لِمُبَشِّرِي بِتَمَامِ عَفوِكَ مَا طَلَبْ

مَا بَعدَهُ لِي فِي الأمَانِي مِن أرَبْ

For he who heralds Your full pardon, what else

Could I possibly desire after this boon?

وَأقلُّ شيءٍ من رِضاكَ مُحَصَّلُ

لِمؤمِّلٍُ نَيلَ السَّعادَةِ ما أحَبْ

The least bit of Your pleasure acquired

Suffices one hopeful of bliss however dear.

فإذا ظَفِرْتُ بِهِ فإنِّي آمِنٌ

لاأختَشِي جَورَ الزَّمَانِ وإن غَلَبْ

Thus, once I gain it I'll be assured,

Fearing not the tyranny of time however fierce.

وَلأنْتَ أولى أن تَعُودَ بِنَظرَةٍ

في شأنِ مَن نَادى حَنَانَكَ مِن كَثبْ

And You are more apt to glance again

Upon one imploring Your affection however oft.

الحِلمُ فِيكَ سَجِيةٌ معروُفَةٌ

يَا خَيرَ مَن يُولِي الجَمْيِلَ إذا غَلَبْ

Clemency is Your known nature

O Best of those who grace the worthy when oppressed.

أنْتُمْ شُمُوسُ هدَايَةٍ وَطُلُوعُهَا

قَد كَانَ حَسْماً للِتَّعَسُفِ وَالشَّغَبْ

You are the suns of guidance, and their rising

Curbed tyranny and discord once and for all.

خُصّصتُمُ ابْنَي حُسَينٍ بِالتي

يَرضَى بِهَا رَبُّ الشَّريِعَةِ والحَسَبْ

You singled out Hussein's son as the one

Pleasing to the Lord of Law and Judgment.

المُلْكُ أنْتُمْ أصْلُهُ وَلَكُم بِهِ

قَدَمُ التَّقَدُمِ وَالعَلِيُّ مِن الرُّتَبْ

The rule is yours, its origin, and by it

You've precedence and rank most high.

فَلِذاكَ أجرى أمْرَهُ بِسَدادِكُمْ

سَهْلاً وَتَمْضُونَ العَوِيصَ بِلا تَعَبْ

Thus He ordained its course through your integrity,

Made smooth by you however rough the road.

يَا مَن بَنَى لِلعَفْوِ بَيتاً لَمْ تَزَلْ

تَعلُو دَعَائِمُهُ عَلَى هَامِ الشُّهُبْ

O You who built forgiveness a house whose pillars

Ever rise above the summits of flame!

هَذا مَقَامُ مُعَذَّبٍ بِكَ عَائِذُ

مِن هَفوةٍ ألْقَتْهُ في طُرُقِ العَطَبْ

This is the station of one tortured by regret

Seeking refuge from a blunder that misled.

عَظُمَتْ وَلَكِنْ كَانَ عَفْوُكَ عِنْدَهَا

عَفْوَ النَّبِي عن ذَنْبِ كَعْبٍ إذ رَهَبْ

Grievous it was, but then Your pardon for it

Matched the Prophet's pardon of Ka'b's trespass.

فَاسْمَحْ بِهَا أمْنِيِّةً عُنْوَانُها

مِنكَ التَّبَسُّمُ بَعْدَ هَذاكَ الغَضَبْ

So allow it my wish whose title is

Your smiling after that, Your wrath now passed.

وَامدُدْ إلَيَّ يَداً أفُوزُ بِلَثْمِهَا

وَيُزِيلُ عَنِّي جُودُهَا هَذا النَّصَبُ

And extend to me a hand I'll be blessed to kiss,

Its munificence lifting this burden I bear.

دَامَتْ حَياتُكُمُ وعَزَّ جِنابُكُمْ

مَا نَالَ رَاجٍ مِنْكُمُ مَا قَدْ طَلَبْ

May Your life endure, and might inviolate,

As long as one seeking nears however remote!