1. تسلسلت في خدِّيَ الأدمع

    معربةً فاعجبْ لما يسمع

    Tears streamed in chains down my cheek,

    Speaking eloquently—so marvel at what is heard.

  2. قد رجع الدّمع إلى غرْبه

    وعن غزال الشرق لا أرجع

    The tears have returned to their torrent,

    Yet from the gazelle of the East I will not turn.

  3. حبِّي له حبُّ عليّ العُلى

    وفيهما المخلص والمقطع

    My love for him is love for Ali of exalted rank,

    And in both lie the transition and the close.

  4. في ذا وذا وصفي ومدحي فما

    للغير في شعريَ مستمتع

    My description and praise concern this one and that; so no

    Other has a share of delight in my poetry.

  5. يا من يهنى العيد والز

    مان والناس به أجمع

    O you through whom the feast and

    Time and all the people are felicitated,

  6. زِدْ كلّ يومٍ في العلى رفعةً

    وليصنع الحسَّاد ما يصنعوا

    Rise higher in eminence every day,

    And let the envious do what they will.

  7. عيشك والقدر كما تشتهي

    تخفض هذاك وذا ترفع

    Your life and rank are as you desire:

    You give the former ease and raise the latter high.