1. هجرتْ بعدك العيونُ الرقادا

    وتملَّت جفونُهنَّ السهادا

    After you, eyes have abandoned sleep,

    And their eyelids have had their fill of sleeplessness.

  2. نبأٌ كادت الكواكب تنه

    دَّ له والرُّبَى تصير وهادا

    News at which the stars nearly

    Collapse, and the hills turn into valleys.

  3. وتكاد الأرضون تزحف والأ

    فلاكُ تنشقُّ خيفةً وانتقادا

    The earths nearly crawl, and the celestial

    Spheres split apart in fear and protest.

  4. وتكاد الأرواح من لوعة الفق

    دان حُزناً تفارق الأجسادا

    The souls nearly, from the anguish of

    Loss, leave their bodies in grief.

  5. وتكاد القواضِبُ البُتْر من فقد

    دٍ عليه تحاربُ الأغمادا

    The keen, severing swords nearly, from the loss

    Of him, wage war upon their scabbards.

  6. وقلوبُ الورى تطيرُ بلا عق

    لٍ وكانت مثل الرواسي شدادَا

    And people's hearts fly off without

    Reason, though once firm as mountains.

  7. ودَّ كلٌّ يَفديك بالمال والأو

    لاد طُرّاً لو أن شخصاً يُفَادَا

    Everyone wished to ransom you with wealth and

    All their children, if a person could be ransomed.

  8. ليلة الأربعاءِ كنْتِ إذْ غا

    دَرتِ في بلقعِ اليفاعِ جوادَا

    O Wednesday night, when you

    Left a generous man in the barren uplands,

  9. لوفاة الإمام ذي العدل سلط

    ان بن سيف تُحرِّكُ الآبادَا

    At the death of the just Imam Sultan

    ibn Sayf—you were shaking the ages.

  10. كان للدين كعبةً ولذِي الفضل

    مَلاذاً وللضعيفِ سِنادَا

    He was a Kaaba for the faith and, for the virtuous,

    A refuge, and for the weak a support.

  11. ولأهل التُّقى مآلا وذِي الفا

    قةِ مالاً وللأنام عِمادا

    For the pious, a haven; for those in

    Need, wealth; and for humankind, a pillar.

  12. ثم أضحى في قعْرِ لحدٍ وحيداً

    بعد عِزٍّ يُقلقلُ الأوتادا

    Then he lay alone in the depths of a grave,

    After a might that shook the very stakes.

  13. لهفَ نفسي عليه من سيّدٍ لا

    زلتُ من سيْبِ كفه مُستفادا

    Alas for my soul over him—a lord from whom I have never

    Ceased to receive the bounty of his hand.

  14. سوفَ أبكي عليه ما دمتُ حيّاً

    بدموع تحكى الحَيَا والعِهَادا

    I shall weep for him as long as I live,

    With tears like life-giving rain and recurring showers.

  15. ولو أني أبكي مَدَى الدهر ما أذْ

    رَيتُ مِعشار ما بنَى لي وشَادا

    Even if I wept throughout eternity, I could not shed tears for

    A tenth of what he built and raised for me.

  16. لستُ أُحْصى له فضائلَ تَتْرَى

    جَمَّةً كلما سألتُ أفادَا

    I cannot count his virtues, coming in succession,

    Abundant: whenever I asked, he gave.

  17. يا لَهُ من إمام حق وصدقٍ

    همُّه في ذاتِ الإله اجتهادَا

    What an Imam of truth and sincerity he was!

    His concern was earnest striving for God's sake.

  18. باسطِ العدل باذلِ المال ملْكٍ

    يعربيٍّ أَوْرَى الأنام زِنادَا

    A spreader of justice, a giver of wealth, a king,

    A Ya'rubi who struck sparks for humankind.

  19. حيث ساسَ الورَى بعدلٍ وفضلٍ

    سادَ بالعدل من تولى وسادَا

    As he governed humankind with justice and generosity,

    Through justice he surpassed those who ruled and held sway.

  20. قد حباهُ الإله مجداً وعزّاً

    وسخاءً وطارفاً وتِلاَدا

    God endowed him with glory and honor,

    And generosity, newly acquired wealth and inherited wealth.

  21. شغلتْه العُلَى وكسبُ المعالي

    فنفَى عنه زَيْنَباً وسعادَاً

    High aspirations and the pursuit of distinction occupied him,

    So he put Zaynab and Su'ad away from him.

  22. ليلَه ساهراً يُناجِي ويرجو

    الله يدعوهُ للأنام السدادَا

    He spent his nights awake, communing and hoping in

    God, invoking Him for humankind's right guidance.

  23. ملأَ الخافقين نَيلا وجوداً

    والنواحي هداية ورشادَا

    He filled East and West with bounty and generosity,

    And the regions with guidance and right direction.

  24. ساسَ أَهلَ الآفاق بالرأ

    ي واللطفِ فصارُوا لربهم زُهَّادَا

    He governed the people of the horizons with judgment

    And gentleness, so they became ascetics devoted to their Lord.

  25. رضىَ الله عنه حيّاً وميْتاً

    وحَباهُ الرضوان والإسعادَا

    May God be pleased with him, living and dead,

    And grant him His approval and happiness.

  26. بوَّأَ الله روحه في نعيمٍ

    خالداً لا يخافُ فيه نَكادَا

    May God lodge his soul in bliss,

    Forever, fearing no misery there.

  27. كان بالأربعاءِ من شهر ذي القع

    دة موتُ الإمام أعني الجوادا

    It was on a Wednesday in the month of Dhu al-Qa'dah:

    The Imam's death—I mean the generous one.

  28. ومضى الألف بعد تسعين عاماً

    في حسابِ التاريخ يُتْلَى عِدادا

    A thousand years had passed, and ninety more,

    In the reckoning of the date, recited as a count.

  29. بي من الحُزن والكآبةِ من فقدان

    ه ما يقطِّعُ الأَكبادا

    Within me are sorrow and gloom at the loss of

    Him—enough to tear livers apart.

  30. قد لَعمرِي لولا أبو العرب السا

    مِي لصرنا بعد الإمام رمادَا

    By my life, were it not for Abu al-'Arab, the

    Exalted, we would have become ashes after the Imam.

  31. وابتُلِى الناسُ بالبلاءِ عظيماً

    بيِّناً والصلاحُ صارَ فسادا

    The people were afflicted with a great calamity,

    Plainly apparent, and righteousness became corruption.

  32. واطْلخَمَّ الأمرُ الشديدُ وأضحى

    الخلقُ بالويلِ والثبورِ تنادَى

    The grievous affair grew dark, and

    The people called to one another with woe and ruin.

  33. لكنِ اللهُ مَنَّ فضلا علينا

    بجوادٍ لا يخلِفُ الميعادَا

    But God bestowed favor upon us

    With a generous man who never breaks a promise.

  34. ولَعَمْرِي لو صوِّر الملكُ شخصاً

    كان رأساً وقلبَه والفؤادَا

    By my life, if sovereignty were personified,

    He would be its head, its heart, its inmost heart.

  35. ما لقينَا له عدوّاً من النا

    س جميعاً أمثلُ هذا يُعَادَى

    We found no enemy of his among the

    People, any of them—can one like him be opposed?

  36. قبلته القلوبُ فاتفق النا

    سُ عليه محبةً وودادَا

    Hearts accepted him, and the

    People agreed upon him in love and affection.

  37. وكذاك العبادُ لو لم يخافوا

    ربَّهم أصبحوا له عُبَّادا

    Likewise, had God's servants not feared

    Their Lord, they would have become his worshippers.

  38. جمعَ اللهُ في خلائقه الغُرِّ

    طباعاً تُنْسِى الأبَ الأولادَا

    God gathered within his radiant character

    Qualities that make a father forget his children.

  39. لا يبالِي بمالِه لو سألنا

    هُ جميعاً أعْطَى وثنّى وزادَا

    He cares nothing for his wealth: if we asked

    Him for it all, he would give, give again, and add more.

  40. روحَه إن تسألْهُ يعطِكَها لكن

    خَفِ اللهَ واعفُ واخشَ المعادَا

    If you ask him for his soul, he will give it to you, but

    Fear God, forbear, and dread the Return.

  41. هَكذا كان جدهُ وأبوهُ

    والفتَى الحرُّ يشبهِ الأجدادَا

    Thus were his grandfather and his father,

    And a noble youth resembles his ancestors.

  42. وكريماً يهجِّنُ الكرمَ الفذَّ

    نداه ويفضحُ الأجوادَا

    And a generous man: even peerless generosity is put to shame

    By his bounty, which disgraces the generous.

  43. ومليكاً أُحيَى لنا كلَّ فضلٍ

    وأمات الأضغانَ والأحتادَا

    And a king who revived for us every virtue,

    And extinguished grudges and rancors.

  44. سيداً جَمَّعَ الأنامَ على حبٍّ

    له لا ترى له أضْدادا

    A lord who united humankind in love

    For him: you see no adversaries of his.

  45. فهْو قد صار للإمامةِ أهلاً

    وهو كفء لها أتتْه تَهادى

    Thus he has become worthy of the imamate,

    And he is its match; it came to him swaying gracefully.

  46. يا سليلَ الإمام سلطانَ لاَ

    زِلْتَ إماماً ولا برحتَ تُنادَى

    O descendant of Imam Sultan, may you ever

    Remain Imam and continue to be acclaimed.

  47. قد أتَتْك الجموعُ خاضعة طو

    عاً وقد سلّمتْ إليك القيادا

    The multitudes have come to you, submissive

    Of their own accord, and surrendered the reins to you.

  48. وحرامٌ على النفوس التي تَرْ

    قَى العُلا أن تعطى سِواك المقادَا

    It is forbidden for souls that

    Ascend to greatness to give the reins to anyone but you.

  49. أنت نِعم الإمام بالفضل والإحس

    ان والعُرف قد غَمرْتَ البلادا

    You are an excellent Imam; with virtue and

    Kindness and good deeds, you have flooded the lands.

  50. أنت يا ذا النوال كاسمكِ حقّاً

    وأنا قد بلغتُ المُرادا

    You, giver of bounty, are truly as your name declares,

    And I have attained my desire.

  51. أنت عيدٌ لنا وأيامنا صارتْ

    برؤياك كُلُّها أعيادَا

    You are a festival for us, and our days have become,

    At the sight of you, festivals—all of them.

  52. نشكرُ اللهَ حين صرت إماماً

    للبرايا وقد ملكتَ العبادَا

    We thank God now that you have become Imam

    Of humankind and have taken rule over the people.

  53. طِبْ ونَمْ خالياً من الهمِّ والْ

    أشغال لا تخشَ فرقةً وبعادَا

    Be at ease and sleep, free of worry and

    Burdens; fear neither division nor estrangement.

  54. زادكَ اللهُ منه فضلاً وإحسا

    ناً وإن كنتَ لا ترومُ ازديادَا

    May God increase you in His favor and

    Kindness, though you seek no increase.

  55. وأَعزَّ الدينَ والحمى بك طرّاً

    وأَذلَّ الأعداءَ والحُسَّادَا

    And through you strengthen the faith and all the protected realm,

    And humble the enemies and the envious.

  56. عِشْ ودُم يا خليفةَ الله في الأ

    رض ولا تخشَ روعةً وعنادا

    Live on and endure, O God's vicegerent upon the

    Earth, and fear neither terror nor defiance.

  57. وتمل الأيامَ والدهرَ والد

    نيا جميعاً والعصرَ والآبادَا

    And enjoy the days, the span of time, and the

    Whole world, this age and all the ages.

  58. يا بني يعربَ بن زهران أَنتم

    سادةٌ الورى وصِرْتم عِمادا

    O sons of Ya'rub ibn Zahran, you are

    Masters of humankind and have become its pillar.

  59. بورِكَتْ من عصابةٍ قد بنى الل

    هُ لها في العلياءِ بيتاً مُشادَا

    Blessed is this band: God has built

    For it, in the heights, a lofty house.

  60. وحَباها دون الأنام بِمُلْك

    وكفاها الأضدادَ والأندادَا

    And singled it out from humankind with sovereignty,

    And spared it adversaries and rivals.

  61. خلّدَ الله مُلككمُ واصْطفاكم

    واجْتباكمْ إذْ صِرتمُ أَمجادَا

    May God make your reign everlasting and choose you,

    And select you, for you have become illustrious.

  62. دمَّر الله باغِضِيكمْ كما دمَّ

    رَ مِنْ قبلهم ثموداً وعادَا

    May God destroy those who hate you, as He destroyed

    Thamud and 'Ad before them.