على باب خَيْرِ الخلق أوقفني قصدي

لعلمي بأنّ المصطفى واسعُ الرفد

At the door of the best of creation, my purpose led me,

For I knew that the Chosen One has abundant generosity.

وقد جِئْتُهُ لاَ عِلْمَ عندي ولا تُقىً

ولكنّ كلّ الخبث يا سيّدي عندي

I came to him with no knowledge or piety,

But rather, all evil is with me, my master.

فيَا مَنْ وجود الكائناتِ بأسرها

به أتَرى غَيِّي وعندكمُ رشدي

O you, by whose existence all beings altogether,

Do you see my error, while with you is my guidance?

ونفحة جودٍ منك يا أَجْوَدَ الورى

لَعَمرِيَ وَجْدٌ مَا لَهُ بعدُ مِنْ فقدِ

A breath of your generosity, O most generous of mankind,

By my life, has no loss after finding.

توسّلت بالصّدّيق خلِّك والذي

مِرَاراً أتى التنزيل وِفْقَ الذي يُبْدِي

I sought intercession through the Truthful, your uncle, and he

Who the revelation came to repeatedly, according to what it indicates,

وعثمان ذي النّورين مَن حَيِيَت له

ملائك فاسْتَحْيَيْتَ من وجهه الوردي

And Uthman of the two lights, he whose life

The angels were shy before his rosy face.

وحمزة والعبّاس والصحب كلّهم

ولا سيّما آلٍ خصوصاً ذوي وِد

And Hamza, al-Abbas and all the companions,

Especially the Family, those of affection.

أَبَا حَسَنٍ بابَ العلوم ومن أتى

بنوه بحُوراً عَذْبُها دائمُ المَدِّ

Abu al-Hasan, the door to knowledge, and he who came

With his sons as fresh seas, constant in flow.

بهم جئتُ يا خير الورى متوسّلاً

أرى أنّني أَلْحَحْتُ في مطلبي جهدي

Through them I came, O best of creation, seeking intercession.

I see that I struggled my utmost in my request.

وحاشا لهم أنّي أَخِيب وقد أتى

بأسمائهم نظمي فرائدَ في عِقْدِ

Far be it from them that I am disappointed, and I brought

Their names in the string of my poem’s pearls.

أَدَرْتُ بهم أَفْلاَكَ أمري كما تَرى

بُروجاً ولكن كلُّها مَطْلَعُ السَّعْدِ

I harnessed through them the orbits of my matter, as you see,

Constellations, but all of them rise to good fortune.

هُمُ حَسَنٌ ثم الحسينُ ونجلُه

عليُّ الذي زان العبادة بالزّهدِ

They are Hasan, then Husayn, and his son

Ali, who adorned worship with asceticism.

وبَاقِرٌ علم وهو والدُ جعفرٍ

أبي الكاظم القرم الهُمامِ بلا جَحْدِ

And Baqir, a sea of knowledge, and father of Ja’far,

My master Abi al-Kasim, the brave without denial.

عليّ الرّضا ثم الجواد محمّد

عليّ التقى والعسكريُّ أبو المهدي

Ali ar-Rida, then al-Jawad Muhammad,

Ali at-Taqi, and al-Askari, father of al-Mahdi.

وسيّدنا المهدي الذي سوف تنجلي

به ظلمات الْجَوْرِ والزّيْغِ عن حدِّ

And our master al-Mahdi, through whom

The darkness of tyranny and deviation will disappear.

فها أنا مُدْلٍ يا كريمُ بجاههم

وحاشا لهم أنّي أُقابَلُ بالرَّدِّ

So here I am, pleading, O Generous, through their status,

Far be it from them that I am met with refusal!

وصلّى عليك اللّهُ ما أنت أَهْلُهُ

وَسَلَّمَ تسليماً تَقَدَّسَ عن عَدِّ

And may Allah send His prayers upon you, as much as you deserve,

And peace, an eternal peace, beyond counting.

وآلك والأصحاب طرّا وتابع

وبعدُ فَذَا ذُلّي لجدواك يَسْتَجْدِي

And upon your Family, and the companions, foremost and followers.

Thereafter, here I am, humbled before your generosity, seeking help.