1. دعاني من هَوى هندٍ وأَسْما

    فذلك قدْ جَعلتُ عَليهِ خَتْما

    Spare me, you two, the love of Hind and Asma,

    For I have already set a seal upon that love.

  2. إذا ولَّى سوادُ الرَّأسِ يوماً

    يصيرُ هوَى سوادِ العينِ ظُلما

    When the hair's blackness one day departs,

    Love of dark eyes becomes wrongdoing.

  3. لأيَّامِ الصِّبا زَهْوٌ ولكنْ

    سيَخبُثُ بعدهُ ما لَذَّ طَعْما

    Youth's days have their splendor, but

    Afterward, what tasted sweet will turn foul.

  4. ويَنسى المرءُ من نَدمٍ حَديثٍ

    حلاوةَ كلِّ ما قد مرَّ قِدْما

    And through fresh regret a person forgets

    The sweetness of all that passed long ago.

  5. حَياةُ النَّاسِ في الدُّنيا غَرورٌ

    كعينٍ أبصَرَتْ في النَّومِ حُلْما

    The life of people in this world is a delusion,

    Like an eye that saw a dream in sleep.

  6. إذا ما أصبَحتْ ضَحِكت عليهِ

    وتَعلَمُ أنَّهُ قد كانَ وَهْما

    When morning comes, it laughs at the dream

    And knows that it was an illusion.

  7. سَلِ الشَّيخَ الحُسينَ متى تَراهُ

    يُفِدْكَ بمشكلاتِ الدَّهرِ حُكما

    Ask Sheikh Hussein whenever you see him;

    He will give you sound judgment on time's perplexities.

  8. وتشربُ مِن خَطابتهِ شراباً

    طَهوراً ليسَ مَن أرواهُ يَظما

    And from his oratory you drink a draught,

    Purifying—whoever it quenches never thirsts.

  9. أبَرُّ الصَّالحينَ يداً وقلباً

    وأزكَى رَهطِهم خالاً وعَمَّا

    The most righteous of the righteous in hand and heart,

    And purest of their company through maternal and paternal uncles,

  10. وأكرَمُ شيمةً وأجلُّ قَدْراً

    وأبلغُ حِكمةً وأشَدُّ حَزما

    And noblest in character and most exalted in rank,

    And most eloquent in wisdom and firmest in resolve.

  11. لقد جَمَعَ الشتَّاتَ من السَّجايا

    كعِقدٍ ضَمَّ نثرَ الدُرِّ نَظما

    He has indeed gathered the scattered virtues,

    Like a necklace that gathered loose pearls into a strand.

  12. وقامَ على حُدود الله يَبغي

    رِضاهُ جامعاً عَملاً وعِلما

    And he upheld God's bounds, seeking

    His pleasure, combining action and knowledge.

  13. قضى الحجَّ الشَّريفَ إلى مَقامٍ

    أقامَ لهُ خليلُ اللهِ رَسما

    He completed the noble pilgrimage to a sanctuary

    For which God's Friend had established a landmark.

  14. وقد رَمتِ الجِمارَ يداهُ يوماً

    فصَبَّ على جنودِ السُّوءِ رَجْما

    And one day his two hands cast the pebbles,

    So he rained stones upon the armies of evil.

  15. ألا يا خيرَ مَن في البيتِ لَبَّى

    وطافَ وخيرَ من ضَحَّى وسَمَّى

    Behold, O best of those who answered the call at the House

    And circled it, and best of those who sacrificed and invoked God's name:

  16. هَنئْتَ بعوْدةٍ من دارِ حجٍّ

    لدى تأريخهِ بالخيرِ تَمَّا

    May you rejoice in your return from the land of pilgrimage;

    Its chronogram reads: 'It ended well.'