أجَارَ مِنَ الخَطْبِ الأميرُ مُحَمّدُ

أجَارَ مِنَ الخَطْبِ الأميرُ مُحَمّدُ

فَقُمْت بِما أوْلاهُ أُثْني وأحْمَدُ

فَقُمْت بِما أوْلاهُ أُثْني وأحْمَدُ

Emir Muhammad protected me from calamity.

The prince Muhammad granted my request

So I rose to praise and give thanks for what he bestowed.

So I praised him as I ought and lauded his excellence

ويَوْمَ أتَتْني بالبِشارَةِ رُسْلُه

ويَوْمَ أتَتْني بالبِشارَةِ رُسْلُه

سَجدْتُ وفي التبشيرِ للّهِ يُسْجَدُ

سَجدْتُ وفي التبشيرِ للّهِ يُسْجَدُ

And on the day his messengers brought me good tidings,

And when his messengers brought me the good tidings

I prostrated—and at good tidings, one prostrates to God.

I prostrated myself, for prostration itself is praise of Allah

وأَمَّلْتُ بالشكرِ المزيدَ من الرِّضى

وأَمَّلْتُ بالشكرِ المزيدَ من الرِّضى

وأَيّةُ نُعْمَى كالرِّضى تتزَيّدُ

وأَيّةُ نُعْمَى كالرِّضى تتزَيّدُ

And through gratitude I hoped for greater favor,

And I hoped for yet more satisfaction through gratitude

And what blessing increases as favor does?

For what blessing equals satisfaction that increases?

وظَائفَ ما أهْمَلْتَ حيناً أداءها

وظَائفَ ما أهْمَلْتَ حيناً أداءها

وبعضُ شهودِي الأمسُ واليَوم والغَدُ

وبعضُ شهودِي الأمسُ واليَوم والغَدُ

Duties you never for a moment neglected to fulfill—

I have never neglected the duties you charged me with

And among my witnesses are yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

Some of my witnesses being yesterday, today and tomorrow

هُمامٌ كَفاني الحادِثاتِ اعْتِبارُهُ

هُمامٌ كَفاني الحادِثاتِ اعْتِبارُهُ

وقَدْ عنَّ لي مِنها مُقيمٌ ومُقْعِدُ

وقَدْ عنَّ لي مِنها مُقيمٌ ومُقْعِدُ

A magnanimous man whose regard shielded me from calamities,

Concerns that sufficed me, lessons to be learned from events,

Though some had beset me, making me rise and sit in disquiet.

And for me they singled out both settler and nomad

فَلا مِنّةٌ إلا لَهُ في تخَلصي

فَلا مِنّةٌ إلا لَهُ في تخَلصي

بِيُمْن مَساعيهِ الكِرَام ولا يَدُ

بِيُمْن مَساعيهِ الكِرَام ولا يَدُ

So I owe my deliverance to his favor alone,

So I owe no favor but to him for my deliverance

To the blessing of his noble efforts, and to no other helping hand.

Through the auspicious efforts of the generous, no other

ومَنْ يَكُ فَرْعاً للإمَامةِ والهُدَى

ومَنْ يَكُ فَرْعاً للإمَامةِ والهُدَى

فإنَّ جَنَاهُ الغَضَّ مَجْدٌ وسُؤْدَدُ

فإنَّ جَنَاهُ الغَضَّ مَجْدٌ وسُؤْدَدُ

And whoever is a branch of the imamate and guidance,

He who is a branch of the imamate and guidance

Then his fresh fruit is glory and eminence.

His shelter from harm is glory and happiness

رَآنيَ مرْدودَ الشّرائعِ كُلّما

رَآنيَ مرْدودَ الشّرائعِ كُلّما

تَقَرّبْتُ بالإخْلاصِ أُقصَى وأُبْعَدُ

تَقَرّبْتُ بالإخْلاصِ أُقصَى وأُبْعَدُ

He saw me turned away from the watering places; whenever

I found the legal prescriptions repealed, every time

I drew near with sincerity, I was thrust aside and sent away.

I drew near in utter sincerity, farthest and nearest

نَصيبي من الآدابِ حِرْفَتُها التي

نَصيبي من الآدابِ حِرْفَتُها التي

شَقِيتُ بِها جاراً لمَنْ بَاتَ يُسْعَدُ

شَقِيتُ بِها جاراً لمَنْ بَاتَ يُسْعَدُ

My share of letters was their ill fortune, through which

My share of the virtues is the profession of them

I suffered, a neighbor to one who passed the night in happiness.

That caused me to live alongside one who knew only good fortune

ولِلْحَظِّ لحْظٌ كَلَّ دُونَي خَاسِئاً

ولِلْحَظِّ لحْظٌ كَلَّ دُونَي خَاسِئاً

كَأني وإياهُ شُعَاعٌ وأرْمَدُ

كَأني وإياهُ شُعَاعٌ وأرْمَدُ

And fortune’s glance grew weary before reaching me, rebuffed,

And destiny has a destiny that has ever abandoned me

As though I were a ray of light, and it a sore-eyed man.

As if it and I were a beam of light and the blind

فَجمَّعَ مِن شَمْلي وشَمْلي مُفَرَّقٌ

فَجمَّعَ مِن شَمْلي وشَمْلي مُفَرَّقٌ

وَرفَّه من شِربي وشرْبي مُصَرَّدُ

وَرفَّه من شِربي وشرْبي مُصَرَّدُ

So he brought my affairs together, while my affairs lay scattered,

So he gathered what had scattered me and what I had scattered

And made my share of water ample, when my share was rationed.

And buttressed my drinking and my drinking that tottered

وصَرّحَ بِالبُقيا ومازالَ مُنْعِماً

وصَرّحَ بِالبُقيا ومازالَ مُنْعِماً

له مَصْدَرٌ في الصالِحاتِ ومَوْرِدُ

له مَصْدَرٌ في الصالِحاتِ ومَوْرِدُ

And plainly declared clemency, ever bestowing favors.

And he was open about granting me more and kept favoring me

His going out and coming in are amid good deeds.

For him are resources for good works and a spring

وكانَت هوىً ألقى إلَيها بِيَ الهَوى

وكانَت هوىً ألقى إلَيها بِيَ الهَوى

فَخلّصَنِي منها مُعَاٌن مُؤَيَّدُ

فَخلّصَنِي منها مُعَاٌن مُؤَيَّدُ

And they were abysses into which passion had cast me,

And it had been a passion to which passion delivered me

So one aided and upheld delivered me from them.

But concepts supported by him saved me from it

تَشَفّعْتُ فيها للإمامِ بِنَجْلِه

تَشَفّعْتُ فيها للإمامِ بِنَجْلِه

ونِعْمَ شَفيعُ المذنبينَ مُحَمَّدُ

ونِعْمَ شَفيعُ المذنبينَ مُحَمَّدُ

In this plight, I sought intercession with the imam through his son,

Through his son I implored the imam to intercede for me

And what an excellent intercessor for sinners is Muhammad!

And excellent is Muhammad as intercessor for sinners