وسُقتُ الرِّكائبَ حتى أنَخْنَ

بسَبْطِ الأناملِ سِبْطِ النّبِيِّ

I was led to sadness until I wept

By the fingers of the chosen one, the fingers of the Prophet

عليِّ بنِ موسى مُواسي العُفاةِ

أبي القاسمِ السيِّدِ المُوسَويَ

Ali the son of Musa, comforter of the destitute

My master, the Sayyid, the Musawi

خصيبَ الثّرى غضيّ نبتِ المرادِ

رحيبِ الذرى عذبِ ماءِ الرُكيِّ

Who made the earth fertile, the fresh growth of purpose

Spacious earth, sweet water of the stream

طَمى بالنّدى واديا راحَتَيهِ

فطمّ على آجناتِ القَرِيِّ

He suckled with dew a valley, his two cheeks

So he was weaned on the slopes of Karī

نَماهُ الفَخارُ إلى جَدِّهِ

عليِّ فطارَ بجَدٍّ عَلِيِّ

He was raised to greatness by his ancestor

Ali, so he flew with the greatness of Ali

ولا يتأشّبُ عِيصُ السّرِيِّ

إذا هُوَ لم يَكُنِ ابْنَ السّرِيِّ

And the secretive one's wood does not ignite

If he is not the son of the secretive one

أبا قاسمٍ يا قَسيمَ السّخاءِ

إذا جَفَّ ضَرعُ الغَمام الحبِيِّ

O Abul Qasim, o distributor of generosity

When the rain clouds of sorrow faded

وفَدْتُ إليكَ معَ الوافدينَ

وُفودَ البِشارَةِ غِبَّ النّعِيِّ

I came to you with the other visitors

As good news came to replace the announcement of death

وزارَكَ مِنِّي سَمِيٌّ كنِيٌّ

فَراعِ حُقوقَ السّمِيِّ الكَنِيِّ

And a name and nickname visited you from me

So heed the rights of the named and nicknamed

فَهذي القَصيدةُ بِكرٌ تصِلّ

على نَحْرِها حَصَيَاتُ الحلِيِّ

This poem is a first attempt to reach you

With its necklace the pebbles of jewelry

جَعلْتُ هَواكَ جِهازاً لها

فجاءَتْكَ مائِسَةً كالهَدِيِّ

I made your love its treasure

So it came to you like a gift

سحَرْتُ بِها ألْسُنَ السّامرينَ

ولم أَترُكِ السِّحْرَ للسّامريِّ

I have bewitched with it the tongues of night companions

And did not leave magic to the Samaritan

ولمّا نشرتُ أَفاويقَها

طَوى الناسُ دِيباجَةَ البُحتريّ

And when its flags were unfurled

The people folded the brocade of al-Buhturi

تظلُّ القَطا وهْيَ أهدْى الطُّيورِ

تَضلُّ بِها كالغَويِّ الغَبيِّ

It remains under the protection of pigeons, the best of birds

It goes astray with it like the foolish, ignorant one

إلى مثلِها طالَ باعي وطابَ

لجَنبي اجتنابُ الفراشِ الوَطيِّ

To the like of it my seller despaired and left

And avoiding the dirty bed was good for my side

وأسكرني شربُ كأسِ السُّرى

على عَزفِ جِنِّيِّها الجَهْوَرِيِّ

And I was intoxicated by drinking the cup of intimacy

To the musical accompaniment of its energetic Jinn