زَيْنُ صُدُورِ المَحْفَلِ

بَنو حُسَينِ بْنِ عَلِي

The adornment of the gathering halls

The sons of Hussein son of Ali

أهلُ الوَفَاءِ وَالنُّهَى

مِنَ الطِّرَازِ الأولِ

The people of loyalty and prohibition

Of the finest class

فِي مُلكِهِمْ جَلاَلَةٌ

وَكَونُهُ لَهُمْ جَلِي

In their kingdom is majesty

And it being for them manifest

سِيرَتُهُمْ حَمِيدَةٌ

قَامَتْ بِهَديِ الرُّسُلِ

Their conduct is praiseworthy

It was established by the guidance of the Messengers

حَتى غَدَتْ دَولَتُهُمْ

تُغْبَطُ بَينَ الدُّولِ

Until their state became

Envied among the states

العَفْوُ وَالحِلْمُ لَهُمْ

طَبِيعَةٌ لَمْ تَزَلِ

Clemency and forbearance are for them

A nature that has not ceased

قَدْ وَرِثُوهَا خَلَفاً

عَنْ سَلَفٍ مفَضلِ

They inherited it successively

From a predecessor with merit

لاَ يَكْبُر الذَّنْبُ لَهُمْ

وَلَو غَدَا كَالجَبَلِ

No sin is too big for them

Even if it becomes like a mountain

بَلْ رُبَّمَا عَدُّوا الذي

أذْنَبَ مِثلَ المُفْضَلِ

But sometimes they count the one who

Sinned like the esteemed one

وَأبغَضُ الناسِ لَهُمْ

وَاشٍ أتَى بِالخَلَلِ

And the most hated of people to them

Is a slanderer who came with defect

عَسَاهُمُ أنْ يَأخُذوا

فِي خِطَّتِي بِالأمثَلِ

May they take

In my path with examples

وَيَهَبُوا إسَاءتِي

لِعَفوِهِمْ عَنْ زَلَلِي

And pardon my wrongdoing

By their forgiving my lapses

فَإنَّني مُعْتَرِفٌ

بِمَا جَنَتْهُ أنْمُلِي

For I admit

What my fingers have harvested

وَفَضْلهمْ أوسَعُ مِنْ

جِنَايَتي وَخَطَلِي

And their merit is more expansive than

My crime and error

فَاللهُ يُبقِيهِمْ كَمَا

شَاءُوا بِنَيلِ الأمَلِ

So may God maintain them as

They have wished in attaining hope