1. صلى الآله على أبي الزهراء

    روح الوجود وعلة الاشياء

    May God bless the father of al-Zahra,

    The spirit of existence and the cause of all things;

  2. مصباح كل حقيقة طمسية

    غمضت وفيه بدت لعين الرائي

    The lamp of every effaced reality,

    Once obscure, yet revealed in him to the beholder's eye.

  3. شمس الهدا طول المدا بحر الندا

    صمصام نور القبضة البيضاء

    The sun of guidance through all time, the sea of bounty,

    The keen sword of the white grasp's light;

  4. نبراس منسوخ الشؤن بليلها

    وصباح عتم الضلة الظلماء

    A beacon for affairs erased in their night,

    And dawn amid the gloom of dark misguidance;

  5. سر الكتاب وكعبة الالباب بل

    رحب الرحاب ومسبغ النعماء

    The secret of the Book, the Kaaba of minds—rather,

    Broad of courtyards, and lavish in bestowing blessings;

  6. شرف العصائم في قلادة هاشم

    والفخر للاباء والابناء

    The glory of the ornaments in Hashim's necklace,

    And the pride of fathers and sons;

  7. سيف الجلالة والرسالة درعها

    ولباب روح عظائم الآلاء

    The sword of majesty and the shield of the message,

    And the essence of the spirit of mighty blessings.

  8. كم شق قلبا بالهدى فجرى به

    نور الهدى متفجرا كالماء

    How many a heart he cleft with guidance, so through it flowed

    The light of guidance, gushing forth like water.

  9. وافاض آيات الغيوب بامة

    لولاه كانت لقمة الاهواء

    And he poured the signs of unseen mysteries upon a community

    That, without him, would have been a morsel for whims.

  10. وسرى يزمزم بالخوارق سره

    فافيض في الاكناف والانحاء

    And his secret coursed, murmuring with wonders,

    Then was poured forth into every quarter and region.

  11. وانهل في الارضين وابل قلبه

    فكفى الورى عن وبل كل سماء

    And his heart's downpour rained upon the earths,

    Sparing creation the need for rain from any sky.

  12. وبدا لعين الكون ضوء جماله ال

    وضاح فاسغنت عن الاضواء

    And to the eye of the cosmos appeared his beauty's light—

    Radiant—so that eye needed no other lights.

  13. بأبي وامي كم اثار عقنقلا

    هدرت نوائبه على الاعداء

    May my father and mother be his ransom! How often he raised a vast host,

    Whose calamities thundered down upon the foes.

  14. ولكم اغاث لهيب قلب قانط

    واقام عزم الغيب في الضعفاء

    And how often he soothed a despairing heart's flame,

    And established the resolve of the unseen within the weak.

  15. وحمى الحمى والخطب يمطر في الحمى

    يوم الوغا بكتائب صماء

    And he guarded the sanctuary while calamity rained within it,

    On the day of battle, with impenetrable battalions.

  16. واتىبزهر المعجزات مؤيدا

    ما نص قبل بعالم الاسماء

    And brought the blossoms of miracles, confirming

    What had been declared before in the realm of names.

  17. واستل احدب همة نبوية

    جلت فقوم احدب العوجاء

    And he unsheathed the curved blade of prophetic resolve;

    Sublime was that resolve; then he straightened the crooked one's bent back.

  18. كشف القتام عن القلوب بنوره

    فغدت بعيد ظلامها بضياء

    He cleared the dust from hearts with his light,

    So, shortly after their darkness, they were filled with light.

  19. وادار كأس حقيقة صمدية

    في القوم فانصرفوا عن الاشياء

    And passed round the cup of the Self-Sufficient's truth

    Among the people, so they turned away from things.

  20. لفتوا السرائر للمهيمن فالتوت

    عن كل دان في الوجود ونائي

    They turned their inner selves to the All-Watchful, so they turned away

    From everything near and far in existence.

  21. وتمسكوا بجليل سنته فيا

    انعم بتلك السنة السمحاء

    And held fast to his noble way—oh,

    How blessed is that gracious way!

  22. نابوا النبي فهديه وعلومه

    في الاولياء الغر والعلماء

    They stood in the Prophet's stead; so his guidance and learning

    Are found in the radiant saints and scholars.

  23. يا أيها القمر المنير بطيبة

    يا عمدتي ووسيلتي ورجائي

    O radiant moon in Tayba,

    O my mainstay, my means of approach, and my hope!

  24. لك قد لجأت بذلتي وبزلتي

    وبعبإ اوزاري وهم عنائي

    To you I have indeed turned for refuge, with my abasement and my lapse,

    And with the burden of my sins and the anguish of my suffering.

  25. اصبحت موثوق الغموم مسربلا

    بالبث والحزن الملح ردائي

    I have become bound by cares, robed

    In anguish, and unrelenting grief is my cloak.

  26. وسقطت من داء الزمان بعلة

    ادرك باسعافي فمنك دوائي

    And I have fallen ill from the malady of time;

    Hasten to my aid, for my cure comes from you.

  27. غوثاه يا شرف الوجود فانني

    لم يرتفع الا اليك ندائي

    Help! O glory of existence, for I

    Have raised my cry to none but you.

  28. يا ابن العواتك رحمة لمضيع

    من اهل بيتك حف بالاعداء

    O son of the ‘Awatik, show mercy to one forsaken

    Of your household, hemmed in by foes.

  29. اين الايادي البيض واهمم التي

    نشرت على القرباء والبعداء

    Where are the white hands and the resolves that

    Were spread over those near and far?

  30. يا صاحب الآيات قم بمعزيمة

    قرشية وبغارة شعواء

    O bearer of signs, rise with a resolve

    Of Quraysh, and with a fierce raid.

  31. وانهض بعزمك يا محمد واكفني

    هم الزمان بهمة علياء

    And rise with your resolve, O Muhammad, and spare me

    The cares of time, through lofty determination.

  32. واجبر فوأدي بالاغاثة مسرعا

    بيد الاعانة يا ابا الزهراء

    And swiftly mend my heart with succor,

    With the hand of aid, O father of al-Zahra,

  33. ليقال صان حمى بنية محمد

    وتقر عيني فيك يا مولائي

    So it may be said: he guarded the sanctuary of Muhammad's little daughter,

    And may my eye find solace in you, O my master.