بانَ بِقُربِ الخَليفَةِ التُحَفُ

مَحَلُّ صِدقٍ وَرَوضَةٌ أُنُفُ

The treasures appeared near the caliphate

An abode of truthfulness and a pleasant garden

دارٌ تَحارُ العُيونُ فيها وَلا

يَبلُغُها الواصِفونَ إِن وَصَفوا

A house that dazzles the eyes, which

The describers cannot reach even if they describe

لَم تَنتَسِب قَبلَهُ إِلى أَحَدٍ

وَلا تَحَلَّت مِنَ الأُلى سَلَفوا

It did not affiliate with anyone before him

Nor was it adorned by noble ancestors

البَحرُ وَالبَرُّ في يَدي مَلِكٍ

تُشرِقُ مِن نورِ وَجهِهِ السُدَفُ

The sea and the land are in the hands of a king

Whose face radiates like glowing embers

اِختارَها اللَهُ لِلإِمامِ الَّذي

يُنصِفُ مِن نَفسِهِ وَيَنتَصِفُ

God chose it for the Imam who

Does justice to himself and compromises

قَد عَلِمَ الناسُ أَنَّ بِالمَلِكِ ال

واثِقِ بِاللَهِ يَشرُفُ الشَرَفُ

People have known that with the king who

Trusts in God, nobility is exalted

تَبارَكَ الجامِعُ القُلوبَ عَلى

طاعَتِهِ وَالقُلوبُ تَختَلِفُ

Blessed is the unifier of hearts upon

His obedience, even though hearts differ

ما نَجَفُ الحيرَةِ الَّذي أَصِفُ

وَلا حُنَينٌ وَلا الفَتى القَصِفُ

It is not the Najaf of Hira that I describe

Nor Hunain, nor the chivalrous young man

إِن أَوحَشَ الرَبعُ مِن حُنَينَ كَما

أَوحَشَ مِن بَعدِ خُلَّةٍ سَرِفُ

If the dwellings became desolate without Hunain as

They became desolate after the departure of a companion

فَاللَّهوُ باقٍ وَفي مُخارِقَ لِل

أسماعِ مِن كُلِّ هالِكٍ خَلَفُ

Then revelry remains, and from every fallen one's

Resting place, sounds escape listening ears