1. Why should I blame people of my time
When I have interests to gain through them

2. If I denounce one and find fault in him
I am not without vice and imperfection

3. Let the one I hate and the one I love
Enter into my denunciation and affection

4. Why then do I recount the faults of others
While indulged in talking of them, though fully aware of my own state

5. If the critic is himself imperfect
Shall I denounce others while specks impair my own vision

6. If the sick man looked to his own maladies
He would not find faults in anyone in this world

7. If you claim they talked of you or feared you
Then you are the guilty one

8. If you want to be praised in your time
Then do not neglect any vice that plagues mankind

9. Remember your own faults before others’
If you are religious and faithful

10. Spare all people and do not denounce their morals
And abstain from blaming them to the Merciful

11. Do you think you are immune that you denounce their nature
With what your tongue’s blade injures them

12. If you denounce them, your own faults amongst them multiply
And they will hate you with enmity and loathing

13. Live in peace without mentioning them or their faults
And you will be safe from rebuke and abandonment

14. Thank those who were generous with you
For gratitude is a ladder to benevolence

15. Know for certain that showing ingratitude
To the virtuous leads to loss

16. Do not deny blessings from people of integrity
Indeed, denial is the epitome of deprivation

17. Praise those who favored you with sincere affection
For loving the brethren is an obligation upon you

18. If you wish not to be backbitten
Then mention their good traits wherever you may be

19. Restrain your tongue, do not denounce their morals
For the freeman safeguards the privacy of his neighbors

20. Take what is apparent from people of your time
And abstain from revealing hidden secrets

21. If you probe into people’s secrets
You will live with the disgrace of the one finding faults

22. So take the path of the righteous
For through piety, your Lord will save you from passion and disgrace

23. I feel ashamed before the Merciful
If I reveal flaws while He sees my own

24. And if I intend to blame people of my time
I reflect upon my own vice and imperfection

25. For when I denounce them, I become their partner
Since we are all equal in this regard

26. All people, so how can I blame them
While He cares for and protects them all as brethren

27. My tongue falls silent if I speak ill of them
And a gallant youth of a sultan is among them

28. Time has been generous to us through him
So my palms collect its bounty

29. He is the progeny of the Imam al-Murtaza
The master of wisdom, pure of mind

30. He gives without excuse, reluctance or
Discontent, with a cheerful and delighted face

31. O He who bestows gifts relieving his hands
With generosity at all times in this abode

32. And settled us in an eternal, honorable abode
And delivered us from the ardors of misfortunes

33. And established us in dignity and felicity
And protected us from the severity of times

34. Without an infringing neighbor, sadness or
Grief seen in his days

35. Praise in love betrays it
Like a peacock displaying its colors

36. I have no ulterior motive, and if I did
My hopes would lead to the fidelity of two lambs

37. And to a abundant, swelling flock
That enriches mankind with sincere devotion

38. O son of one who weakened the enemies
In raids, while strengthening allies

39. O son of one who subdued the brave
In battles, while dispersing the horsemen

40. O son of one honored and extolled
In destiny, while magnified in status

41. O one whom time yielded to
And did not decree except as a captive to lament

42. I have been clothed by your blessings in luxury
Trailing the garment of joy and security

43. And protected me from every great misfortune
Your watchful eyes avert towards me

44. And specified me with affection and benevolence
Until I was diverted from homelands by them

45. Praise and thanks to you, O descendant of our Imam
Through your palm’s generosity whenever branches bear fruit