1. حَيدَرِيٌّ عَمَّ نَائِلُهُ

    ذُو المَعَالِي البَاهِرَاتِ عَلِي

    Of Haydar's line, his bounty reaches all;

    Ali, possessor of dazzling honors.

  2. فَلَكِيَّاتٌ مَرَاتِبهُ

    نَيّرٌ يَسمُو عَلَى زُحَلِ

    His ranks are celestial;

    A luminary rising above Saturn.

  3. قَبَسٌ تَهمِي أَنَامِلُهُ

    مَورِدٌ أَشهَى مِنَ العَسَلِ

    A flame whose fingertips pour forth;

    A watering place more delectable than honey.

  4. أُفُقٌ تَبدُو كَوَاكِبُهُ

    صُبح لَيلِ الحادِثِ الجَلَلِ

    A horizon whose stars appear;

    The dawn of grave calamity's night.

  5. صَاعِدٌ تُخشَى نَوَازِلُهُ

    ضَارِبُ الهَامَاتِ والقُلَلِ

    One rising high, whose descending blows are feared;

    A striker of heads and summits.

  6. عِندَ بَيتِ المَالِ صَاحِبُهُ

    زِينَةُ الأَجيَادِ والدُّوَلِ

    At the treasury, he is its master;

    The ornament of necks and realms.

  7. كَفُّ يُمنِ الدَّهرِ كَاهِلُهُ

    أَجلٌ في صُورَةِ الرَّجُلِ

    His shoulder is the hand of Time's good fortune;

    Death in the form of a man.

  8. مَنهَلٌ طَابَت مَشَارِبُهُ

    مَنبَعُ الآلاءِ والخَوَلِ

    A spring whose waters are sweet;

    A source of blessings and riches.

  9. عَلقَمِيٌّ مُجَّ عَاسِلُهُ

    مَورِدِ العَسَّالَةِ الذُّبُلِ

    Bitter as colocynth, his honey-gatherer is spat out;

    A watering place for swaying, slender spears.

  10. نَبَوِيَّاتٌ مَنَاقِبُهُ

    نَجلُ خَيرِ الخَلقِ والرُّسُلِ

    His virtues are prophetic;

    A descendant of the best of creation and messengers.

  11. فَاضِلٌ عَمَّت فَوَاضِلُهُ

    عَلَوِيٌّ طَاهِرُ الخُلَلِ

    A virtuous man whose bounties embrace all;

    Of Ali's line, pure in character.

  12. قَدَرٌ دَارَت نَوَائِبُهُ

    كَهفُ أَمنِ الخَائِفِ الوَجِلِ

    Fate, whose calamities revolve;

    A safe refuge for the frightened, trembling one.