كتمت الهوى والحب بالقلب أملك

كتمت الهوى والحب بالقلب أملك

وأجمل من كتم الغرام التهتك

وأجمل من كتم الغرام التهتك

I concealed my passion, though love holds greater sway over the heart.

I concealed love and affection in my heart I possess

And casting off restraint is lovelier than concealing ardent love.

And concealment of passion is more beautiful than its disgrace

كواعب أتراب قصدن بحربنا

كواعب أتراب قصدن بحربنا

ولسنا بتوحيد المحبة نشرك

ولسنا بتوحيد المحبة نشرك

Maidens with budding breasts, alike in age, set out to wage war on us,

The deer of sand dunes aimed at fighting us

And in love's oneness, we admit no partners.

And we do not associate anyone with the oneness of love

كتائب أبطال بهن دماؤنا

كتائب أبطال بهن دماؤنا

جزاء على حفظ المودة تسفك

جزاء على حفظ المودة تسفك

Battalions of heroes—at their hands our blood

Battalions of heroes whose blood

Is shed as recompense for preserving affection.

Is a reward for preserving affection spilled

كرامات مولاي الوصي وولده

كرامات مولاي الوصي وولده

أنارت فلا يخفي سناها المشكك

أنارت فلا يخفي سناها المشكك

The miracles of my master, the appointed successor, and his offspring

The miracles of my Master, the Trustee, and his son

Shone forth, so no doubter can conceal their radiance.

Illuminated so its brightness cannot be doubted by the sceptic

كلام النبي المصطفى حجة فهل

كلام النبي المصطفى حجة فهل

أجل وأعلى منه في الشرع مدرك

أجل وأعلى منه في الشرع مدرك

The words of the Prophet, the Chosen One, are proof; is there

The words of the Chosen Prophet are proof so is there

A greater and loftier source of authority in sacred law than his words?

A more sublime and higher proof in religious law that I can attain

كفى قوله يوم الغدير بأنه

كفى قوله يوم الغدير بأنه

لكل الورى مولى فينسى ويترك

لكل الورى مولى فينسى ويترك

His declaration on the Day of Ghadir suffices: that the successor is

It is enough his saying on the day of Ghadir that he

Master of all creation—yet it is forgotten and abandoned.

Is for all people, the Guardian so he is forgotten and abandoned

كما جاء في التنزيل ليس وليكم

كما جاء في التنزيل ليس وليكم

سواه ومن ذا بعد ذاك يشكك

سواه ومن ذا بعد ذاك يشكك

As stated in the Revelation, your guardian is none

As it came in the Revelation, you do not have a guardian

But him; and who, after that, would cast doubt?

Other than him, so who after that can doubt

كواكب فضل المرتضى حين أشرقت

كواكب فضل المرتضى حين أشرقت

لها المجد افق فيه تسري وتسلك

لها المجد افق فيه تسري وتسلك

When the stars of al-Murtada's excellence shone forth,

The stars of virtue of the Content One when they rose

Glory was their horizon, where they journey by night and follow their course.

For them is glory, so the horizon in which they move and tread