1. وسائِلَةٍ عنِ الحسَنِ بنِ يحْيَى

    وقدْ جرَحَتْ مآقِيها الدّموعُ

    And a woman asking about al-Hasan ibn Yahya,

    With tears having wounded the corners of her eyes,

  2. تَقولُ ترحّل المِفضالُ عنّا

    وضِعْنا بعْدَهُ فمتَى الرّجوعُ

    Says, “The bountiful one has departed from us;

    And we are lost in his absence—so when will he return?

  3. وكانَ الشّمْسَ فارَقَنا سَناهُ

    فأظْلَمَتِ المَعاهِدُ والرّبوعُ

    He was the sun; his radiance has left us,

    So the familiar haunts and dwellings grew dark.

  4. تولّى اللهُ منْهُ خيْرَ والِي

    تُكَفُّ بهِ الخُطوبُ فَما تَروعُ

    May God watch over him, the best of guardians,

    Through whom calamities are held back, so they bring no terror.”

  5. فقُلْتُ كأنْ بمَقْدَمِهِ فقالَتْ

    بِشارَتُك الصّواهِلُ والنّجوعُ

    So I said, “It is as though he were already arriving”; she replied,

    “Your reward for this news: neighing steeds and nomadic encampments!”

  6. فقُلْتُ لعلّها انْفَرَدَتْ بهَذا

    فَقالَ بقَوْلِها الحَيُّ الجَميعُ

    So I said, “Perhaps she alone feels this way,”

    Then the whole tribe echoed her words.

  7. فكانت دَعْوَةٌ صعِدَتْ ونَجْوَى

    تقبّلَها المُجيبُ لَها السّميعُ

    So there was a prayer that rose, and a whispered plea,

    The All-Hearing, its Answerer, accepted it.

  8. ووافَقَ ما نطَقَتْ بهِ قَضاءٌ

    قَضى أنّ الوَسائِلَ لا تَضيعُ

    And a decree accorded with the words she uttered,

    Decreeing that entreaties do not go to waste.