أيا رنة الناعي عبثتِ بسمعي

فأججتِ نارَ الحُزنِ ما بينَ أضلُعي

O mourner, you have disturbed my hearing

And kindled the fire of sorrow in my ribs

وأخرستِ منّي مِقولاً ذا براعةٍ

يصُوغُ أفانينَ القريضِ المُوشّعِ

And made me speechless of eloquent words

That compose the melodies of embellished poetry

نعيتِ اليَّ الجودَ والباسَ والحِجا

فأوقفتِ آمالي وأجريتِ أدمُعي

You mourned to me generosity, courage and protection

So you stopped my hopes and let my tears flow

رويداً فقد فاجأتِني بقطيعةٍ

يضيقُ بها صدرُ الفضاءِ المُوسّعِ

Slowly, for you surprised me with a separation

That squeezes the expanse of my broadened chest

أبا جعفرٍ يا باني المجدِ بعدما

تهدَّمَ ركنُ المجدِ في كلِّ موضعِ

O Abu Ja'far, O builder of glory after

The pillar of glory was destroyed everywhere

ويا كافلَ الاسلامِ في كلِّ موطنٍ

وراعي رعاةِ الدّينِ في كلِّ مجمعِ

And O guardian of Islam in every homeland

And shepherd of the shepherds of religion in every gathering

ومن كنتُ أرجو أنَّني في زمانهِ

أُبادرُ ايامَ الزّمانِ المضيَّعِ

I hoped that in his time

I would start the days of the lost era

فأستدرِكُ الماضي بفضلِ تضرُّعٍ

واستقبلُ الآتي بدرعِ تورُّعِ

So I would make up for the past with pleading

And face the future with the shield of devoutness

أحقاً طوتكَ الحادثاتُ كما طَوت

قروناً مَضت مشن عهدِ كسرى وتُبّعِ

Indeed, incidents folded you as

Past centuries folded the era of Chosroes and Tubba

وغالك ريبُ الدهرِ والدهرُ جائرٌ

اذا صالَ لا يُبقى وان حال لا يعي

And the turns of fate betrayed you, and fate is unjust

If it changes, it does not remain, and if it stays, it does not last

فأيأس آمالا تدانى غناؤها

فراحت بفقرٍ من رجائِكَ مُدقعِ

So hopes, whose wishes were approaching, despaired

And went away in poverty from hoping in you

دعا باسمكَ الناعي على حينِ غفلةٍ

فأصمى سويداءَ الفؤادِ المصدَّعِ

The mourner called your name suddenly

Deafening the lucid heart

فقلتُ وانِّي في الفصاحةِ قسُّها

مقالةُ مسلوبِ الرويّةِ ألكَع

So I said, though I am no eloquent speaker

My words are like those of one whose tongue is split

أيا دهرُ قد أمّنتني كلَّ خيفةٍ

فلستُ لِميتٍ بَعدهُ بِمُفجّعِ

O fate, you have secured me from every fear

So I am no longer in anguish over the dead after him

فغُل كل مأمورٍ وكلَّ مُؤمّرٍ

وخُذ بعده يا دهرُ من شِئت أودعِ

So take every appointed one and every appointer

And after him take, O fate, whoever you want to take

ولو كانَ خطبُ الموت يقبلُ فديةً

ويدفعُهُ سعيُ الكميِّ المدرعِ

And if death would accept a ransom

And be warded off by the efforts of the armored warrior

فديتُكَ بالنفسِ النفيسةِ طائعاً

ودافعتُ بالجيشِ اللُّهامِ الممنَّعِ

I would ransom you willingly with my precious soul

And defend with an army, strong and unassailable

بضربِ طليقِ الكفِّ حرّانَ ثائرٍ

وطعنِ ربيطِ الجأشُ في الرَّوعِ أروعِ

With the strikes of nimble hands raging

And the stabs of courageous lances on the fearful necks

ببيضٍ تقُدُّ البيضُ من حَرِّ وقعِها

وسُمرٍ ترُدُّ القِرنَ قاني المُقنّعِ

With whites whose striking dazzles

And browns whose thrust repels the mailed warrior

وكلِّ فتىً يلقى المنايا بصدرِهِ

بقلبٍ ثبُوتٍ لا بقلبٍ مُزعزعِ

And every young man who meets death with his chest

With a steadfast, not wavering, heart

يقضُّون بُنيانَ المقانبِ في الوغى

بكبّاتِ آسادٍ مشابيلَ جُوّعِ

They would destroy the towers of adversaries in battle

With roaring lions and hungry wolves

ولكنَّه من لا يُنافي ويلتقي

ببذلِ فداءٍ أو بأطرافِ شُرّعِ

But one who does not confront and meet

With self-sacrifice or with unveiled spears

لقد كنتَ لي حصناً حصيناً من العدى

اليه التفاتي في الخطوبِ ومفزعي

You were indeed a strong fortress protecting me from harm

To which I resorted in hardships and troubles

وعارِضَ جودٍ منه أستنزلُ النّدا

فأُسقى بغيثٍ من عطاياهُ مُمرِعِ

A generous cloud from which I draw rain

So I am quenched with a pouring from his gifts

فأضحي ومِن بحرِ المكارمِ مَشربي

وأمسي وفي روضِ المواهب مَرتَعي

Thus I start my day drinking from the sea of virtues

And end it grazing in the meadow of favors

سأبكيهِ أيامَ الحياةِ وان أمت

بَكتهُ عِظامي في قرارةِ مَضجعي

I will lament him all my life and if I die

My bones will cry for him in the stillness of my grave

وأشكرُهُ شكرَ الثّرى لسمائهِ

بِدُرٍّ من اللَفظِ البليغِ المُرصّعِ

And I will thank him with the thanks of earth for its rain

With a pearl of eloquent embellished words

وما كِلفٌ بالشيْ مثلُ مكلفٍ

ولا داعياتُ الطبعِ مثلُ التطبُّعِ

And not everyone tasked with something is like one volunteering

Nor are natural inclinations like affectations

ولا كلُّ من يُولي جميلاً بشاكرٍ

ولا كلُّ من يُدعى خطيباً بمِصقعِ

Nor is everyone who does a favor a thankful one

Nor is everyone called an orator an eloquent speaker

هو المرءُ أدناني فأبعدَ غايتي

ووسَّع في ذَرعي وطوّلَ أذرُعي

He who brought my goal nearer and widened

My reach and lengthened my outstretched arms

فتىً بدأ الاحسانَ حيّاً وميِّتاً

بفرطِ اصطناعٍ لا بفرطِ تَصنُّعِ

A young man who started benevolence, alive and dead

With sincere goodwill, not insincere pretense

بإسداءِ معروفٍ وألغاءِ مُنكرٍ

وتسكينِ مسلوبِ الجنانِ مُروَّعِ

By doing good and forbidding evil

And comforting the frightened dispossessed soul

وتسليمهُ تاجَ الخلافةِ بعده

الى خيرِ مدعوٍّ وأوثقِ مُودعِ

And handing over the crown of the caliphate after him

To the best trustee and most entrusted one

هَوى قمرُ العلياءِ من بُرجِ سعدِه

فأطلعَ شمسَ المجدِ من خيرِ مَطلعِ

The moon of the elite set from its horizon of fortune

So the sun of glory rose from the best rising place

بِفرعٍ نَما مِن دوحةٍ ظاهريَّةٍ

نَما عَرفُها عن طيبِها المتضوَّعِ

With a branch that grew from an evident Arab trunk

Whose fragrance is known by the anointed

بمستعصمٍ باللَه منتصرٍ له

بِحزمِ التأني لا بحزم التسرُّعِ

Al-Mu'tasim billah, supporter of God, victorious through him

With the wisdom of deliberation, not the haste of recklessness

أقامَ منارَ الملكِ بعدَ اعوجاجهِ

وشيّدَ واهي الدّينِ بعدَ التضعضعِ

He erected the Minaret of the Kingdom after its leaning

And rebuilt the shaken religion after its weakness

بإقدامِ منصورٍ وعزمةِ قادرٍ

وسيرةِ مهديٍّ وأخباتِ طَيِّعِ

With the resolve of al-Mansur and the determination of al-Qadir

And the conduct of al-Mahdi and the calmness of al-Tayyib

به رجعت شمسُ المكارمِ والعُلى

كما رجعت شمسُ النّهارِ ليُوشعِ

Through him returned the sun of virtues and sublimity

As the sun of day returned for Joshua

ففرّقَ شملَ المالِ بعدَ اجتماعهِ

وجمّعَ أشتاتَ العلاءِ الموزَّعِ

So he divided the gathered wealth after its assembling

And gathered the dispersed elite after their dispersal

سأشكرُ للأيامِ حيلةَ بُرئها

لإِبلالِ قلبٍ بالرزيّةِ مُوجعِ

I will thank the days for their cunning in their prime

For revering a heart grieved with tragedy

بإقبالِها تُزهى بأكرمِ مُودعِ

وان تكُ قد ولّت بخيرِ مُودَّعِ

For adorning themselves with the most generous departed one

Though they have turned after the best trustee

ولائي لكم يا آل أحمدَ صادقٌ

اذا مانَ مَذّاقٌ ونَمّقَ مُدَّعِ

My loyalty to you, O Family of Ahmed, is sincere

If flavors are tested and claims are verified

واني لشيعي المحبّة فيكم

وان لم يشن ديني غلوّ التشيُّعِ

And I am a follower of love for you

Even if my religion does not endorse extremist partisanship

فلي مِن نداكم خَفضُ عيشٍ مُرفّهٍ

ولي في ذُراكم عزُّ قدرٍ مُرفّعِ

From your assistance I have an easy, comfortable living

And through your company I have lofty, elevated honor