يا سارِياً قَد نَهضا

مُبتَدِراً أَو رَكضا

O rider who strode forth

Or galloped with haste

وَقَد مَضى كَأَنَّهُ ال

بَرقُ إِذا ما وَمَضا

And passed as though he were

A lightning bolt when it flashes

أَبلِغ سَلامي راكِباً

يَطوسَ مَولايَ الرِضا

Convey my greetings embarked

To my master, Al-Reza

سَبطَ النَبِيِّ المُصطَفى

وَاِبنَ الوَصِيِّ المُرتَضى

Grandson of the Chosen Prophet

And son of the Content Trustee

مَن شادَ عِزّاً أَقعَساً

وَحازَ فَخراً أَبيَضا

He who erected great honor

And attained shining pride

وَقل لَهُ من مُخلِصٍ

يَرى الوِلا مُفتَرضا

And say to him from a loyal one

Who sees allegiance obligatory

في الصَدرِ لَفحُ حُرقَة

تَترُكُ نَفسي حَرَضا

In the chest yearning burns

Leaving my soul inflamed

من ناصِبينَ غادَروا

قَلبَ المُوالي مُمرَضا

By hostile ones who abandoned

The heart of the loyalist diseased

وَخَلَّفوهُ واجِباً

مُكتَئِباً قَد أُرمِضا

And left it despondent

Grieving, it was set ablaze

صَرَّحتُ عَنهُم مُعرِضاً

وَلم أَكُن مُعَرِّضا

I declared, turning from them

Though I was no turncoat

نابَذتُهُم وَلَم أُبل

اِن قيلَ قد تَرفَّضا

I abandoned them, but if told

I have become aloof, I did not care

يا حَبَّذا رَفضي لِمَن

نابَذَكُم وَأَبغَضا

Oh how good is my aloofness from those

Who shunned and hated you

وَلَو قَدرتُ زرتُهُ

وَلَو عَلى جَمرِ الغَضا

If I could, I would visit him

Even over embers of coal

لكِنَّني مُعتَقَل

بِقَيدِ خَطبٍ عَرَضا

But I am detained

By bonds of grievous events

جَعلتُ مَدحي بَدَلاً

من قَصدِهِ وَعِوَضا

I made my praise a substitute

For seeking him and compensation

أَمانَةً مورَدَةً

عَلى الرِضا لِتُرتَضى

A trust conveyed

To Al-Reza, so it may be approved

رامَ اِبنُ عَبّادٍ بِها

شَفاعَةً لن تُدحَضا

Ibn Abbad hoped through it

For intercession that will not fail