1. يا سيدي شكراً لها

    من أنعم ذات غرر

    My lord, thanks for them—

    favors with radiant brows.

  2. بشرك فيها بارقٌ

    يضيء والبرّ المطر

    Your cheer within them is a lightning flash

    that shines, and your bounty is the rain.

  3. ولفظك الحائز والإ

    حسانُ لي بحرٌ وبرّ

    And your winning words and bene-

    ficence are sea and land to me.

  4. يا ابن الأولى آثارهم

    نجوم آفاق السير

    O son of those whose deeds

    are stars on the horizons of chronicles,

  5. أذكرتني بالقوم يا

    عليّ ببيتٍ قد بهر

    you reminded me of those people, O

    Ali, with a verse that dazzled,

  6. بمنزلٍ عالي السنا

    له على الشهب مقرّ

    with a dwelling of lofty radiance,

    whose resting place is above the shooting stars.

  7. جنَّة عيشٍ أكلها

    دائمٌ ظلّ وبكر

    A garden of life, whose fruit

    is everlasting, with shade and dawn.

  8. نعمٌ ونظمٌ قد حلا

    مكرراً يلهي الفكر

    Favors, and verse that has grown sweet,

    repeated, delighting the mind.

  9. فيا لها ثلاثة

    بمثلها فليفتخر

    So, what a trio they are!

    Let one take pride in their like:

  10. نظمٌ وقومٌ وحمًى

    لكلِّ بيتٍ معتبر

    verse, a clan, and a sanctuary—

    each “house” worthy of regard.