1. If an aspiring leader defends his destiny
None who champion guidance will be torn asunder

2. And none shall ascend save he who is a shelter
For the guests of death in every abode

3. Events whose actions make no distinction
Between the reckless and the overly cautious

4. And if time had marched differently in its expanse
It would have sought his return with great travail

5. Yet his piercing sword kept it at bay
Though it crept toward him with wine

6. Until he fulfilled his desires and passed away
And how many hopes of mankind passed away

7. Eager to leave the throne, he left it
So God made his resting place in the Gardens

8. With it came the greatest event which led to his burial
That bared hearts of sorrow when it was made public

9. Tears flowed and sobbed, then poured forth
And had tidings been delayed, they would have flowed

10. Had tears of the eyes no wisdom
Sorrow would have released a flood long suppressed

11. So let time be forced to its nose that its events
Wished us woe but changed to abhorrence

12. A blessing that brought bounty and the light of guidance
That only receded like the blink of an eye then it saw

13. And a sword whose strikes in the world
No sooner said to be sheathed than said to be brandished

14. Verily time has reaped regret for what it reaped
So it rose, apologizing, from what it had done

15. Is the sanctuary of the upright faith violated
When it finds a transgressor transgressing against guidance?

16. So he stood without God's faith, seeking victory
For truth and for victory for God the Victorious

17. And the Supreme Pen has decreed his victory
So it was proclaimed and he was called the Victorious

18. His caliphate has perfumed the winds of dew easily
And the blossoms of prosperity spread fragrance from its scent

19. A cloud hopefully drawing rain or inhaling moisture
It does not cease to descend or inhale droplets

20. And he was specifically given pure nobility
For which sights were raised and the light which dazzled

21. The light of the Prophet which continued to be transferred
Among those who openly and secretly call to him

22. The people of pedigree, their roots ennobled and purified
While all other filtered essences revert to murkiness

23. What remains of them the hands of deviance did not ruin
Of guidance and radiance however much they were bitter

24. They are the near ones with whom God has taken covenant
While people are motes whether righteous or immoral

25. For them the world was created and inhabited
And Adam's sin, were it not for them, would not be forgiven

26. Imams for whom we have had no waning moon
Except that a moon like it followed

27. And the best of them, and I am asked, is the eighth of them
As his ancestor the Chosen was the best who bore burdens

28. He continues to show us, with his resolves
In every darkness that grows, radiant stars

29. A rod, when dynasties don their crowns
By his view, leaves in their circle no crookedness

30. With persistence, he dispels every adversity
Until the firm course which faltered steadies

31. The greatest minister returns glory expected
With security outstretched and justice propagated

32. Bringing justice, refusing wrongdoings
So that none are sought from him even if cords are severed

33. Your intellects molded to reject bloodshed
So they only flow when annihilation is justified

34. O clearest of the rightly-guided in traces and signs
The most manifest of them being the day of turmoil

35. It crushed your peers with the joy it brought
For how many a dear one have you crushed and subjugated?

36. So it is sorrow, whenever you appease it, it soothes
Its fires, and when you inflame it, it kindles

37. As if your share of one departed is increasing
With each day for those present

38. You hurried, taking his oath of allegiance
Until you united both nomad and settled upon it

39. Rushing toward it, finding safety in it
From events, and good fortune to the early bird

40. When I called them to its glory, insolence was its opposite
Had another called to it besides you, vileness would have been nearer

41. Since you commanded it, none distinguished themselves in it
Between those dwelling in plains and those in residences

42. They came to you from every distant place
The she-camels had no resolve except marching tied

43. They shook a hand whose influence dispels the schemes of foes
And by it we seek rain from the clouds

44. It protects and threatens so it remains hopeful
Anticipated to prevent fertile land or water meadows

45. Had hands not stretched out to you, you would have extended a bow
That you disciplined to pierce fat and flesh

46. Your righteousness saw diligence behind the view
Until seldom did difference of opinion remain

47. And which endeavor of yours for Islam has not
Received roses and bosoms' approval from caliphs?

48. Blessed is he whose preparation was completed by him
So excellent is what the Eternal Inheritor has stored away

49. You routed the enemy when it turned
Against the one appointed over it, so you were the honed sword

50. Enraged when the reckless witnessed turmoil
He fled, and if he desired harmony, he saw

51. And how can this truth remain violated
When this lion, unyielding, stands in its defense?

52. Continuously victorious in guarding its charge
Mobilizing might, support, and triumph

53. Since the Sublime King singled you out to guard it
You have warded harm from it, making it inaccessible

54. So if he delegates all affairs to you
After you have observed and examined it

55. The world will not seek what you safeguard
The boldest of them undertaking boldness

56. Then fear will revert to security and chaos to sanctuary
By his might, and time which betrayed will be faithful

57. The turn of nights will no longer persist in its harm
Since God has favored the world by your oversight

58. For you, O pillar of faith, were the first
To whom this time will attribute glory when it glories

59. If we deny what you have done of goodness
Then we have blasphemed you while the loser is he who blasphemes

60. We praise the blessings of the one who gave you victory
So your resolve strengthened the glory it covered

61. His blessings cannot be encompassed
By any description though the rocks speak of it

62. To praise the Imams is something the effort of the eloquent cannot reach
Even if thought were to ignite for it

63. Virtues equal to breaths, it left
No boaster among all people with pride

64. And how can we capture in poetry the description of sublime ones
When we consider immersing ourselves in its description an impossibility?

65. Do not ask rhyme about their merits
If you wish to know them, then ask about them from the Suras