إذا تَراخى مَديحي آلَ يسينا

وَجدتُ في القَلبِ أَحزاناً أَفانينا

If my praise for the Family of Yasin ever wanes,

I find sorrows and griefs in my heart.

يا طَبعَ فِض بِمَديحِ الطاهِرينَ وَلا

تَغِض وَجَدِّد ثَناءاً لِلوَصيّينا

O my nature! Overflow with praise for the Pure Ones, and do not

Withhold or renew eulogy for the Trustees.

فَلَستُ أَطلُبُ روحَ الخَيرِ مُجتَمِعاً

إِلّا بِحُسنِ وَلاءِ الطالِبِيّينا

For I do not seek the spirit of goodness gathered

Except through loyalty to the Seekers.

الحَمدُ لِلَّهِ لَمّا أَن هُديتُ إِلى

مَحَبَّةِ السادَةِ الغُرِّ المَيامينا

Thanks be to God since I was guided

To love for the Masters, the honorable guides.

حُبُّ النَبِيِّ وَأَهلِ البَيتِ مُعتمَدي

إِذا الخطوبُ أَساءَت رَأيَها فينا

Love of the Prophet and his Household is my pillar

When calamities befall according to their decree.

أَيا اِبن عَمِّ رَسولِ اللَهِ أَفضَلُ مَن

سادَ الأَنامَ وَساسَ الهاشِميّينا

O Cousin of the Messenger of God! The best of those

Who led the people and ruled over the Hashimites.

يا مِدرَهَ الدينِ يا فَردَ اليَقينِ أَصِخ

لِمَدحِ مَولى يَرى تَفضيلَكُم دينا

O Guiding Light of Religion! O Unique in conviction! Passionately

Recite in praise of the Master whom all see as superior in faith.

أَنتَ الاِمامُ وَمَنظورُ الأُنامِ فَمن

يرد ما قُلتُهُ يُقمَع براهينا

You are the Imam, revered by all people, so whoever

Rejects my words will be silenced by proofs.

هَل مِثل فِعلِك في يَوم الفِراشِ وَقَد

فديتَ بِالروحِ ختّامَ النَبِيّينا

Is there anyone like you on the day of the deathbed, when

You ransomed the Seal of Prophets with your soul?

هَل مِثلُ سَبقِكَ في الاِسلامِ اِن عَرفوا

وَهذِهِ الخُصلَةُ الغَرّاءُ تَكفينا

Is there any preceder of you in Islam, if they recognize,

And this outstanding trait suffices us?

هَل مِثلُ عِلمك ان زَلّوا وَاِن وَهَنوا

وَقَد هُديتَ كَما أَصبَحتَ تَهدينا

Is there any like your knowledge, even if they slip and weaken,

When you are guided just as you guide us?

هَل مِثل سيفِكَ في يَوم الضِرابِ وَقد

دارَت رحى الحَرب تَجديعاً وَتَوهينا

Is there any like your sword on the day of striking, when

The mill of war crushed and demolished?

هَل مِثل فِعلِك في بَدر وَقَد حَمَشَت

نَفسُ الوَغى وَأَسالَت سَيلَها حينا

Is there any like your feat at Badr, when

The soul of turmoil surged and its flood poured?

هَل مِثلَ صَرعِكَ أَعلام الضَلالِ وَلَم

تَنفكّ تفلقُ هاماتِ الأَضَلّينا

Is there any like your felling of the flags of misguidance, and you

Did not cease to split the skulls of the misguided?

هَل مِثلُ يَومِكَ في أَحد وَقد غُرِفَت

عَصائِبُ الشِركِ تَغييراً وَتَعيينا

Is there any like your day at Uhud, when

The tribes of idolatry were mixed and scrambled?

هَل مِثلُ بَأسِكَ مَع عَمروٍ وَقَد جَبَنوا

وَحاذَروا المَوتَ تَعجيلاً وَتَحيينا

Is there any like your might against ‘Amr, when they

Feared death, dreading and evading?

هَل مِثلُ قَلعِكَ باب الكُفرِ تَحذُفُهُ

كَأَنَّهُ قُلَّةٌ من رَميِ رامينا

Is there any like your tearing down the gate of disbelief, battering it

As if it were a flimsy structure of a mere archer?

هَل مِثلُ فاطِمَةَ الزَهراءِ سَيِّدَةٌ

زُوِّجتَها يا جَمالَ الفاطِمِيّينا

Is there any like Fatima the Radiant, the Mistress

Whom you married, O Beauty of the Fatimids!

هَل مِثل نَجلَيكَ في فَخرٍ وَفي كَرَمٍ

اِذ كُوِّنا من بَلالِ المَجدِ تَكوينا

Is there any like your two sons in superiority and generosity

Since they were created from the essence of glory?

هَل مِثل جَمعِكَ لِلقُرآن تَعرِفُهُ

لَفظاً وَمَعنىً وَتَأويلاً وَتَبيينا

Is there any like your collection of the Quran, recognizing it

In word, meaning, interpretation and elucidation?

هَل مِثلُ حَوزِكَ مَجموع الوَصِيَّة لا

تَخشى وَقَد جَرَّها سوم المُسامينا

Is there any like your grasp of the entirety of the will, not

Fearing while the poison of the evil ones coursed?

هَل مِثلُ عَزِّكَ في يَوم الغَدير وَقَد

حصَّلتَهُ سابِقاً كلَّ المُجارينا

Is there any like your power on the Day of Ghadir, when

You had already surpassed all competitors?

هَل مِثلُ كَونِكَ هارونَ النَبِيِّ وَقَد

شَأَوتَ بِالقُربِ أَصنافَ المُبارينا

Is there any like your being the Aaron of the Prophet, and you

Had attained through nearness all kinds of rivals?

هَل مِثلُ حالِكَ عِند الطَير تَحضُرُهُ

بِدَعوَةٍ حُزتَها دونَ المُصَلّينا

Is there any like your state when the birds flocked to you

At your prayer, attended without the worshippers?

هَل مِثل فَضلِكَ عِندَ النَعلِ تَخصِفُها

وَلم يَكُن جاحِدوا التَفضيلَ لاهينا

Is there any like your merit with the sandal, which you wore

While the deniers of superiority were not idle?

هَل مِثل برِّكَ في حالِ الرُكوعِ وَما

زَكا كبرِّكَ بِرّ لِلمُزَكّينا

Is there any like your righteousness in the state of bowing, so

No goodness surpassed your righteousness for the sincere?

هَل مِثلُ بَذلِكَ لِلعاني الأَسيرِ وَلِلط

طفلِ اليَتيمِ وَقَد أَعطَيتَ مِسكينا

Is there any like your generosity to the suffering prisoner, the starving

Orphan, when you gave to the destitute?

هَل مِثل أَمرِكَ اِذ تَتلو بَراءَةَ في

خَيرِ المَواسِمِ قَد سُؤتَ المُناوينا

Is there any like your order when you recited the acquittal

In the best of seasons, although you were troubled by the dissenters?

هَل مِثل فَتواكَ اِذ قالوا مُجاهرةً

لَولا عَلِيٌّ هَلَكنا في فَتاوينا

Is there any like your verdicts when they overtly declared

“Were it not for ‘Ali, we would have perished in our verdicts”?

هَل مِثل صَبرِكَ اِذ خانوا وَاِذ خَتَروا

حَتّى جَرى ما جَرى في يَوم صَفّينا

Is there any like your patience when they betrayed and deceived

Until what happened on the day of Siffin transpired?

لَو قُلتُ هَل مِثلُ ما ناحَت مطوَّفَةٌ

لما تَقَصَّيتُ هاتيكَ التَحاسينا

If I said, “Is there any like what the circumambulating pilgrim wept for?”

I would not have surveyed even some of those charms.

لكِنَّني مُخبِرٌ عَن بَعضِ ما عَرفت

نَفسي لأُرغِمَ آنافَ المُعادينا

But I inform of some of what my soul recognized

In order to silence the mouths of the enemies.

يا سادَتي هذِهِ غَرّاءُ سائِرَةٌ

تَحُمُّ فيكَ المُجاري وَالمُبارينا

My Masters! These outstanding qualities

Flowing in you overtake the competitors and rivals.

عَدلِيَّةُ النَسجِ عبّاديَّةٌ ملَكَت

رقَّ القَريضِ وَأَنسَتكَ البَساتينا

Just, devout, possessor of gentle disposition and refined nature

Captivating the soul and enchanting the gardens.

يحبُّها المُخلِصُ الشِيعِيُّ ان رُوِيَت

كَحُبِّ يَعقوب لِلزاكي بنَ يامينا

The loyal Shia loves it if it is recited

Like Jacob’s love for the fragrant Joseph.

وَيَكمدُ الناصِبُ المَلعونُ ان قُرِئت

وَاللَهُ يَجزي بَني النَصبِ المَلاعينا

And the accursed hostile Nasibi recoils if it is read,

And God will requite the children of enmity.

فَهاكَها أَيُّها المَصرِيُّ تَنشدها

بَينَ المُوالينَ تَطريباً وَتَلحينا

So here it is, O Egyptian! Recite it

Among the loyal ones, making it delightful and melodious.

هديَّةً وَهَداياً لا كِفاءَ لَها

كَم مِثلُها قُلتُ مَدحاً في موالينا

A gift with no requital,

How many like it have I composed in praise of our loyal ones?

وَما أَملُّ مَقالاً في مَناقِبِهِم

أَسوقُهُ ما تَلا تِشرينُ تشرينا

And I do not hope to utter any statement about their virtues

Beyond what the month of Muharram repeats every year.

يا رب سَهِّل زِياراتي مشاهِدَهُم

فَاِنَّ روحيَ تَهوى ذلِكَ الطينا

O Lord! Facilitate my pilgrimage to their shrines

For my soul yearns for that clay.

يا رَبِّ صَيِّر حَياتي في مَحَبَّتِهِم

وَمَحشَري مَعَهُم آمين آمينا

O Lord! Make my life in their love,

And my resurrection with them, Amen Amen.