قُلْ لفخرِ الأَئمّةِ العَلَمِ العا

قُلْ لفخرِ الأَئمّةِ العَلَمِ العا

لِمِ فَهْوَ المُهَدَّبُ المأْمولُ

لِمِ فَهْوَ المُهَدَّبُ المأْمولُ

Say to the pride of the imams, the eminent scholar—

Say to the pride of the Imams, the scholar, the knowledgeable one,

for he is refined, the one in whom hopes are placed;

He is the well-mannered, the hoped for,

والذي مالَهُ عَدِيلٌ وهَلْ لِلْ

والذي مالَهُ عَدِيلٌ وهَلْ لِلْ

غَيْثِ والشمسِ والحسامِ عديلُ

غَيْثِ والشمسِ والحسامِ عديلُ

and to him who has no equal—do

And the one who has no equal, is there an equal for

the rain, the sun, and the sword have an equal?

The rain, the sun, and the sharp sword?

يا بخيلاً بعِرْضِهِ وجوادًا

يا بخيلاً بعِرْضِهِ وجوادًا

بِنداهُ أَنت الجوادُ البخيلُ

بِنداهُ أَنت الجوادُ البخيلُ

O you, miserly with your honor, yet generous

O you who are miserly with your honor and generous

with your bounty—you are the generous miser.

With your generosity, you are the generous and the miserly,

أَنتَ الذي عليه من السُّؤ

أَنتَ الذي عليه من السُّؤ

دُدِ والفخرِ والعُلاَ إِكْلِيلُ

دُدِ والفخرِ والعُلاَ إِكْلِيلُ

You are the one upon whom, of nobility,

You are the one on whom the crowns

and pride and exalted rank, there rests a crown.

Of glory and pride and supremacy are placed,

والإِمامُ الذي شُموسُ معالي

والإِمامُ الذي شُموسُ معالي

هِ مَدَى الدهرِ ما لَهُنَّ أُفولُ

هِ مَدَى الدهرِ ما لَهُنَّ أُفولُ

And the imam, whose suns of lofty merit

And the Imam whose lights of nobility

never set throughout all time.

Throughout the ages have no setting,

قَلَمٌ في يَدَيْكَ يا مَعْدِنَ الآ

قَلَمٌ في يَدَيْكَ يا مَعْدِنَ الآ

دابِ رَدَّ الحُسَامَ وَهْوَ كَلِيلُ

دابِ رَدَّ الحُسَامَ وَهْوَ كَلِيلُ

A pen in your hands, O mine of letters,

A pen in your hands, O fountain of literature,

has turned back the sword, though it is blunt.

Repelled the sword, yet it is frail,

راكعٌ ساجدٌ أَصَمُّ سميعٌ

راكعٌ ساجدٌ أَصَمُّ سميعٌ

أَخرسٌ ناطقٌ حقيرٌ جليلُ

أَخرسٌ ناطقٌ حقيرٌ جليلُ

Bowing, prostrating; deaf, yet keen of hearing;

Bowing, prostrating, deaf yet hearing,

mute, yet speaking; lowly, yet majestic;

Mute yet speaking, humble yet eminent,

راجلٌ فارسٌ سَكونٌ حَروكٌ

راجلٌ فارسٌ سَكونٌ حَروكٌ

قائلٌ فاعلٌ قصيرٌ طويلُ

قائلٌ فاعلٌ قصيرٌ طويلُ

on foot, yet a horseman; still, yet ever moving;

On foot yet mounted, still yet mobile,

speaking, acting; short, yet long.

Saying yet doing, short yet tall,

قَلمٌ يَسْقُمُ الصَّحِسحَ بما يَنْ

قَلمٌ يَسْقُمُ الصَّحِسحَ بما يَنْ

فُثُ من ريقِهِ ويَبْرَا العَلِيلُ

فُثُ من ريقِهِ ويَبْرَا العَلِيلُ

A pen that sickens the healthy with what it spits

A pen that restores health to the ailing

from its saliva—and the ailing recover.

With what it exudes, and heals the sick,

يُودِعُ الطِّرْسَ منه رمزًا كما خُطَّ

يُودِعُ الطِّرْسَ منه رمزًا كما خُطَّ

بمسكٍ خَدٌّ رقيقٌ أَسيلُ

بمسكٍ خَدٌّ رقيقٌ أَسيلُ

It leaves its own mark on the sheet, like one traced

It conveys tenderness with its tracings

in musk upon a delicate, smooth cheek.

As musk scents a soft, delicate cheek,

رأْسُهُ كالسِّنانِ لكنَّ أُخْرا

رأْسُهُ كالسِّنانِ لكنَّ أُخْرا

هُ حسامٌ يَفْرِي الخطوبَ صَقيلُ

هُ حسامٌ يَفْرِي الخطوبَ صَقيلُ

Its head is like a spearpoint, but its other end

Its head is like a tooth, but its latter part

is a polished sword that cleaves calamities.

Is a sword that makes calamities polished and smooth,

لا شبيهٌ له ومالَكَ في اللَّ

لا شبيهٌ له ومالَكَ في اللَّ

ه شبيهٌ بذاكَ قامَ الدَّليلُ

ه شبيهٌ بذاكَ قامَ الدَّليلُ

It has no peer; and you, in God's cause,

You have no equal, and in God

have no peer—the proof of that is established.

None is comparable to you, the proof has stood,

فابْقَ كَفًّا لقاصدِيكَ متى غَرَّ

فابْقَ كَفًّا لقاصدِيكَ متى غَرَّ

دَ طيرٌ ودامَ منهُ هَدِيلُ

دَ طيرٌ ودامَ منهُ هَدِيلُ

So remain a helping hand to those who seek you, as long as

So remain a palm for those visiting you whenever

a bird sings and its cooing endures.

A bird twitters and makes noise from it.