طالَ بِالهَمِّ لَيلُكَ المَوصولُ

وَاللَيالي وُعورَةٌ وَسُهولُ

Your long, unbroken night of anxiety

And the nights are treacherous and vast

وَاِنقَضى صَبرُكَ الجَميلُ وَما يَب

قى عَلى الحادِثاتِ صَبرٌ جَميلُ

Your beautiful patience has run out, and no

Beautiful patience remains for events

أَيقَنَت مِرَّةُ الحَوادِثِ أَن لَي

سَ إِلى الإِنتِصارِ مِنها سَبيلُ

The turns of fate realized there is for them

No way to triumph over us

فَهيَ تُبلي وَتسَتَجِدُّ وَتَستَب

دِلُ مِنّا وَلَيسَ مِنها بَديلُ

So they wear us down, beg, and seek

To replace us, but there is no substitute

كَلُّ شَيءٍ إِذا اِعتَلَلتَ عَليلُ

وَشَكاةُ الإِمامِ خَطبٌ جَليلُ

When anything is diseased, it becomes sick

And the Imam's suffering is momentous

أَيُّ خَطبٍ أَجَلُّ مِن أَن يُرى جِس

مُكَ قَد مَسَّهُ الضَنى وَالنُحولُ

What suffering greater than seeing your body

Wasted by care and emaciation?

كادِتِ الأَرضُ أَن تَميدَ لِشَكوا

كَ وَكادَت لَها الجِبالُ تَزولُ

The earth almost collapsed from your complaint

And mountains nearly crumbled

وَاِستَحالَ النَهارُ وَاللَيلُ حَتّى

كادَ أن يَسبِقَ الغُدُوَّ الأَصيلُ

Day and night were transformed until

Dawn seemed about to outrun the morn

وَرَأَيتُ الأُمورَ حَسرى كَليلا

تٍ وَهَل يَلبَثُ الحَسيرُ الكَليلُ

I saw affairs as greatly disappointing

Does the deeply disappointed remain so little?

وَسَلا مُغرَمٌ وَلَيسَ بِسالٍ

وَتَجافى عَنِ الخَليلِ خَليلُ

A lover, not loving, and a friend

The friend shunned by a friend

وَلِهَت أَنفُسٌ وَكادَت مِنَ الوَج

دِ عُيونٌ مَعَ الدُموعِ تَسيلُ

Souls swooned and eyes overflowed

With tears, about to pour forth

وَشَكا الدينُ ما شَكَوتَ مِنَ العِل

لةِ شَكوى قَد اِجتَوَتها العُقولُ

Religion complained of what you complained of

Minds encompassed by tribulation

فَإِذا ما سَلِمتَ فَهوَ سَليمٌ

وَإِذا ما اِعتَلَلتَ فَهوَ عَليلُ

So when you are well, it is well

And when you are sick, it is sick

ثُمَّ لَمّا أَقالَكَ اللَهُ لِلِّدي

نِ وَصَحَّت فُروعُهُ وَالأُصول

Then when God relieved you for religion

And its branches and roots grew healthy

أَنِسَ البُردُ وَالقَضيبُ وَهَزَّ ال

مُلكُ عِطفَيهِ وَاِستَبانَ السَبيلُ

Winter and staff were glad, and the

Ruler shook his shoulders, the way clear

وَاِطمَأَنَّت زَلازِلُ الشَرقِ وَالغَر

بِ وغاضَت عَن الصُدورِ الذُحولُ

The quakes of East and West calmed

And sorrows left hearts

وَاِستَقَرَّت حَوادِثٌ ذَلَّ فيها

عِزُّ قَومٍ وَعَزَّ فيها الذَليلُ

Events settled in which the glory

Of some peoples rose and the abased

وَاِرعَوى ظالِمٌ وَكَفَّ جَهولٌ

وَأَظَلَّ الوَلِيَّ ظِلٌّ ظَليلُ

An oppressor was watched and a fool stopped

And the guardian kept a great shade

فَهَنيئاً لِلمُلكِ صِحَّةُ راعي

هِ وَلِلدّينِ عِزُّهُ المَوصولُ

So congratulations for the health of the shepherd of the kingdom

And the continuous glory of religion

جَعفَرٌ وَجهُهُ يَدُلُّ عَلى الخَي

رِ وَكَلُّ اِمرِىءٍ عَلَيهِ دَليلُ

Ja'far, his face shows goodness

And each person has evidence of him

مَلِكٌ يُصحِبُ المُلوكَ وَيُشكي

وَتَصولُ الأَرضونَ حينَ يَصولُ

A king who advises kings and laments

When the lands rage as he rages

حَسبُكَ اللَهُ ناصِراً إِذ تَوَكَّل

تَ عَلى اللَهِ وَهوَ نِعمَ الوَكيلُ

God suffices you as a helper when

You trust in God, an excellent trustee

أَنتَ ميثاقُنا الَّذي أَخَذَ اللَ

هُ عَلَينا وَعَهدُهُ المَسؤولُ

You are our covenant that God took

From us, His responsibility

بِكَ تَزكو الصَلاةُ وَالصَومُ وَالحَج

جُ وَيَزكو التَسبيحُ وَالتَهليلُ

By you, prayer, fasting and hajj improve

And the glorification and praise of God

وَإِذا ما نَصَرتَ شَيئاً فَمَنصو

رٌ وَإِلّا فَحائِنٌ مَخذولُ

When you help something, you are helped

Otherwise a defeated loser

مَن يَكُن شُغلُهُ بِغَيرِكَ يُرضي

هِ فَإِنّي عَن شغلِهِ مَشغولُ

Whoever's preoccupation is other than pleasing you

I am preoccupied with his preoccupation

أَنا أَشكو إِلَيكَ قَسوَةَ قَلبي

كَيفَ لَم يَنصَدِع وَأَنتَ عَليلُ

I complain to you of the hardness of my heart

Why has it not split apart and you are sick?

بِأَبي أَنتَ ما أَعَزَّ بِكَ الحَق

قَ وَإِن كانَ مُسعِديكَ قَليلُ

By my father, you made truth mighty

Though few support you

مَذهبي واضِحٌ وَأَصلي خُراسا

نُ وَعِزّي بِعِزِّكُم مَوصولُ

My doctrine is clear, my origin Khorasan

And through your glory my glory is continuous