مصاب طبق السبق الشدادا

أسىً وأمال من مضر عمادا

Struck with grief, sorrow and hope from Mudar lineage,

And settled near Zawra’a with affliction and mourning,

وحل بجانب الزوراء رزء

رمى كبد الهدى ورمى الرشادا

He discarded the liver of guidance and discarded righteousness,

And brought upon Karkh a misfortune that extended,

أصاب الكرخ حادثه فألقى

على وادي الغري أسى فمادا

Upon the valley of Gharra, sorrow that sprawled,

He raised over Iraq dust of grief,

أثار على العراق غبار حزن

يرى وجه النهار به سوادا

That made the face of day see it as gloom,

Time played tricks taking all as captives,

أباد اللضه ريب الدهر جمعاً

أيدري من بحادثه أبادا

Who knows who it took with its mischief?

It struck Al-Hasan Al-Muftada in Sarraf,

أصاب بصرفه الحسن المفدى

فذر على بني العليا رمادا

And scattered upon the Alid family ashes,

A leader mighty in religion, missed,

إماماً عز في الدين افتقاداً

وجل مصاب من عز إفتقادا

And momentous an affliction of one mighty missed,

He twisted a strong palm frond bent,

لوى زنداً عصاماً من لوي

فشلت معصماً وخبت زنادا

So the wrist failed and the kindling went out,

And it shattered the glory of its Hashimite people,

وهشم مجد هاشمها وأزرى

نزار وجد للعليا حدادا

Helpless, the Alids wore black in mourning,

His elegizer announced him, stealing endurance,

نعى ناعيه فاستلب اصطباراً

وأثبت لوعةً ونفى رقادا

And instilled agony, banishing any rest,

Yes, had the elegizer known whom he elegized,

نعم لو كان يعلم من نعاه

نعي فضلاً وعلماً مستفادا

Elegizing favor and gained knowledge,

A fortified and fertile stronghold,

نعي حصناً منيعاً بل وخصباً

ربيعاً بل نعى الشرف التلادا

A verdant spring, he elegized honor itself,

The uncle of its obtainer was lost, so it spread,

فقيد عم عم نائله فعمت

رزينت البوادي والبلادا

The abodes and countries were in grief laden,

Oh you of refined manners, days and fate,

فيا لمهذب ما أخطأته

يد الأيام والقدر انتقادا

Have not erred in choosing him as their critique,

Why did the nights not grant him their turn,

فلم لا ناله صرف الليالي

وكان لصرفهن هو العمادا

When he was for their turns the pillar?

They took his lead, and for so long,

ملكن قياده ولطالما قد

تملك من أزمتها قيادا

From their crises, he took the lead,

And were it not for my solace in my eminent brother,

ولولا سلوتي بأخي المعالي

لأركان الندى والفخر شادا

The pillars of dew and pride would have collapsed,

Through Ibrahim, lofty in his transcendence,

بإبراهيم من شمخت علاه

فجاوز سمكها السبع الشدادا

Beyond its height, the ferocious lions,

I would not have ventured a path for solace,

لما يممت للسلوى سبيلاً

ولا أملت للجلي نفادا

Nor imagined for glory any limits,

A youth in his traits you find intellect,

فتىً بصفاته تلقى ذكاءً

ضياءً أو جلاء أو بعادا

Brilliance or clarity or wisdom,

If it grew, nothing would be above his distinction,

إذا ما طال لا يعلوه شأوٍ

ومهما قال لا يعدو سدادا

And whatever he said, nothing beyond propriety,

He led the world in merits and forbearance,

وساد على الورى فضلاً وحلماً

كذلك من أطاع اللضه سادا

Thus, those who obey Allah are led,

Oh son of the two most benevolent, sublime and proud,

فيابن الأكرمين علا وفخراً

واندى من أفاد ندى وجادا

More radiant than one who benefits, radiates and is generous,

If the world calls for knowledge to rise,

إذا نادى الورى علماً برفع

فأنت ونور عزتك المنادى

You and the light of your dignity are called,

I convey condolences to you, and for me is an affliction,

سلمت لك العزاء ولي بغر

هدوا بسنا منارهم العبادا

They gifted us with loss of their guiding minarets,

Through children who rose in merits and kinship,

بأبناء سموا فضلاً وقربى

بهم نسطوا إذا ما الدهر عادى

With them we attacked when time opposed,

With Abbas the lofty in the open desert,

بعباس المنيف على البرايا

وأفضلها وأطولها نجادا

The best and tallest of them in glory,

He sought the heights as a child and galloped,

سعى نحو العلى طفلاً وأجرى

بميدان الفخار له جيادا

In the field of pride, his steeds dashed,

And Ja’far who has an evident nobility,

وجعفر من له شرف جلي

فجلى في السباق وقد أجادا

So he shone in rivalry when adept,

And Musa who the glories,

وموسى من توسمت المعالي

بغرته المكارم والرشادا

In his youth, foretold of virtues and righteousness,

Your like cannot be encompassed by any herder,

ثناكم لا يحيط به يراع

ولو كن البحار له مدادا

Even if the seas were his inkwell,

By my life, I am the one consoled,

لعمري إنني لأنا المعزى

برزء خصني وجداً سهادا

With an affliction that singled me out and burned,

It took my mind and was a habit for it,

كبا فكري وكان العهد فيه

قديماً حائز السبق الجوادا

Of old, the precedence and generous horse,

So the fragrance of heavens scent his grave,

فراوح رائح الرضوان قبراً

سمى بابن النبي علا وغادى

Named as the son of the Prophet, sublime and departed,