lids grew weary of slumber

2. News that almost made the planets crash down
And turned the firmament into a wasteland

3. The earths almost crept and the
Heavens almost cracked with fear and turmoil

4. Souls were nearly severed from bodies
Grieving in sorrow over loss

5. Ships were nearly wrecked by the absence
Of him they sought, battling the waves

6. And people's hearts took flight, mindless,
Though once firm as mountains

7. Everyone wished to ransom you with wealth and children
Had someone been ransomed

8. On Wednesday night you left
Riding your steed into the dark night

9. Due to the death of the Imam, Sultan bin Saif
Who shook the settled lands

10. He was a sanctuary for the faith, a refuge
For the virtuous, support for the weak

11. A haven for the pious, wealth for the destitute
And a pillar for the people

12. Now he lies alone in a grave
After glory that shook the pillars

13. My soul yearns for that noble lord
Whose palm I continually sought

14. I will weep for him as long as I live
With tears that speak of life and grief

15. And if I weep for an age, I will not shed
A fraction of what he built and secured for me

16. I cannot number his overflowing virtues
Each time I ask, he provides more

17. O what an Imam of truth and honesty
Whose sole concern was pleasing God

18. Dispensing justice, spending wealth, a generous king
Who satisfied people's needs

19. He ruled the people with justice and grace
And through justice, led those he ruled

20. God granted him glory, honor,
Generosity, nobility, and succession

21. The sublime preoccupied him, and achieving loftiness
Banishing from him worldly joys and bliss

22. Awake at night, communing and beseeching
God, praying for people's righteousness

23. He filled horizons with kindness and care
And regions with guidance and wisdom

24. He led the people of the world gently and kindly
Until they became ascetics devoted to their Lord

25. God was pleased with him in life and death
And granted him contentment and bliss

26. God settled his soul in eternal bounty
Where he will never fear peril

27. It was Wednesday of Dhu al-Qa'dah
That the Imam, I mean Al-Jawad, passed away

28. And a thousand and ninety years have gone
In the count of years, as numbers are recited

29. Grief and gloom overwhelm me at his loss
That cuts through the heart

30. By God, were it not for Abu Al-Arab Al-Sami
After the Imam we would be ashes

31. And people were tried with immense tribulation
Evident and clear, as righteousness turned to corruption

32. Matters became difficult and people began
Lamenting ruin and destruction

33. But God blessed us
With a generous one who never breaks his promise

34. By God, were the King embodied
He would be its head, heart and soul

35. We would find no enemies among all people
None but the like of him should be opposed

36. Hearts accepted him, people united
In loving and befriending him

37. And if servants did not fear their Lord
They too would become his worshippers

38. God combined in His creations innate natures
That make one forget even his children

39. He cares not for his wealth, if we asked
He would give, double and increase

40. If you ask for his soul, he will give it, but
Fear God, show restraint and dread the Reckoning

41. So was his grandfather and father
And the noble youth resembles his ancestors

42. Generous, his abundant generosity
Shames the generous and outdoes the open-handed

43. A King who revived every virtue for us
And destroyed rancor and hatred

44. A Master who unified people in love for him
You see no equals oppose him

45. Thus he became qualified for the Imamate
And equal to it, it came to him voluntarily

46. O descendant of the Imam Sultan, you
Remain the Imam and continue to be called

47. The masses came to you submissive
And handed over leadership to you

48. It is forbidden for souls who aspire
To greatness to give leadership to other than you

49. You are the exemplar Imam in excellence and benevolence
And custom, you have flooded the lands

50. You truly match your name, O bestower
And I have attained my goal

51. You are a celebration for us, our days
Became, by seeing you, all celebrations

52. We thank God, now you are the Imam
For the people, and you rule the servants

53. Sleep soundly, free of worries and burdens
Fear no separation or distance

54. May God increase you in excellence and benevolence
Although you do not seek increase

55. And strengthen the faith and protect it through you
And debase the enemies and enviers

56. Live, O Caliph of God on earth, and fear not
Any turmoil or hostility

57. And fill days, time, world, age
And era and settlements

58. O Bani Yarb ibn Zuhran, you
Are the masters of the world and became its pillar

59. Blessed is the tribe God built for them
A towering house in the highest heaven

60. And singled them out among people with a kingdom
And sufficed them against enemies and rivals

61. May God make your rule eternal and elevate you
When you became glorious

62. May God destroy your enemies as He destroyed
Before them Thamud and Aad