لي بالحبيب وآله استنجاد

فهم الغياثُ وكلهم أمجاد

I seek help from my beloved and his family,

They are all saviors and men of glory.

إنى قصدت رحابكم كي أشتكى

من جور من في حكمهم قد حادوا

I came to your abode to complain,

Of the injustice of those who went astray in their rule.

لكم التجائي آل أحمد سرمدا

من بغي قوم كلهم أوغاد

To you, O Aal Ahmed, is my refuge forever,

From the wrongdoing of a people who are all wicked.

فبكم ينال المستجير مرامه

إن ناله من فيضكم إمداد

Through you the seeker attains his purpose,

If he obtains from your overflowing grace.

بوكم بكم يغدو الذليل معززا

وبكم بناء المستغيث يشاد

Through you the humiliated becomes honored,

And through you the structure of the desperate is built.

وبكم طريد الجور يصبح عائذا

ولبيت مأمنه القديم يعاد

Through you the victim of injustice becomes protected,

And to his old secure home he returns.

ويعز من بعد المذلة قدره

ويؤمه الإقبال والإسعاد

After humiliation his worth is honored,

And good fortune and happiness welcome him.

وبكم يظل معظما ومعزّزا

وبكم يسود فتكمد الحساد

Through you he remains respected and honored,

Through you he prevails as the envious boil.

ويقول بعدا للألى قد مزقوا

عرضى كما بعدت ثمود وعاد

And he says goodbye to the hardships that,

Destroyed my honor as Thamud and Aad were destroyed.

يا سبط خير الخلق مالى ملجأ

إلا حماك أؤمّه فأفاد

O grandson of the best of creation, I have no refuge

Except your protection, so come to my aid.

فامدد يديك وخذ بناصر أحمد

فهو العبيد وأنتم الأسياد

So extend your hand and take the supporter of Ahmad,

For he is the servant and you are the masters.

من يوم أبعده العداة عن الحمى

بالطرف من مر الفراق سهاد

Since the day the enemies expelled him from the sanctuary,

My eyes have not stopped tearing in separation.

والنار بالأحشام زاد لهيبها

فتمزّقت من حرّها الأكباد

And the fire of yearning flares within me,

Tearing my innards apart in its heat.

فبحقّ جدّك يا حسين تولّنى

برعاية ما بعدها إبعاد

So for the right of your grandfather, O Hussein, take care of me,

With a patronage that has no parallel.

يا خير جار قد تخذت جواره

سندا فأمّت ساحتى القصّاد

O best of neighbors, I made your neighborhood a support,

So fill my courtyard with provision.

أشكو الفراق لسيدي وأبثه

وإليك تشكو الأهل والأولاد

I complain of separation to my master and inform him,

While to you women and children cry out.

لله اطفال إليك تضرعوا

فاسمع صريخ ندائهم إذ نادوا

By God, children who implored you,

So hear the scream of their call when they called.

واجعل لهم في القرب منك وسيلة

فزمان قربك عندهم أعياد

And make their closeness to you a means,

For the time of your nearness is their celebration.

فبحق جدك لا تخيب قصدهم

فالشوق في أحشائهم يزداد

For the right of your grandfather, do not disappoint their quest,

As yearning in their hearts grows stronger.

وإليك آمالي بسط بنائها

والرأيُ رأيكَ والرجوع مراد

To you my hopes have laid out their structure,

And opinion is your opinion and to you is the return.