1. لِمَن السوابقُ والجيادُ الضُمَّرُ

    تخدي ويزجرها الغرام فتعثَرُ

    Whose are these fleet horses and lean steeds?

    They stride swiftly, and ardent love urges them on, so they stumble.

  2. حفَّت بها أُمَمُ الرِّجال كأَنّها

    زمرٌ تساق إلى الجنان وتحشر

    Throngs of men surround them, as though they were

    Bands driven toward Paradise and gathered there.

  3. يَتَشرَّفون بحمل ثَوبِ نبيِّهم

    فوق الرؤوس هو الطراز الأخضر

    They take honor in carrying their Prophet's robe

    Above their heads—the green embroidered cloth.

  4. وحلاوة الإِيمان حشو قلوبهم

    ولسانهم عن ذكره لا يفتر

    And the sweetness of faith fills their hearts,

    And their tongues never tire of mentioning him.

  5. يبكون من فرحٍ به بمدامعٍ

    كالدّرّ فوقَ خدودهم تتحدر

    They weep for joy in him, with tears

    Like pearls streaming down their cheeks.

  6. كلٌّ له ممَّا اعتراه صبابة

    كبدٌ تذوب ومهجة تتسعر

    Each has, from the yearning that has overtaken him,

    A melting liver and a heart ablaze.

  7. مترجّلين كأنّما مالت بهم

    راحٌ يسكِّر ذكرها أو تسكر

    On foot, as though they were swayed by

    Wine whose very mention intoxicates, or which itself makes one drunk.

  8. وترى السَّكينة والوقار عليهم

    والخيل من تيه بها تتبختر

    And you see serenity and dignity upon them,

    And the horses prance out of pride in it.

  9. حَمَلَت ثياب نبيِّنا وسعت به

    سعياً على أيدي الليالي يشكر

    They bore our Prophet's garments and hastened with the robe,

    A striving praised by the hands of the nights.

  10. وتفاخروا في لَثْمها وتبركوا

    حقًّا لمثلهم بها أن يفخروا

    And they boasted of kissing it and sought blessing through it.

    Rightly may such men take pride in it.

  11. أمُّوا بها النّعمان حتَّى شاهدوا

    إشراقَ نور ضريحه فاستبشروا

    With it they made for al-Nu'man, until they beheld

    The radiance of his tomb's light, and rejoiced.

  12. حيث الهدى حيث المكارم والتقى

    حيث الفضائل منه عنه تنشرُ

    Where guidance dwells, where noble qualities and piety dwell,

    Where virtues flow from him and are told of him.

  13. أرضٌ مقدَّسةٌ وترب طاهر

    ومشاهد فيها الذنوب تكفر

    A holy land and pure soil,

    And shrines where sins are expiated.

  14. وبكوا سروراً في معاهد أُنسِهِ

    غشَّى عيونهم السنا فاستعبروا

    And they wept with joy in the haunts of his fellowship;

    Radiance covered their eyes, and they shed tears.

  15. لاحتْ لهم هذي القباب فهلَّلوا

    وبدا لهم هذا المقام فكبَّروا

    These domes came into view, and they proclaimed God's oneness.

    This shrine appeared to them, and they proclaimed God's greatness.

  16. هذا إمامُ المسلمين ومذهب ال

    حقَّ المبين وسرّه والمظهر

    This is the imam of the Muslims, and the way of

    Manifest truth, its secret and its outward manifestation.

  17. هذا مداد العلم هذا بابُه

    إنَّ العلوم بصدره تتفجَّر

    This is the ink of knowledge; this is its gate.

    The sciences gush forth within his breast.

  18. هذا صباح الحقّ هذا شمسه

    قد راقَ منظره ورق المخبر

    This is truth's dawn; this is its sun.

    His appearance delights, and his inner nature is gentle.

  19. هذا الذي في كلِّ حالٍ لم يزل

    عَلَماً على الأَعلام لا يتنكر

    This is he who, in every state, has ever remained

    A beacon above all beacons, always unmistakable.

  20. هذا الذي أوفى الفضائل كلَّها

    فازَ المُقِرُّ بها وخابَ المنكِرُ

    This is he who fulfilled all virtues;

    He who acknowledges them has triumphed; he who denies them has failed.

  21. هذا المنى هذا الغنى هذا التقى

    هذا الهُدى هذا العُلى والمفخر

    This is aspiration, this is wealth, this is piety.

    This is guidance, this is eminence and glory.

  22. هذا الإِمامُ الأعظم الفرد الذي

    آثاره تبقى وتفنى الأَعصر

    This is the greatest imam, the peerless one whose

    Works endure, while the ages perish.

  23. إنْ تنكر الأَرفاض فضل إمامِنا

    عَرَفوا الحقيقة والصواب فأنكروا

    If the Rafidis deny our imam's merit,

    They have known the truth and what is right, yet denied it.

  24. لُعِن الرَّوافض إنَّما أخبارهم

    كذِبٌ على آل النبي تُزَوّر

    Cursed are the Rafidis; their accounts are nothing but

    Lies forged against the Prophet's family—

  25. السَّادة الغرّ الميامين الأُلى

    قد نزّهوا ممَّا سمته وطُهروا

    The radiant, blessed masters who

    Have been cleared of what was imputed to them, and purified.

  26. كذبت عليهم شيعة مخذولة

    قالوا كما قالَ اليهود وكفَّروا

    A forsaken Shiite faction lied against them;

    They spoke as the Jews had spoken, and declared others unbelievers.

  27. وكذا الهشامان اللَّذان تزندقا

    فقضى بكفرهما الإِمام وجعفر

    So too the two Hishams, who embraced heresy;

    The imam and Ja'far pronounced them both unbelievers.

  28. ساؤوا رسول الله في أصحابه

    وبقولهم بالإِفك وهو يكفر

    They wronged God's Messenger through his companions,

    And by uttering slander, which renders one an unbeliever.

  29. لعنوا بما قالوا وغُلَّت منهم ال

    أيدي وذلّوا بعدها واستحقروا

    They were cursed for what they said, and shackled were their

    Hands; thereafter they were abased and scorned.

  30. هتكوا الحسين بكلِّ عامٍ مرَّةً

    وتمثَّلوا بعداوةٍ وتصوَّروا

    They dishonored al-Husayn once each year,

    And enacted hostility and took its form.

  31. وَيلاهُ من تلك الفضيحة إنَّها

    تُطوى وفي أيدي الروافض تُنْشَرُ

    Alas for that disgrace! It is

    Folded away, yet in the Rafidis' hands it is unfolded.

  32. كتموا نِفاقاً دينَهم ومخافةً

    فلو اسْتُطِيعَ ظهوره لاستظهروا

    They hid their religion in hypocrisy and fear;

    Had its disclosure been possible, they would have displayed it openly.

  33. أو كانَ ينفذ أمره لتأثَّروا

    أو كانَ يَسمع قولهم لتحيَّروا

    Or, had his command taken effect, they would have been affected;

    Or, had he heard their words, he would have been bewildered.

  34. لا خير في دين ينافون الورى

    عنه من الإِسلام أو يتستَّروا

    There is no good in a faith over which they oppose the people

    Of Islam, or conceal themselves.

  35. ليس التقى هذي التقيّة إنَّما

    هذا النّفاق وما هواه المنكر

    This dissimulation is not piety; rather,

    This is hypocrisy, and what the denier desires.

  36. هم حرَّفوا كَلِمَ النَّبيّ وخالفوا

    هم بدَّلوا الأَحكام فيه وغيَّروا

    They distorted the Prophet's words and defied them;

    They changed and altered the rulings within it.

  37. لو لم يكن سَبُّ الصَّحابة دينَهم

    لتهوَّدوا في دينهم وتنصَّروا

    Had reviling the Companions not been their religion,

    They would have embraced Judaism and Christianity in their faith.

  38. سبُّوا أئمَّتنا وأنجمَ ديننا

    من نرتجي يوم المعاد ونذخر

    They reviled our imams and the stars of our religion,

    Those in whom we place our hope on the Day of Return, and whom we treasure.

  39. قد جاهدوا في الله حقّ جهاده

    وتطاولوا لكنَّهم ما قصَّروا

    They strove in God's cause with the striving due to Him,

    And reached high, yet never fell short.

  40. فتحوا البلاد ودوَّخوها عنوة

    جمع الضلال بفتحها يتكسر

    They conquered lands and subdued them by force;

    The host of error shatters at their conquest.

  41. إنَّ الجهاد على الروافض لازمٌ

    ويثاب فاعله عليه ويؤجر

    Warfare against the Rafidis is obligatory,

    And whoever wages it is recompensed and rewarded for it.

  42. من لم يعادِهمُ فذاك مذبذبُ

    أو لم يكفرهم فذاك مكفَّر

    Whoever does not oppose them is a waverer,

    Or whoever does not declare them unbelievers is himself declared an unbeliever.

  43. يا قدوة الإِسلام يا عَلَم الهُدى

    إنَّ الهُدى من نور علمك يظهر

    O exemplar of Islam, O beacon of guidance,

    Guidance appears from the light of your knowledge.

  44. ولقد ورثت عن النَّبيِّ علومه

    فجرت لديك فإنَّما هي أبحر

    Indeed, from the Prophet you inherited his sciences,

    And they flowed in your keeping, for they are seas.

  45. جئناكَ في ثوب النَّبي محمَّدٍ

    فيه الفخار وفيه ما نتخيَّر

    We came to you with the robe of the Prophet Muhammad,

    In it is honor, and in it is what we would choose.

  46. ومنوّرٍ بضريح أفضل مرسلٍ

    يا حبَّذا ذاك الضريح الأَنور

    And illumined by the tomb of the finest messenger—

    How splendid that most radiant tomb!

  47. ومعفّرٍ بترابِ أشرفِ حضرةٍ

    فالمسك بعض أريجه والعنبر

    And dusted with the soil of the noblest presence,

    For musk and ambergris are but part of its fragrance.

  48. هو رحمةٌ للعالمين ورأفةٌ

    وهو البشير لخلقه والمنذر

    He is mercy and compassion for all the worlds,

    And he is the bearer of glad tidings to His creation, and the warner.

  49. متوسِّلين بسترِ قبرِ محمَّدٍ

    ستر به قبر الرَّسول مسَتَّر

    Seeking intercession through the covering of Muhammad's tomb—

    A covering with which the Messenger's tomb is covered.

  50. يا ربَّنا بمحمَّدٍ وبآلِهِ

    مَن منهم أثر الهداية يؤثر

    O our Lord, by Muhammad and his family,

    Those among them from whom the legacy of guidance is handed down,

  51. وبصحبة النَّاصرين لدينه

    من أوضحوا سبل الهُدى إذ أظهروا

    And by the company of those who supported his religion,

    Who made clear the paths of guidance when they proclaimed it,

  52. يا ربّ بالعلماء أعلام الهُدى

    العاملين بما تقول وتأمر

    O Lord, by the scholars, beacons of guidance,

    Who act upon what You say and command:

  53. نحنُ العبيد كما علمت بحالنا

    والعَبْدُ يا ربّ العباد مقصّر

    We are Your servants, as You know our condition,

    And the servant, O Lord of servants, falls short.

  54. كل يرجّي فضل رحمة ربِّه

    ويخاف إيعاد الذنوب ويحذر

    Each hopes for the bounty of his Lord's mercy,

    And fears and dreads the punishment threatened for sins.

  55. متذلِّلين مقصّرين لذنبهم

    يا من يذلّ لعزِّهِ المستكبر

    Humbled and remiss because of their sin,

    O You before whose might the arrogant are humbled!

  56. فاسبل علينا ثوب حلمك مالنا

    إلاَّ بحلمك يا كريمُ تَسَتُّرُ

    So drape over us the robe of Your forbearance; we have

    No covering save Your forbearance, O Generous One.

  57. واغفر بعفوك يا غفور ذنوبنا

    إنَّ الذنوب بجنب عفوك تغفر

    And through Your pardon forgive our sins, O All-Forgiving;

    Indeed, beside Your pardon, sins are forgiven.

  58. وانصر إمام المسلمين وجيشه

    نعم الإِمام لما به نستنصر

    And grant victory to the Muslims' imam and his army;

    How excellent the imam for the help we seek through him!

  59. يا ربّ سامحْنا على هفواتنا

    فذنوبنا ممَّا علمنا أكبر

    O Lord, pardon us for our slips,

    For our sins are greater than what we know.

  60. هذا عليٍّ قد أتى متوسِّلاً

    يرجو الثواب إذا الخلايق تحشر

    Here is Ali, who has come seeking intercession,

    Hoping for reward when all creatures are gathered.

  61. فأجبه بالغفران واخذل ضدَّه

    يا من يفوز بعفوه المستنصر

    So answer him with forgiveness, and forsake his adversary,

    O You through whose pardon the seeker of aid succeeds!

  62. واعلِ على رغم الأعادي قَدْرَهُ

    وانصره إنَّك سيِّدي مَن تنصرُ

    And raise his rank despite his enemies,

    And grant him victory; You, my Master, are the One who grants victory.

  63. دمِّر به أهل الضلال جميعها

    ليفرّقوا في سيفه ويُدمَّروا

    Through him destroy all the people of error,

    That they may be scattered by his sword and destroyed.

  64. أيِّد به الدِّين القويم فإنَّه

    ذو غيرة بالدِّين لا يتغيَّرُ

    Through him strengthen the upright religion, for he

    Is zealous for religion, never changing.

  65. لا يتَّقي في الله لومة لائمٍ

    خصم الأَعادي والعدوُّ الأكبرُ

    He fears no critic's blame in God's cause,

    The enemies' adversary and the greatest foe.