أَأبَا الحُسَينِ مُصَغَّراً وَمُكَبَّرا

سِرِّي يُتَرجم عَن وَفَاءٍ شَامِلِ

O Abal-Husayn, diminished and magnified

My secret is translated from complete loyalty

مَا لِي بِمَا أَولَيتُمُوهُ يَدٌ وَمَن

بِلِسَانِ سَحبَانٍ لِفَكَّي بَاقِلِ

What is it to me, what hands have granted you and who

With the tongue of clouds, to my untying knot

أَودَعتُ مَجدَكُمُ وَقَد وَدَّعتُكُم

وُدّاً كَمَا حَيَّاكَ زَهرُ خَمَائِلِ

I deposited your glory, and I bid you farewell

With affection, as the flower of chamomile greeted you

وَأَنِستُ بِالبِرِّ الَّذِي أَولَيتُمُ

أُنسَ المُتَيَّمِ بِالرَّقِيبِ الغَافِلِ

And I enjoyed the righteousness you granted

The enjoyment of the bereaved with the unmindful guardian

وَغَرِقتُ مِن خَجَلِي بِكُم فِي لُجّةٍ

فَلتَجعَلُوا الإِغضَاءَ عَنِّي سَائِلِي

And I drowned in my shyness with you in a swamp

So make overlooking me the questioner’s request

وَشَكَرتُكُم شُكراً يَقُولُ لِبِّركُم

هَذَا السِّنَانُ لِمِثلِ ذَاكَ العَامِلِ

And I thanked you with thanks that say to your righteousness

This is the reward for the likes of that doer

وَرَحَلتُ عَنكُم والفُؤَادُ لَدَيكُمُ

فَلتَعجَبُوا لِيَ مِن مُقِيمٍ رَاحِلِ

And I departed from you while my heart is with you

So wonder at me, one who has left yet remains