1. ما العقد الكربة الدهماء حل

    لا ولا إلا بجاه لا يذل

    There is no release for the knot of dark distress.

    No, none—save through a dignity never abased.

  2. جاء شمس الأنبيا عين الورى

    من له المعراج والقدر الأجل

    There came the sun of the prophets, the eye of creation,

    To whom belong the Ascension and the loftiest rank.

  3. كوكب العز الذي أنواره

    ما لها غير انكشاف الحجب ظل

    The star of glory, whose lights

    Have no shadow but the lifting of veils.

  4. بحر علم هاج في كون العمى

    فانطوى في ذيله وبل وطل

    An ocean of knowledge surged in the realm of blindness,

    So downpour and dew were enfolded in its hem.

  5. مظهر جلت معالي سره

    فهو في تعريفه جزء وكل

    A manifestation whose mystery’s heights are exalted;

    Thus, in his definition, he is part and whole.

  6. آية في كنز مكنوناتها

    در عرفان وبرهان وفضل

    A sign whose treasury of hidden mysteries holds

    Pearls of gnosis, proof, and grace.

  7. هيكل فرد تجلى قدسه

    ما له إلاه أهل ومحل

    A peerless temple whose sanctity shines forth;

    It has no worthy inhabitant or abode but him.

  8. ليث غاب لغيب مصباح الهدى

    كافل من عنه أهلوه تخلوا

    A lion of the thickets, guidance’s lamp for the unseen,

    The protector of one whose family has forsaken him.

  9. كاشف البلوى إذا ما طأطأت

    دونها الأفراد والأوتاد ذلوا

    The dispeller of affliction, when it brings low

    The Solitaries and the Pillars, humbled before it.

  10. حجة اللَه التي برهانها

    سيف عز أقدسي لا يفل

    The proof of God, whose evidence is

    A sword of most holy might, never blunted.

  11. قطب غائيات أشكال الملا

    وهو في قاموسها فرع واصل

    The Pole of the ultimate aims of the multitude’s forms;

    And in their ocean he is branch and root.

  12. رمز أشكالات أطوار الخفا

    وله في طيها قول وفعل

    The symbol of the enigmas of concealment’s stages;

    And within their folds he has speech and deed.

  13. أحمد الخلق الإمام المجتبي

    أشرف الرسل وإن عزوا وجلوا

    Ahmad, most praiseworthy of creation, the chosen Imam,

    The noblest of messengers, though they are mighty and exalted.

  14. أملي من بابه نيل الرجا

    وبذاك الباب مثلي لا يمل

    My hope is to attain my desire through his door;

    And at that door, one like me never grows weary.

  15. هو باب اللَه أشكوه المنى

    إنما السكون لغير اللَه ذل

    He is God’s door; to him I voice my longings.

    Repose in any but God is nothing but abasement.

  16. وعليه اللَه صلى سرمداً

    كلما الخلق إلى الخلاق صلوا

    And may God bless him eternally,

    Whenever the creatures pray to the Creator,

  17. وعلى آل وصحب دونهم

    ما العقد الكربة الدهماء حل

    And upon his family and companions, without whom

    There is no release for the knot of dark distress.