سَقى الغيثُ يومَ النّوى تُرْبَهُ

فقدْ كان يومَ النّدى تِرْبَهُ

The rain watered the land of al-Nuway on the day of grief

While it had watered the land of al-Nada on the day of joy

وكان حُساماً لحَرْبِ العِدَى

ففلَّتْ أكُفُّ الرّدَى غرْبَهُ

It was a sword against the evil enemies

But the hands of fate made it go westward

وكان غَماماً يُحيّي الوجودَ

ويُحْيي فقدْ منعَتْ سَكْبَهُ

It was a cloud that gave life to existence

And gave life, but then its pouring was prevented

وكان سماءً لنورِ الهُدَى

فقدْ قلَبَتْ للثّرى قُطْبَهُ

It was a heaven for the light of guidance

But fate turned its pole to the ground

وكان أماناً لمنْ أمَّهُ

فَما بالها رَوَّعَتْ سِرْبَهُ

It was safety for the one who sought its refuge

But why did it frighten its drinking-place

وكان لقُصّادِهِ موْرِداً

فأمْسى وقد كدّرَتْ شِرْبَهُ

It was a watering place for its archers

But it ended up muddying its drinking water

وكان لدولةِ مَولى المُلوكِ

مُعِزّاً تودُّ العُلَى قُرْبَهُ

It was a source of glory for the state of the Master of Kings

Whose highness wished to have it near

وكان تهابُ العِدَى بطْشَهُ

فما للّيالي أتَتْ حربَهُ

The enemies used to fear its might

But why did the nights come against it with war

رَسا علَماً للهُدَى والنّدى

فأضحى وقد زَلْزلَتْ شِعْبَهُ

It hoisted a flag for guidance and dew

But it ended up shaking its hills

هَوى نجْمُهُ من سَماءِ العُلَى

مُنيراً فكان الثّرى غرْبَهُ

Its star fell from the heaven of highness

Lighting the earth as its grave

فلوْ أنصَفَ الأفْقُ منْ بعْدِما

هَوى لمْ يَبتْ مُطْلِعاً شهبَهُ

If the horizon had been just after it fell

It would not have risen shedding its meteors

ولوْ أنصفَ الغيثُ حَيّا حِمَى

فتىً لم يزَل مُرْسِلاً سُحْبَهُ

If the rain had been just to a living protector

A youth who never stopped sending its clouds

فَيا لضريحٍ ثوَى عندَهُ

غَداة أناخَ به رَكْبَهُ

Oh grave that hosts him

The morning it halted his riding

هو القبْرُ ضُمِّنَ مَنْ لم يزَلْ

منَ القصرِ لا يرْتَضي رحْبَهُ

It is the grave that was granted the one

Who never accepted the expanse of a palace as enough

أبَعْدَ عليٍّ تَرى الدّهْرَ قدْ

زَها مُظْهِراً في الوَرى عُجْبَهُ

How far `Ali is! Do you see time

Appearing to the world showing its wonders through him

وفَى للّيالي فخانَتْ عُلاهُ

وأعْتَبَها فارتَضَتْ عتْبَهُ

He was loyal to the nights but they betrayed his highness

He reproached them and they accepted his reproach

فسَلْ بالحِمى عنْ عليٍّ وقدْ

حَماها لِما اعْتَمدَتْ سَلْبَهُ

So ask the protected lands about `Ali when

They sought his support against the aggression

وجاءَتْ بكُل أبيِّ القِيادِ

فذلّلَ من عزْمِهِ صَعْبَهُ

And they came with every difficult crisis

So he made easy what was difficult with his resolve

وأبْرأَها إذ شكَتْ مُعْضِلاً

من الخَطْبِ والتَمسَتْ طِبَّهُ

And he rectified them when they complained of insoluble problems

From calamities, seeking his healing

هوَ المُلْكُ قد نوّمَتْ جَفْنَهُ

هوَ العزُّ قد قلّبَتْ قلْبَهُ

He is the kingdom whose eyelids night has put to sleep

He is the glory whose heart fate has tossed around

فهذي الإمارَةُ تُبْدي النّحيبَ

عليْهِ غَداةَ قضَى نحبَهُ

So this emirate shows lamenting

For him the morning after his star set

فمِن أعْيُنٍ فقدَتْ حُسْنَهُ

ومِن أضْلُعٍ ضُمِّنَتْ حُبَّهُ

With eyes that lost his beauty

And ribs that were granted his love

أصِنْوَ الإمامِ الهُمامِ الذي

إذا عنّ أمْرٌ كَفَى خطْبَهُ

The defender of the Imam, the resolute one who

Sufficed when a matter was difficult

لقد نهَبَتْكَ يدُ الموْتِ منْ

حِمَى مَن تَهابُ العِدَى نهْبَهُ

The hand of death has snatched you from protecting

Those whom the enemies fear to raid

فَما اعْتَمَدَ الصّبْر من بعْدِها

سوى ليُطيعَ بهِ ربَّهُ

After it, only patience was relied upon

To obey God through it

سَقاك من الغيْثِ ما قدْ حَكى

ثناؤكَ زَهْرَ الرُبَى غِبَّهُ

It gave you from the rain what has narrated

The blossoms of meadows were its absence

فكمْ موْرِدٍ لمْ تزلْ في الجهادِ

تَعافُ علَى ظمأٍ شُرْبَهُ

So how many watering places in jihad

Did you endure thirst for its drink

إلى أن تُبلّغَ دينَ الهُدَى

لدى المُلْتَقى في العِدَى إرْبَهُ

Until you conveyed the religion of guidance

To the enemies in the battle, driving them to their burrows

لكَ اللهُ كمْ ذا تلقّيْتَهُمْ

فأيّدْتَ في حرْبِهِمْ حِزْبَهُ

To you belongs, God, whenever you faced them

And supported their war party in their war

سَلوا جبَلَ الفتْحِ عن فتْحِهِ

وقد أمّل المعتَدي غَصْبَهُ

Ask the mountain of victory about its opening

When the transgressor hoped for its conquest

سَلوا في شُقورَةَ أهلَ الجِهادِ

وقد سَلّ في بابِها عَضْبَهُ

Ask the people of jihad in Shuqura

When he unleashed his anger at its gate

قضَى اللهُ أن نالَ أقصى العُلى

وها هُوَ ذا قدْ قضَى نحبَهُ

God ordained that he attain the highest highness

And here he is, after his star has set

ليُسْكِنَهُ جنّةً أُزْلِفَتْ

وأنزَلَ في وصْفِها كُتْبَهُ

To settle him in a Garden brought near

And revealed in describing it His Books

فكمْ رَحَماتٍ حمتْ لَحْدَهُ

وكم حسناتٍ محَتْ ذنْبَهُ

So how many mercies did His grace envelop!

And how many good deeds erased his sins!