قُلْت إِذا القَوْل أَسْتَتَب أَجْمَلُهْ

وَمَنْ تَلا الصِدْق أَصَابَ مِقْوَلُهْ

When speech is complete, its beauty shines,

And he who speaks truthfully hits his mark.

إِنَّ سُلَيْمانَ إِذَا تَسْتَنْفِلْهُ

أَهْنَأُ مُعْطِي نائِلٍ وَأَنْوَلُهْ

Solomon, when petitioned,

Is the most generous giver, fulfilling hopes.

يُعْطِيكَ عَفْواً وَيَلِينُ أَسْهَلُهْ

يَأْمُرُ بِالمَعْرُوفِ ثُمَّ يَفْعَلُهْ

He forgives you and makes easy his gentleness,

Commands right then does it himself.

كَأَنَّما يُعْطَى الَّذِي يُسْتَخْبلُهْ

وَلا يَظُنُّ الدَهْرَ فَضْلاً يَفْضُلُهْ

As if what he gives is asked back from him,

And he doesn’t consider time's favor upon him a favor.

كَمْ مِنْ دَمٍ فَوْقَ دَمٍ تَحَمَّلُهْ

قُمْتَ بِهِ لَمْ يَتَّضِعْك أَجْلَلُهْ

How much blood did he take on

That you undertook and its weight did not humble you.

أَعانَك اللَّهُ فَخَف أَثْقَلُهْ

عَلَيْكَ مَأْجُوراً وَأَنْتَ جَمَلُهْ

God helped you so its heaviest burden was lightened,

Upon you with reward, and you are its sum.

أَثَابَكَ اللَّهُ بِمَا تَأَوَّلُهْ

رَوْحاً يُجَلِّي كُلَّ غَمٍّ فَيْصَلُهْ

May God reward you for what you interpreted,

With a spirit that clears away every worry that afflicts it

وَحامِلٍ لَمْ يَدْرِ أَيْنَ مَسْأَلُهْ

طَحْطَحَهُ مَعْلُ سِنِينَ تَمْعَلُهْ

And a carrier who didn't know where his question was,

Befuddled by the evils of years that confused him,

حَتَّى اسْتَغَاثَ بِغِياثٍ مَنْهَلُهْ

مِنْكَ وَمِنْ لَوْحٍ تَلَظَّى مَلْمَلُهْ

Until he cried out for help to the source of his hope,

From you and from a banner whose holder was shaken.

وَأَنْتَ يا ابْنَ الطَيِّبِينَ مأْمَلُهْ

كَفَيتنا دَهْراً مُلِحّاً كَلْكَلُهْ

You, O son of the righteous, are his hope.

You have spared us an intense time that shook us,

في فِتْنَةٍ يُوقِدُها وَتُشْعِلُهْ

وَشَجَرُ الفِتْنَةِ مرٌّ حَنْظَلُهْ

In a strife which it kindles and inflames

And the tree of strife is bitter, its fruit intense.

قَدْ شِيبَ فِيه شَثُّهُ فَحَرْمَلُهْ

وَكانَ في بابِ العِراقِ أَعْصَلُهْ

Its twisted branches are dried out and withered

And it was at the gates of Iraq, most stubborn,

يَقْتُلُ ذا هَنَّا وَهذَا يَقْتُلُهْ

كَراحِلٍ لَمْ يَدْر أَيْنَ مَرْحَلُهْ

Killing this one here and that one killing him

Like stages with no known destination.

وَطَبَّقَ الجَيْشَ جُحَافٌ جَحْفَلُهْ

لَوْ لَمْ تَكُنْ عامِلَ عَدْلٍ تَعْمَلُهْ

And the army was confined by a barrier enveloping it.

Were you not an agent of justice, acting with justice,

وَعامِلُ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لا يَخْذُلُهْ

لَوْلا دِفاعُ اللَّهِ ما لا نَجْهَلُهْ

An agent of God whom He does not disappoint.

Were it not for God's defense, we know it not,

وَابْنُ عَلِيٍّ ما تَجَلَّى غَيْطَلُهْ

عَنَّا وَقَدْ دارَتْ عَلَيْنا ظُلَلُهْ

And the son of Ali, his majesty did not appear

To defend us when its shadows turned upon us

وَرَهَجُ الشَرِّ يَطُولُ قَسْطَلُهْ

وَقَد أَصاب الخَطِلِينَ خَطَلُهْ

And the tumult of evil lengthened its twilight

And hit the misguided with their misguidance.

مُخْتَلِفاً مَرْعِيُّهُ وَهَمَلُهْ

لَولا تَرَى القَصْدَ المُبِينَ سُبُلُهْ

Wandering, its shepherd and protector neglected,

Were you not to see the clear, upright path.

وَالعَدْلُ يَكْفِيك الضَلال أَعْدَلُهْ

حَتَّى اسْتَوَت أَعْدَالُهُ وَمَحْمَلُهْ

And justice suffices you; the most just of straying

Until its justice and burdens were balanced.

تَاللَّهِ لَوْلا أَنْتَ طالَ مَيَلُهْ

أَوْ شُقَّ عَنْ بَيْضِ الحِجالِ حَجَلُهْ

By God, if not for you, its incline would have lengthened

Or the white line of argument was rent.

وَأَرَكَ الأَشْقَيْنِ فِيهَا أَزَلُهْ

وَنَزَلَتْ بِالقارِعاتِ نُزَّلُهْ

And the most wretched of two there made their home

And the striking angels descended fully upon them

تَحْرُقُ أَنْيابَ البَلاءِ بُزَّلُهْ

يَا ابْنَ عَلِيٍّ فِي عَلِيٍّ مَجْعَلُهْ

Burning the claws of affliction, striking them down.

O son of Ali, placed in exalted Ali,

فِي مُشرِفٍ يَعْلُو الطِوالَ أَطْوَلُهْ

إِلَى إِيَادٍ لَمْ يُنَغَّضْ جَبَلُهْ

In a noble one, whose height exceeds the tallest,

To an assistance whose might was not diminished

وَاشْتَدَّ فِي أَسْفَلِ سَبْعٍ أَسْفَلُهْ

وَلا يُرَامُ أَبَداً تَحَلْحُلُهْ

And prevailed in the lower parts of the lion,

His firmness never to be shaken,

فِي الهاشِمِيِّينَ الكِرامِ مَجْبَلُهْ

فَآخِرُ المَجْدِ لَكُمْ وَأَوَّلُهْ

In the generous Hashimites, his resolve molded.

So the last glory is yours and the first

وَأَوْسَعُ الفَضْلِ لَكُمْ وَأَجْزَلُهْ

فَدَاكَ وَخْمٌ لا يَبِضُّ بَلَلُهْ

And the greatest grace is yours and the fullest.

For you a wound whose wetness does not dry

يَعْتاقُهُ عَنْ كُلِّ خَيْرٍ عِلَلُهْ

يَغْلِبُ مِفْتاحَ الشَبَاةِ مُقْفَلُهْ

Freeing you from all defects that restrict you

Overcoming the key of youths in their prime

الصَعْبُ باباً وَالخَبِيثُ مأْكَلُهْ

أَخْبَثُ أَرْضِ اللّهِ أَرْضٌ تَقْبَلُهُ

Difficulty is a gateway and the wicked are its fare

The most wicked of God's land is a land that accepts it

يَسْبِقُ تَحْلِيمَ الحَلِيمِ عَجَلُه

فُحْشاً وَإِدْغالُ الشَقِيِّ دَغَلُهْ

Its vile impulsiveness precedes the forebearance of the forbearing

Indecency and the wrongdoer's trespass is his trespass

رُوَاغُهُ وَلُؤْمُهُ وَبَخَلُهْ

إِذا اعْتَرَاه الحَقُّ قَلَّ أَقْلَلُهْ

His vileness, greed, and stinginess

When truth opposes him, his wrangling is little

يَشْتَدُّ مِنْ رَزْءِ الدَقِيقِ وَجَلُهْ

وَلا يُرَى إِلَّا خَفِيّاً مَدْخَلُهْ

He is enraged by the criticism of the weak

And he is not seen except secretly is his entrance

يُوجَدُ خَلْفَ الخافِقَيْنِ مَزْحَلُهْ

لَيْسَ إِلَى مَجْدِ العُلَا مُعَوَّلُهْ

His place is found behind the two shoulder blades

His hope is not to the glory of high station

فَكُلُّ نَاءٍ وَقَرِيبٍ يَبْهَلُهْ

أَذَمُّهُ صِناعَةً وَأَرْذَلُهْ

So every groaner and near one makes him anxious

His own craft debases him and degrades him

أَوْقَصُ يُخْزِي الأَقْرَبِينَ عَطَلُهْ

هُوَ الخَبِيثُ نَفْسُهُ وَخَوَلُهْ

The furthest relative shames his kinsmen

He himself is the wicked one and his friend

وَخَصْمِ ظُلْمٍ لا تَزَالُ عُقَّلُهْ

تَفْتِلُ عَنْهُ جُدُلاً أَوْ تَقْتُلُهْ

And opponent of injustice, his shackles do not cease

You wrested away from him with argument or killed him

تَرَكْتَهُ لَمْ يُغْنِ عَنْهُ حَدَلُهْ

شَيْئاً إِذا الحَقُّ اسْتَبانَ مَنْقَلُهْ

If you left him, his cunning did not avail him

Anything when truth became clear in its transfer

وَقُمْتَ بِالحَقِّ فَتَاهَتْ غُوَّلُهْ

فِي مَذْهَبٍ يُتْوِي الضَلُول أَضْلَلُهْ

And you stood by truth, so his tyranny was lost

In a doctrine that makes straying stray even more

هُنَاكَ نَهَّى كَيْدُهُ وَمَحَلُهْ

فَطالَ مِنْ داءِ الطِحالِ طَحَلُهْ

There his scheming and position ended

So the disease of his spleen grew long

وَاشْتَدَّ فِي مَوْطِئِ وَحْلٍ وَحَلُهْ

And prevailed in the place of descent and its descent