أيُّ بُشرى كست الدُنيا بَهاءا

أيُّ بُشرى كست الدُنيا بَهاءا

قُم فهنّي الأرض فيها والسماءا

قُم فهنّي الأرض فيها والسماءا

What glad tidings have clothed the world in splendor!

What good tidings have adorned the world with splendor!

Rise, and congratulate the earth and heaven on them.

Arise and congratulate the earth and the sky about it.

طَبَّقَ الأرجاءَ منها أرجٌ

طَبَّقَ الأرجاءَ منها أرجٌ

عطَّرت نفحةُ ريَّاه الفضاءا

عطَّرت نفحةُ ريَّاه الفضاءا

A fragrance from them has filled every quarter;

Its corners have been perfumed with its sweet scent,

a waft of its sweet scent has perfumed the expanse.

And the breeze of its winds has fragranced the atmosphere.

بعثةٌ أعلَنَ جبريلُ بها

بعثةٌ أعلَنَ جبريلُ بها

قبل ذا في الملأ الأعلى النداءا

قبل ذا في الملأ الأعلى النداءا

A mission concerning which Gabriel proclaimed

It is a mission that Gabriel announced,

the call before now in the assembly on high,

Calling out before this in the Most High assembly:

قائلاً قد بُعِث النورُ الذي

قائلاً قد بُعِث النورُ الذي

ليس يخشى أبدَ الدهرِ انطفاءا

ليس يخشى أبدَ الدهرِ انطفاءا

saying: “The light has been sent forth that

"The light has now been sent, that which

will never, through all time, fear extinction.”

Will never fear extinction throughout time."

فهنيئاً فُتِحَ الخيرُ بمن

فهنيئاً فُتِحَ الخيرُ بمن

ختَم الرحمنُ فيه الأَنبياءا

ختَم الرحمنُ فيه الأَنبياءا

What joy! Goodness was ushered in through him

So congratulations! Goodness has been unlocked by the one

with whom the All-Merciful brought the prophets to a close.

Whom the Merciful sealed as the last prophet.

وأتى أكرمُ مبعوثٍ قد اخ

وأتى أكرمُ مبعوثٍ قد اخ

تارهُ اللهُ انتجاباً واصطفاءا

تارهُ اللهُ انتجاباً واصطفاءا

And the noblest messenger came, whom

And the most honorable messenger has come, whom

God had chosen, electing and selecting him.

God specifically chose for conception and selection.

سيّدُ الرسلِ جميعاً أحمدٌ

سيّدُ الرسلِ جميعاً أحمدٌ

مَن بعلياهُ أتى الذكر ثناءا

مَن بعلياهُ أتى الذكر ثناءا

Ahmad, master of all the messengers,

The master of all messengers, Ahmad,

whose exalted rank the Revelation came to praise.

The one through whom the remembrance came with praise.

مبعثٌ قد وَلَدته ليلةٌ

مبعثٌ قد وَلَدته ليلةٌ

للورى ظلماؤها كانت ضياءا

للورى ظلماؤها كانت ضياءا

A mission brought to birth by a night

A sent one who was born on a night

whose darkness was light for all creation.

That was darkness for the world, but became radiance.

بُوركت من ليلةٍ في صُبحها

بُوركت من ليلةٍ في صُبحها

كَشف الله عن الحقِّ الغطاءا

كَشف الله عن الحقِّ الغطاءا

Blessed was that night, in whose morning

Blessed is the night whose morning

God drew away the veil from the truth.

God unveiled the truth and removed the veil.

خلع اللهُ عليها نضرةً

خلع اللهُ عليها نضرةً

راقت العالَم زهواً واجتلاءا

راقت العالَم زهواً واجتلاءا

God bestowed upon it a freshness

God adorned it with splendor,

that charmed the world with splendor to behold.

It pleased the world with blossoming and sublimity.

كلما مرَّت حلت في مرِّها

كلما مرَّت حلت في مرِّها

راحةُ الأفراحِ رشفاً وانتشاءا

راحةُ الأفراحِ رشفاً وانتشاءا

Whenever it comes round, its passing sweetens

Whenever it passes, it brings with its passing

the wine of joy, for sipping and rapture.

The comfort of joy, abundance, and vitality.

واستهلَّ الدهرُ يُثني مُطرباً

واستهلَّ الدهرُ يُثني مُطرباً

عطفَ نشوانٍ ويختالُ ازدهاءا

عطفَ نشوانٍ ويختالُ ازدهاءا

And Time began to sway in delight,

And time began singing joyfully,

with a drunkard's lilt, strutting in pride.

With charm, exuberance, and pride.

فلتهنِّ الملةُ الغرَّاءُ مَن

فلتهنِّ الملةُ الغرَّاءُ مَن

أَحكمَ اللهُ به منها البناءا

أَحكمَ اللهُ به منها البناءا

Let the radiant faith congratulate him

So let the brilliant nation celebrate the one

through whom God made its structure firm.

Through whom God perfected its structure.

ولتُباهِل فيه أعداءَ الهدى

ولتُباهِل فيه أعداءَ الهدى

ولتباهِ اليومَ فيه العلماءا

ولتباهِ اليومَ فيه العلماءا

Let it challenge guidance's foes to mutual imprecation over him,

And let it defeat through him the enemies of guidance,

and boast of him today before the learned.

And let the scholars boast today through him.

ذو محيًّا فيه تُستَسقى السما

ذو محيًّا فيه تُستَسقى السما

وبنانٍ علَّم الجودَ السماءا

وبنانٍ علَّم الجودَ السماءا

He has a face through which heaven is asked for rain,

One with a sharpened blade through which the sky

and fingers that taught heaven generosity.

Is irrigated, and clouds taught generosity.

رقَّ بشراً وجههُ حتى لقد

رقَّ بشراً وجههُ حتى لقد

كاد أن يقطرَ منه البشرُ ماءا

كاد أن يقطرَ منه البشرُ ماءا

His face grew so tender with cheerfulness that

His face made people gentle, until indeed

its gladness almost dripped from it as water.

His humanity almost dripped water.

فعلى نورِ الهدى من وجهه

فعلى نورِ الهدى من وجهه

وجدَ الناسُ إلى الرشد اهتداءا

وجدَ الناسُ إلى الرشد اهتداءا

And by the light of guidance from his face

Through the light of his guidance and his face

people found their way to right conduct.

People found their way to righteousness.

فهو ظلُّ اللهِ في الأَرضِ على

فهو ظلُّ اللهِ في الأَرضِ على

فئةِ الحقِّ بلطف اللهِ فاءا

فئةِ الحقِّ بلطف اللهِ فاءا

For he is God's shade on earth, which has spread

For he is God's shade on earth, over

over the people of truth through God's grace.

The people of truth, with God's kindness their defender.

فكفى هاشم فخراً أنَّها

فكفى هاشم فخراً أنَّها

وَلدته لمزاياها وِعاءا

وَلدته لمزاياها وِعاءا

Enough glory for Hashim's clan that it

So it is enough for Hashim to boast

bore him as a vessel for its virtues.

That she bore him for his merits as a vessel.

فلها اليومَ انتهى الفخرُ به

فلها اليومَ انتهى الفخرُ به

وله الفخرُ ابتداءاً وانتهاءا

وله الفخرُ ابتداءاً وانتهاءا

Through him, glory today has reached its summit for it,

For through him the pride has reached its end today,

and his is glory, from beginning to end.

And for him is the pride, beginning and end.

سادَ أهلَ الدينِ علماً وتقًى

سادَ أهلَ الدينِ علماً وتقًى

وصلاحاً وعفافاً وإباءا

وصلاحاً وعفافاً وإباءا

He excelled the people of faith in knowledge and piety,

He surpassed the people of religion in knowledge, piety,

and righteousness, chastity, and dignity.

Righteousness, chastity, and steadfastness.

زانَ سامرّا وكانت عاطلاً

زانَ سامرّا وكانت عاطلاً

تتشكّى من محلّيها الجفاءا

تتشكّى من محلّيها الجفاءا

He adorned Samarra, which had been unadorned,

He adorned Samarra though it was abandoned,

complaining of neglect from those who should adorn it.

Complaining of the harshness of its inhabitants.

وغدت أفناؤها آنسةً

وغدت أفناؤها آنسةً

وهي كانت أوحشَ الأرضِ فناءا

وهي كانت أوحشَ الأرضِ فناءا

And its courtyards became welcoming,

And its yards became friendly

though its precincts had been earth's most desolate.

When it was the loneliest place on earth.

حيِّ فيها المرقدَ الأسنى وقل

حيِّ فيها المرقدَ الأسنى وقل

زادك اللهُ بهاءً وسناءا

زادك اللهُ بهاءً وسناءا

Salute within it the most radiant resting place, and say:

Give life through him to the Most Noble tomb, and say:

“May God increase your splendor and radiance.”

May God increase you in splendor and loftiness!

إنما أنت فِراشٌ للأُلى

إنما أنت فِراشٌ للأُلى

جعل اللهُ السما فيهم بناءا

جعل اللهُ السما فيهم بناءا

You are but a bed for those

You are but a rug for the Ahlul Bayt,

in whose honor God made heaven a canopy.

Through whom God made the sky as its ceiling.

ما حوت أبراجُها من شُهبها

ما حوت أبراجُها من شُهبها

كوجوهٍ فيك فاقتها بهاءا

كوجوهٍ فيك فاقتها بهاءا

None of the bright stars its constellations hold

Its towers do not contain the meteors within them

match the faces within you, which surpassed them in splendor.

That surpass you in brilliance like faces.

قد توارت فيك أقمارُ هدًى

قد توارت فيك أقمارُ هدًى

ودَّت الشمسُ لها تغدو فداءا

ودَّت الشمسُ لها تغدو فداءا

Within you lie hidden moons of guidance

The moons of guidance vanished into you,

for which the sun wished to give itself in sacrifice.

And the sun came to you rising, offered as sacrifice.

أبداً تزدادُ في العليا سنًى

أبداً تزدادُ في العليا سنًى

وظهوراً كلَّما زيدت خفاءا

وظهوراً كلَّما زيدت خفاءا

Ever they grow in radiance in the heights,

You forever increase in the Highest abode in eminence

and in visibility, the more they are concealed.

And prominence each time you are concealed.

ثم نادي القبةَ العليا وقل

ثم نادي القبةَ العليا وقل

طاوِلي يا قبةَ الهادي السماءا

طاوِلي يا قبةَ الهادي السماءا

Then call to the lofty dome and say:

Then call out to the Most High dome and say:

“O dome of al-Hadi, rival heaven in height.

Rise up, O dome of the Guided One, to the sky!

بمعالي العسكريين اشمخي

بمعالي العسكريين اشمخي

وعلى أفلاكها زِيدي عَلاءا

وعلى أفلاكها زِيدي عَلاءا

Tower proudly through the lofty merits of the two al-Askaris,

With the glories of the Askari's, be resolute,

and rise in height above heaven's spheres.

And add to its orbits an increase in loftiness.

واغلبي زهرَ الدراري في السنا

واغلبي زهرَ الدراري في السنا

فبك العالمُ لا فيها أضاءا

فبك العالمُ لا فيها أضاءا

Outshine the brilliant stars in radiance,

And overcome the flowers of the Abode of Peace in brilliance,

for through you, not through them, the world shone.

For the world wept with no illuminator within it.

خطَّكِ اللهُ تعالى دارةً

خطَّكِ اللهُ تعالى دارةً

لذُكائي شرفٍ فاقا ذُكاءا

لذُكائي شرفٍ فاقا ذُكاءا

God Most High traced you as a halo

May God prescribe you an orbit, O hall,

for two suns of nobility that outshone Dhuka, the sun.”

Of my intelligence, a nobility surpassing brilliance!

وبنا عرّج على تلكَ التي

وبنا عرّج على تلكَ التي

أودعتنا عندَها الغيبةُ داءا

أودعتنا عندَها الغيبةُ داءا

And turn aside with us to that place where

And He planted for us one who

the occultation lodged a malady in us.

The absence entrusted us to during the occultation, an affliction.

حجب اللهُ بها الداعي الذي

حجب اللهُ بها الداعي الذي

هو للأعينِ قد كان الضياءا

هو للأعينِ قد كان الضياءا

There God concealed the caller who

God concealed through her the shining summoner

had been the very light of the eyes.

Who had been illumination for the eyes.

وبها الأملاكُ في ألطافه

وبها الأملاكُ في ألطافه

للورى تهبطُ صبحاً ومساءا

للورى تهبطُ صبحاً ومساءا

And there the angels, with his gracious favors,

Through her the angels in His kindness

descend to creation morning and evening.

Descend to the world morning and evening.

قف وقل عن مهجةٍ ذائبةٍ

قف وقل عن مهجةٍ ذائبةٍ

ومن العينينِ فانضجها دماءا

ومن العينينِ فانضجها دماءا

Stand and speak from a melting heart,

Stop, and say with melting entrails,

and from both eyes pour it forth as blood.

And from the eyes, make them stream with tears:

يا إمامَ العصرِ ما أقتلها

يا إمامَ العصرِ ما أقتلها

حسرةً كانت هي الداء العياءا

حسرةً كانت هي الداء العياءا

“O Imam of the Age, how deadly it is—

O Imam of the age! It kills me with anguish!

a grief that became the incurable malady!

It was the wasting disease with no cure.

مَطلتنا البرءَ في تعليلها

مَطلتنا البرءَ في تعليلها

وسوى مرءاكَ لا نَلقى شفاءا

وسوى مرءاكَ لا نَلقى شفاءا

It keeps us waiting for a cure with its consolations,

We tried curing it, but besides seeing you,

and we find no healing except the sight of you.

We cannot find any remedy.

برئت ذمّةُ جبارِ السما

برئت ذمّةُ جبارِ السما

من أُناسٍ منك قد أضحوا بُراءا

من أُناسٍ منك قد أضحوا بُراءا

Heaven's Almighty owes no protection

The responsibility of the Almighty is cleared

to people who have disavowed you.

From people who through you have become disavowed.

فمتى تَبردُ أحشاءٌ لنا

فمتى تَبردُ أحشاءٌ لنا

كِدنَ بالأنفاسِ يُضرمن الهواءا

كِدنَ بالأنفاسِ يُضرمن الهواءا

When, then, will our inward parts cool,

So when will our burning innards cool down

nearly setting the air ablaze with our breaths?

That blaze the air with each breath?

ونرى يا قائمَ الحقِّ انتضت

ونرى يا قائمَ الحقِّ انتضت

سيفَها منك يدُ الله انتضاءا

سيفَها منك يدُ الله انتضاءا

And when shall we see, O Upholder of Truth,

And we see, O Upholder of Truth, your sword unsheathed

God's hand fully unsheathe its sword from you?

By God's hand, fully prepared!

أفهل نبقى كما تُبصرُنا

أفهل نبقى كما تُبصرُنا

نُنفِذ الأيامَ والصبر رَجاءا

نُنفِذ الأيامَ والصبر رَجاءا

Must we, then, remain as you see us,

Will we remain as you see us,

exhausting our days and patience in hope?”

Spending the days and hoping with patience?

لا رأى الرحمةَ من قال رياءا

لا رأى الرحمةَ من قال رياءا

قلَّت الروحُ لمولاها فداءا

قلَّت الروحُ لمولاها فداءا

May he who says in pretense never see mercy:

He who saw mercy from the Merciful rarely lied.

“The soul is too little a sacrifice for its master.”

The soul is sacrificed for its Master.