لو كان من شكوى الصَّبابة مشكياً

لعدا على عدوى الصبابة معديا

If the youth were to complain of their troubles to me

I would spread their troubles among the youth

مات الرجاءُ فإن أَردْتَ حياتَهُ

ونشورَهُ فارجُ الإمام المحييا

Hope has died, so if you want its life

And resurrection, then seek the life-giving Imam

أَقضى القضاةِن محمدُ بن محمدٍ

مَنْ لستُ منه للفضائلِ مُحْصيا

The best of judges is Muhammad ibn Muhammad

One whose virtues I cannot fully recount

قاضٍ به قَضَتِ المظالمُ نَحْبَها

وغدا على آثارِهِنَّ مُعَفيا

With him, injustices have been judged and erased

And he proceeds to erase their traces

يا كاشفاً للحقِّ في أَيامهِ

غُرراً يدومُ لها الزَّمانُ مغَطِّيا

O you who reveal the truth in your time

Bringing forth treasures that time conceals

لم تنعش الشهباء عند عثارها

لو لم تجدك لطرد حلمكَ مرسيا

The grey-haired were not revived at their deafness

Had they not found your forbearance a harbor

رَجَفَتْ لسطوتكَ التي أَرسلْتَها

نحو الطغاةِ لحدِّ عزمِكَ ممهيا

Your might, which you unleashed upon the tyrants

To the limit of your resolute determination, made them tremble

وتظلمتْ من شرِّهم فتململتْ

عجل أَرجازَتَها عليها مبقيا

And they were darkened by their evil, and so tossed about

Hastening the remnants of their pillars upon themselves

أَنفتْ من الثقلاءِ فيها إذ رَمَتْ

أَثقالها ورأَتكَ منها ملجيا

They cast off the disgraced among them when they threw

Their burdens and saw you rid them of these

حَلَبٌ لها حلبُ المدامعِ سُيّلٌ

أَنْ لاقت الخطبَ الفظيعَ المبكيا

The milking of tears is an abundant torrent

When faced with the tremendous, tearful situation

وبعدلِ نورِ الدينِ عاودَ أَفقها

من بعدِ غيمِ الغَمِّ جوّاً مُصحيا

And by the justice of the light of faith, its horizon

Returned, after the clouds of sorrow, serene

أَضحى لبهجتها معيداً بعدما

ذهبتْ وللمعروفِ فيها مُبديا

It came back to life, after it had gone, for its prosperity

And for the good among them you began

لأُمورِها متدبراً لشتاتها

متألفاً لصلاحها مُتولِّيا

Looking after their affairs, arranging their disarray

Seeking their betterment, taking responsibility

فالشّرعُ عادَ بعدلهِ مستظهراً

والحقُّ عادَ بظلِّهِ مُستذريا

Thus the Sacred Law returned, supported by his justice

And the truth returned, shaded by his shade

والدَّهرُ لاذَ بعفوهِ مستغفراً

مما جناهُ مطرقاً مُستحييا

And time sought his pardon, repenting

For what it had gathered, head bowed in embarrassment