1. Ask jurisprudence how its pillars have declined,
Ask jurisprudence whose leader has been absent.

2. Vent your sadness to the dove, for it has cast
A sacred soul whose traits are its feathers.

3. A soul that sacrifices souls to defend dignity,
And whose ambition cannot be attained.

4. The beautiful patience has worn off tremendously,
Its greatness cannot diminish over time.

5. Calamities have befallen us so they surround you.
The displaced have overwhelmed the countries in their darkness.

6. A confused one who cannot find his way,
And a prisoner whose sighs are his arrows.

7. And a deceiver who fears the truth itself,
Why the deception when its mask has been removed?

8. What is the use of reasoning while
What has been destined has occurred and its wound festered?

9. The obituary exclaimed as if its words
Were the hissing of snakes rising to the sky.

10. Look at the world with insightful eyes
That warn you of its deeds and days.

11. Betrayal is of its habits but it
Describes loyalty, so its flaws cannot be blamed.

12. We crave life hoping it lasts forever
Alas! O you who crave life lasting forever!

13. Where are the first ones who owned the entire plain
Until the black restricted its waves?

14. They wore the crowns of youth but after they withered
They were buried behind youth in its grave.

15. I stayed up with burning yearning in my chest
On the night of estrangement when sleep avoided its eyes.

16. I cry for the oceans of knowledge that have withdrawn,
I cry for the houses of righteousness that have declined.

17. And I blame the days for them while knowing
That blaming and criticizing them is useless.

18. The crack has not healed since
Another one split open and its wound festered.

19. Yesterday, he who guided us was buried in the ground
While the leader and protector was absent.

20. Two calamities have befallen Islam, so the years
Of affliction have succeeded one another.

21. O Lord, protect the upright religion
From increasingly great calamities that conclude it.

22. How can there be stillness to rest while
The pillar of guidance has collapsed and its pillars crumbled?

23. The virtuous carrier of excellence passed away at dawn
And his unknown coffin crowned the important figures.

24. He carried forbearance on the throne of merits and sublime traits
And generous deeds, with great flags.

25. And he walked steadily, holding leadership and high position
While being agreeable, over the heads of leaders and nobles.

26. He revived the hearts of Muslims over the absence of the virtuous one
Whose elegy accompanies his Islam.

27. So the brave heroes felt anguish over his absence
When the flags and pillars of guidance departed.

28. His son, the Chosen and Pure Imam
From the glorious and high-ranking family.

29. Tears flowed like pearls so it is as if
His words in the lesson composed an elegant system.

30. O refuge of those seeking help, when the nights
Of afflictions arrive, provide us with your staff.

31. Many needs have come to you anxiously
Hoping you will fulfill them and calm their heat.

32. You were in the horizons of Muhammad’s law
A sun that illuminates its rulings with your knowledge.

33. And you plunge into the deep oceans of wisdom
Whose turbulence originates from you.

34. Who can take on the burden of every great deed
When war has broken out and conflict emerged?

35. Who can accommodate the influx of delegations
With wisdom that abundantly flows from you?

36. Who can protect the religion of guidance from enemies
And return it intact after they attempt to destroy it?

37. You are forbearing when faced with adversities
As people’s dreams have become prey of men.

38. You have an unshakable resolve when faced with problems
As the sharp swords fail against you.

39. None other than your son Ja‘far,
The eminent, devout, and sublime.

40. He inherited praiseworthy traits as he possesses them
So graceful praiseworthy traits are destined for him.

41. The truthful news of Ja‘far’s excellence
Has become known among the people of virtue and resolve.

42. The rulings yielded to him their leadership
Willingly, so he gently holds their reins.

43. He elucidates their ambiguities with his insightful mind
And draws from the gushing springs their sediments.

44. Thus you see the gardens of jurisprudence thriving,
Their buds have blossomed and opened their petals,

45. With the precious, eloquent words, as if they are
Gems composed in an elegant system.

46. O family of the Follower, you are the eminent people
Who have attained its maturity and youth.

47. Be patient with the bitterness of adversities, for you are
Its scholars, its wise men, and its pillars.

48. His soul has departed to the Abode of Nobility
Yearning for it, so may he be honored there.