اَبا هاشِمٍ مالي أَراكَ عَليلا

ترفَّق بِنَفس المُكرَمات قَليلا

Abu Hashim, why is it that I see you ailing?

Be gentle awhile with the very soul of noble deeds,

لِتَرفَعَ عَن قَلب النَبِيِّ حَزازَةً

وَتَدفَع عَن صَدرِ الوَصِيِّ غَليلا

that you may lift an ache from the Prophet’s heart

and dispel the burning anguish from the legatee’s breast.

فَلَو كانَ مِن بَعد النَبِيّين مُعجز

لكُنتَ عَلى صِدق النَبِيِّ دَليلا

For had there been, after the prophets, a miracle,

you would have been proof of the Prophet’s truth.

أَبا هاشِمٍ لَم أَرضَ هاتيكَ دَعوَةً

وَاِن صَدَرت عَن مُخلِصٍ مُتَطَوِّلِ

Abu Hashim, I did not approve of that invocation,

though it came from one sincere, freely offering it.

فَلا عَيشَ لي حَتّى تَدومَ مُسَلَّماً

وَصَرفُ اللَيالي عَن ذَراك بِمَعزَلِ

For life is no life to me unless you remain unharmed,

with the nights’ vicissitudes turned far from your precincts.

فَاِن نَزَلت يَوماً بِجِسمِكَ علَّةٌ

وَحاشاكَ مِنها يا عَلاءَ بَني عَلي

If ever an illness should descend upon your body—

far be it from you, O glory of the sons of Ali—

فَنادِ بها في الحالِ غَيرَ مُؤَخَّرٍ

إِلى جِسمِ اِسماعيل عَنّي تَحَوَّلي

then call out to it at once, without delay:

“Away from me—turn toward Isma‘il’s body!”