هاتِ لي يا سُعْدُ عن أهِل الحمى

خبراً يُذهِبُ مَا بي مِن ظَما

Tell me, O Sa'd, of the people of ardour

News that takes away what is in me of grief

ومتَى حَدّثتَ عن كاظمةٍ

إحْكِ لي مَا فعلتْ ذاتُ اللِّمَا

And whenever you talked about Kaadhimah

Relate to me what she who has grace did

وعَنِ الحيّ بنجدٍ إِنّ لي

مقلةً مذ فارقوها في عَمى

And about Al-Hayy of Najd, I have

A protected one since they left it in blindness

كنتُ أبكي أدْمُعاً مِن هجرهم

ثم بانَوا فجرى دمعي دَمَا

I used to cry tears from their estrangement

Then they appeared so my tears flowed blood

مطر بارقة من لوعتي

وحياة من جفوني إن هما

A rain of lightning from my burning anguish

And life from my eyelids if they are both

مَطَرٌ من مُقْلتي في وَجْنتي

هذه الأرض وهاتيك السما

A rain from my protected one in my cheek

This land and those heavens

أيُّها الرائح إنْ جزتَ على

خيمٍ بالرمِل فاتِ الخِيمَا

O you who travel, if you passed by

Tents in the sand then pass by the tents

ومتى حزتَ بوادي سَلمٍ

فسلِ الوادي وَحيّ السَّلَمَا

And whenever you passed by Wadi Salam

Then ask the valley and greet the two salams

سَلْ ديارَ الحي عن ساكِنها

هل ينْبيك فصيح أعجما

Ask the abode of Al-Hayy about its dwellers

Does the eloquent foreigner wail to you

آه ما بي آه ما في أضلعي

من جوى يظهرُ مهما كُتِمَا

Oh what is in me, oh what is in my ribs

Of an inner pain that appears however suppressed

لا تذكرني زمَاناً باللِّوى

فاتَ عنّي عيشهُ فانصَرَما

Do not remind me of a time of passion

Its livelihood has passed me by and withdrawn

وتبصّر كبدي بل كمدي

سِتري جمْر الغضا بينهما

And let my liver see, nay let my stomach

See the embers of my youth between them

يا أهيل الحيّ من كاظمةٍ

لم أَيت بينَكمُ مُهْتَضَمَا

O people of Al-Hayy from Kaadhimah

I have not seen myself degraded among you

لي منكم ذمةٌ مرْعيّةٌ

والكريمُ الحرُّ يَرْعى الذّمَمَا

I have a covenant with you that is kept

And the noble free man keeps covenants

أنتمَ سمعي وأنتم ناظري

وفؤادي حَيْثُما كنتم هُمَا

You are my hearing and you are my seeing

And my heart wherever you two are

لو ذهبتم بسَوادي ناظري

وفؤادي لم أقلْ وآندمَا

If you took away the sight of my eyes

And my heart, I would not say and regret

يا بُريقَ الغورمَالي باكياً

كلّما رفرفتَ لي مُبْتسما

O lightening of Al-Ghor flash weeping

Whenever you fluttered to me smiling

لُحْتَ يا برقُ يمانيًّا وقد

أشْأمتْ داري فيمَنْ أشأما

You shone, O Yemini lightening, and

My abode became desolate in whoever became desolate

تتلأَلأُ بسهامٍ وأَنا

بخَزازي وَهْيَ نأي المُرْتما

Flashing with arrows while I

With my bow, alas the shunner of sleep

بحياة الْحبّ يا برقُ متى

جئت شريافاً فكنْ مُبْتسَما

By the life of love, O lightning, whenever

You came pouring then be smiling

وأمْطرالسَّوْح العُواجي فَمَا

زِلْتُ مُعرى بهواه مُغْرما

And rain upon the rugged plateau for I

Still am enamored with his love, addicted

وَأَنِخْ بابن الحُسين إِنّه

غُصُنٌ في تُرْبةِ القُدسِ نما

And roar at the son of Al-Husayn, he is

A branch in the soil of Al-Quds slumbering

فإِذَا جئت سمّي المُصْطَفى

وهو مثلُ البدرِ يجلو الظُّلَمَا

So if you come, name Al-Mustafa

And he is like the full moon dispelling the darkness

ووعيتَ القول وهو في

علمِه الكوني كالبحرِ طَمَا

And wake the saying while it is in

His infinite knowledge like the swelling sea

تنظرُ الطُوسي والكَرْخي

والملك الْبجلّي ديناً قيّمَا

You see Al-Tusi and Al-Kirmani

And the king Al-Bujaili a valuable religion

وأطلُب الخضر تجدّه حيثما

سار ذاك الشخصُ أو ماخيَّما

And seek Al-Khidr you will find him wherever

That venerable figure walked or camped

صفوةُ الله وظلُّ الله مَنْ

يَعْتصم بالحبل منه عُصِمَا

The elite of Allah and the shadow of Allah whoever

Holds firm to the rope from Him is protected

والرَّحيمُ البَرُّ والله كما

قيلَ في الكُتْبِ يُحِبُّ الرَّحما

And the Merciful, the Righteous, and Allah as

It is said in the Books loves mercy

كم حَمَى سِرْباً وأوى نازحاً

وجلاَ كرباً وأغنى عَدَمَا

How many lovers he sheltered and housed the displaced

And relieved worries and enriched the destitute

يَهْدمُ المالَ لكي يبني العُلاَ

هل رأيتم بانياً مَا هَدَمَا

He destroys wealth in order to build the heights

Have you seen a builder who did not destroy

قسَمَ اللهُ به الرزقَ ولَوْ

لم تَكُنْ راحتُه مَا قَسَما

Allah apportioned rizq through him even if

His own comfort was not apportioned

أتعب السَّاعين في أثاره

ورأه جَيْشُهم فانْهزما

He tired the strivers in his traces

And their army saw him so they retreated

عرفوا تقصيرَهم فاقْتصروا

من يساوي بالسنامِ المنْسِمَا

They recognized their shortcomings so they accepted less

Who can equal the towering mountain

إِنَّما أنكره مُنْكِرُهم

قبلُ لمّا جَهِلوا مَا عَلِمَا

They denied him only because they

Were ignorant before of what they knew

سُيّرتْ سُفنُهُم في بحرِه

فهوت في قعره والْتَطَمَا

Their ships sailed in his sea

So they sank in its depth and were destroyed

واعادَ الحرَّ منهم حائراً

وثَنِيَ المِنْطِيقُ منهم مُفْحَمَا

And he returned the lost from them confused

And the pulpit from them was muted

واجمع السّر فيه هل ترى

كلّ ذي نابٍ يُسَمَّى ضَيْغمَا

And gather the secret in him, do you see

Every one with fangs called a lion?

قد بلونا مجدَه في صَبْره

وروينَا ما رأينا عَنْهُمَا

We have tested his glory in his patience

And tasted what we saw from them

وشهدنا كرماً ملء الفضا

مُنذ نشأ لم يتعاظمْ كرمَا

And we witnessed a generosity filling the horizon

Since he arose, generosity did not grow greater

يا أبا عبد الاله إسمع فكم

مَسْمَعٍ أذهَبْتَ عنه الْصَّمَمَا

O Abu Abdillah, hear for how many

Deaf you have removed deafness

أنا بَعْض مِنْك والكفّ على

كل حالٍ لا تضيعُ المِعْصَما

I am but part of you, and holding

Always, do not let go of the handhold

قد تمسكتُ باهدابك من

أسْهُمِ الدهر إذا الدهر رمى

I have clung to your doorhandle from

The arrows of fate whenever fate shot

ولزمتُ العروة الوثقى الَّتي

منك لا يشقَى بها مَنْ لَزِما

And held firm to the firmest handhold which

From you, none who holds to it will be wretched

لاَ لدُنْيا بَلْ لِديْن مَعْهَا

ولأخْرَى وَلمَا بَيْنَهُمَا

No, not for the world but for the religion with it

And the Hereafter and what is between them

ومُحتُّ القومِ منهم يا أبا

أحمدٍ والودُّ يحكي الرُّحمَا

And the loving people from them, O father

Of Ahmad, and the affection narrates the womb

كلبُ أهلِ الكهف قد نال بهم

شرفُ الْصحبةِ لمّا انتظما

The dog of the People of the Cave gained through them

The honor of companionship when they gathered