لَكَ الْحَقُّ الَّذِي يَجِبُ

لَكَ الْحَقُّ الَّذِي يَجِبُ

وَفَضْلُكَ لَيْسَ يَحْتَجِبُ

وَفَضْلُكَ لَيْسَ يَحْتَجِبُ

Yours is the right that is due,

You have the right that must be fulfilled

and your excellence is not concealed.

And your grace is not concealed

وَدُونَ عُلاَكَ مَا تُنْمَى

وَدُونَ عُلاَكَ مَا تُنْمَى

إِلَيْهِ السَّبْعةُ الشُّهُبُ

إِلَيْهِ السَّبْعةُ الشُّهُبُ

And beneath your loftiness lies the height

Without your highness, the seven stars do not shine

to which the seven radiant planets rise.

And above the son of the Virgin is a son

وَفَوْقَ ابْنِ الْبَتُولِ ابْنٌ

وَفَوْقَ ابْنِ الْبَتُولِ ابْنٌ

وَفَوْقَ ابْنِ الْبَتُولِ أَبُ

وَفَوْقَ ابْنِ الْبَتُولِ أَبُ

And above the Virgin's son stands a son,

And above the son of the Virgin is a father

and above the Virgin's son stands a father.

A visitor came to me from you

أَتَتْنِي مِنْكَ زَائِرَةٌ

أَتَتْنِي مِنْكَ زَائِرَةٌ

يَقُودُ هَدِيَّهَا الأَدَبُ

يَقُودُ هَدِيَّهَا الأَدَبُ

A visitor came to me from you;

Her manners guided by etiquette

literary refinement guides her course.

She visited the son of Hussein, but he

زَرَتْ بِابْنِ الْحُسَينِ فَمَا

زَرَتْ بِابْنِ الْحُسَينِ فَمَا

لَهُ فِي الْحُسْنِ مُنْتَسَبُ

لَهُ فِي الْحُسْنِ مُنْتَسَبُ

She put Ibn al-Husayn to shame, so

Has no attribution to beauty

he has no claim to beauty.

And she called out, "O pleased one, you have narrated

وَنَادَتْ بالرَّضَيِّ لَقَدْ

وَنَادَتْ بالرَّضَيِّ لَقَدْ

حَكَيْتَ وَفَاتَكَ الشَّنَبُ

حَكَيْتَ وَفَاتَكَ الشَّنَبُ

And she called out to al-Radi: “Indeed,

And your loss has passed away."

you have resembled me, but the teeth's fresh luster eluded you.”

Exalted is God, who grants

تَعَالَى اللهُ مَنْ يَهَبُ ال

تَعَالَى اللهُ مَنْ يَهَبُ ال

كَمَالَ وَنِعْمَ مَا يَهَبُ

كَمَالَ وَنِعْمَ مَا يَهَبُ

Exalted is God, who bestows

Perfection and excellent gifts

perfection—and excellent is what He bestows!

Her meanings flirt with me

تُغَازِلُنِي مَعَانِيهَا

تُغَازِلُنِي مَعَانِيهَا

فَتُسْفِرُ ثُمَّ تَنْتَقِبُ

فَتُسْفِرُ ثُمَّ تَنْتَقِبُ

Her meanings flirt with me,

Revealing and then hiding

so they unveil, then veil themselves.

But sorrow has spoiled the joy

وَلَكِنْ نَغَّصَ الْمَسْرَى

وَلَكِنْ نَغَّصَ الْمَسْرَى

وَدَهْرِي كُلَّهُ عَجَبُ

وَدَهْرِي كُلَّهُ عَجَبُ

And yet the night journey was marred—

And my whole life is a wonder

and my whole life is a wonder—

And she hinted to me, and passion

وَأَوْحَتْ عَنْكَ لِي وَصَبَا

وَأَوْحَتْ عَنْكَ لِي وَصَبَا

تَخَطَّى مَجْدَكَ الْوَصَبُ

تَخَطَّى مَجْدَكَ الْوَصَبُ

and she told me of your illness.

Has surpassed your glory

May illness pass your glory by!

So I became like the companion of one gone astray

فَصِرْتُ كَصَاحِبِ الضلِّي

فَصِرْتُ كَصَاحِبِ الضلِّي

لِ دُونَ الدَّرْبِ أَنْتَحِبُ

لِ دُونَ الدَّرْبِ أَنْتَحِبُ

So I became like the Errant One's companion,

Lamenting away from the path

sobbing on this side of the pass.

For you are my highest treasure

فَإِنَّكَ ذُخْرِيَ الأَعْلَى

فَإِنَّكَ ذُخْرِيَ الأَعْلَى

وَمَعْقِلُ عِزِّيَ الأَشِبُ

وَمَعْقِلُ عِزِّيَ الأَشِبُ

For you are my greatest treasure,

And fortress of my noblest zeal

and the densely wooded stronghold of my honor.

You are the sum of my causes

وَأَنْتَ جَميعُ أَسْبَابي

وَأَنْتَ جَميعُ أَسْبَابي

إِذَا مَا أَعْوزَ السَّبَبُ

إِذَا مَا أَعْوزَ السَّبَبُ

And you are all my means of support

When causes are lacking

when means are lacking.

I found you my equipment and richness

وَجَدْتُكَ عُدَّتِي وَغِنَى

وَجَدْتُكَ عُدَّتِي وَغِنَى

يَدِي إِذْ أَذْهِبَ الذَّهَبُ

يَدِي إِذْ أَذْهِبَ الذَّهَبُ

I found you my provision and the wealth

When gold disappears

of my hand, when the gold was taken away.

If you had not kept me back

فَلَوْلاَ أَنَّكَ اسْتَبْقَيْ

فَلَوْلاَ أَنَّكَ اسْتَبْقَيْ

تَنِي وَالْعَقْلُ مُسْتَلَبُ

تَنِي وَالْعَقْلُ مُسْتَلَبُ

For had you not preserved

While my mind slips away

me, while my reason was snatched away,

And with much flowing pearls, a people

وبالدر النثير شعب

وبالدر النثير شعب

ت صدعاً ليس ينشعب

ت صدعاً ليس ينشعب

and with scattered pearls mended

Where no rift comes between

a rift that cannot be mended...

I sacrifice for you the stars of green

فدتكِ كَوَاكِبُ الْخَضْرَا

فدتكِ كَوَاكِبُ الْخَضْرَا

ءِ لاَ عَجَمٌ وَلاَ عَرَبُ

ءِ لاَ عَجَمٌ وَلاَ عَرَبُ

May the stars of the green sky be your ransom,

Neither non-Arab nor Arab

neither non-Arabs nor Arabs.

And you remain for eternity in clouds

وَدُمْتَ الدَّهرَ فِي سُحُبٍ

وَدُمْتَ الدَّهرَ فِي سُحُبٍ

مِنَ الآلاءِ تَنْسَحِبُ

مِنَ الآلاءِ تَنْسَحِبُ

And may you remain forever amid clouds

Of blessings that pour forth

of blessings, drifting along.