1. أَبو حَسَن لَهُ القدح المُعَلى

    وَقَدر فَوقَ أَوج النَجم عَلى

    Abu Hasan has the highest winning lot,

    And a rank that rose above the star's zenith.

  2. كَريم الأَصل مِن قَومٍ كِرام

    إمام زاده الرَحمَن فَضلا

    Noble in lineage, from a noble people,

    An imam whose excellence the All-Merciful increased.

  3. هُوَ البَحر المُحيط بِكُل علم

    فَما أَصفى مَوارده وَأَحلى

    He is the ocean encompassing all knowledge;

    So how clear his springs, and how sweet!

  4. علي نعته في الكتب باد

    تَقي فَضله في الناس يُتلى

    Ali—his description is manifest in the books;

    A pious man whose excellence is recited among the people.

  5. أَمير المُؤمنين أَبو تراب

    وَصَفوة هاشم فرعاً وَأَصلا

    Commander of the Faithful, Abu Turab,

    And the choicest of Hashim, in branch and root.

  6. حَبيب المُصطفى وَقَد اِرتَضاه

    لِفاطمة البتول الطهر بعلا

    Beloved of al-Mustafa, who had indeed chosen him

    As a husband for Fatima, the chaste, pure one.

  7. فَكانَ المُرتَضى كفواً كَريما

    وَقَد كانَت لَهُ الزَهراء أَهلا

    Thus al-Murtada was a noble, worthy match,

    And al-Zahra was indeed a fitting match for him.

  8. أَمير النَحل يَعسوب غضوب

    عَلى الدين القَويم لِمَن تَوَلى

    Prince of the bees, their wrathful king,

    For the upright faith, against whoever turns away.

  9. فَسَل عَنهُ القنا وَالبيض أَما

    أَباد الأَشقيا طَعناً وَقَتلا

    So ask the spears and gleaming swords about him: did he not

    Destroy the wicked with thrusts and slaughter?

  10. وَسَل عَن باب خَيبر إِذ دَحاها

    وَأورث أَهلها ضَعفاً وَذُلا

    And ask about Khaybar's gate, when he hurled it aside,

    And bequeathed its people weakness and humiliation.

  11. هُوَ البَطَل الغَيور إِذا تَلاقَت

    جُموع الكُفر وَالمِغوار وَلى

    He is the zealous hero when battle is joined

    By the hosts of unbelief, and the daring warrior flees.

  12. فَكَم بَطَلاً أَبادَ وَكَم شُجاعاً

    يسقيه القنا علاً وَنهلا

    So how many champions he destroyed, and how many brave men

    He makes drink of spears, draught upon draught!

  13. إِذا ضَرَب الكِرام بِكُل سَهم

    فَإِن لِمثله القَدح المُعلى

    When the noble cast every lot-arrow,

    Then one like him surely holds the highest winning lot.

  14. بَدا للأجلح المفضال فَضل

    وَقَدر فَوقَ أَوج النجم عَلى

    The bountiful, bald-templed one's excellence shone forth,

    And a rank that rose above the star's zenith.

  15. أَعد لي ذكره في كُلِّ آن

    فَيا أَهلاً بِذكراه وَسَهلا

    Speak of him to me again at every moment;

    So a warm welcome to his remembrance!

  16. فَمَن لي أَن أشم ثَراه يَوماً

    وَأكحل ناظِري وَالطَرف يُجلى

    So who will grant me the chance to smell his earth one day,

    And line my eye with kohl, as sight is made clear?

  17. وَمَن لي أَن أَرى قَبراً مُنيراً

    بِجانبه قَديم الوَحي يُتلى

    And who will grant me the chance to see a radiant grave,

    Beside which the ancient revelation is recited?

  18. وَمَن لي أَن أُقابله بذل

    وَمَدمع مُقلَتي يَزداد هَطلا

    And who will grant me the chance to meet him in humility,

    While my eye's tears pour down ever more heavily?

  19. دخيل يا هداة الخَلق أَني

    ذَليلاً جئتكم وَالذُل أولى

    I seek protection, O guides of creation, for I

    Have come to you humbled, and humility is more fitting.

  20. صلوني وَاجبروا كَسري وَداووا

    جِراح القَلب أن العُمر وَلى

    Show me kindness, mend my brokenness, and heal

    The heart's wounds, for life has gone by.

  21. بِجاهكم رفعت الوزر عَني

    فَلَم أَسطع لِذاكَ الوزر حملا

    By your standing, I lifted the burden from myself,

    For I could not bear that burden.

  22. فَكَيفَ يُضام مادحكم وَأَنتُم

    نَبيكم عَلَيهِ اللَه صَلى

    How, then, can your praiser be wronged, when you

    Have a Prophet upon whom God has sent blessings?

  23. بِجاه حسينكم داووا حُسينا

    فَتى أَضحى لَكُم عَبداً وَمَولى

    By the standing of your Husayn, heal Husayn—

    A youth who has become your slave and client.