ما بالُ عَلوى لا تردُّ جَوابي
هذا وَما وَدَّعتُ شَرخَ شَبابي
Why does Alwa not answer my call
Even though I bid farewell to the prime of my youth?
أَتَظُنُّ أَثوابَ الشَبابِ بِلَمَّتي
دَورَ الخضابِ فَما عَرَفتُ خضابي
Do you think the rewards of youth are obtained through my determination?
The days of dyeing have passed and I do not know my dye
أَوَلَم تَرَ الدُنيا تطيعُ أَوامري
وَالدَهرُ يَلزمُ كيفَ شِئتُ جنابي
Have you not seen that the world obeys my commands
And fate sticks to however I want its side?
وَالعيش غَض وَالمَسارِح جمَّة
وَالهَمُّ أَقسَمَ لا يَطورُ بِبابي
Life is still plentiful and the theaters still crowded
And worries have sworn not to leave my door
وَوَلاءُ آلِ محمدٍ قَد خيرَ لي
وَالعَدل وَالتَوحيدُ قَد سَعدا بي
The loyalty of Muhammad's family chose me
And justice and monotheism have been blessed through me
من بَعدِ ما اِستَدَّت مَطالِبُ طالِبٍ
بابَ الرشادِ إِلى هُدىً وَصَوابِ
After the demands of the seeker were fulfilled
The door of guidance to the right path was opened
عاوَدتُ عرصَةَ أَصبَهانَ وَجَهلُها
ثَبتُ القَواعِدِ مُحكمُ الاِطنابِ
I returned to the land of Isfahan and its ignorance
With firm principles and eloquent speech
وَالجَبر وَالتَشبيه قَد جثما بِها
وَالدينُ فيها مَذهَبُ النُصّاب
Constraint and analogy have persisted there
And religion is the doctrine of idolators
فَكَفَفتُهُم دهراً وَقد نَفَّقتُهُم
إِلّا أَراذِلَ من ذَوي الأَذناب
I held them back for a time and almost finished them
Except the riffraff among the tail-carriers
وَرَوَيتُ من فَضلِ النَبِيِّ وَآلِهِ
مالا يُبَقّي شَبهةَ المُرتابِ
And I narrated from the excellence of the Prophet and his family
What dispels all doubts
وَذَكرتُ ما خُصَّ النَبِيُّ بِفَضلِهِ
من مَفخر الأَعمالِ وَالأَنسابِ
And I mentioned what the Prophet was distinguished with
Of the pride of deeds and ancestry
وَذَرِ الَّذي كانَت تَعَرَّفُ داءَهُ
اِنَّ الشِفاءَ لهُ اِستِماعُ خِطابي
Leave those whose sickness was known through
Listening to my sermon is their cure
يا آلَ أَحمدَ أَنتُمُ حِرزي الَّذي
أَمنَت بِهِ نَفسي من الأَوصابِ
O Muhammad’s family, you are my refuge
Through which I protected my soul from afflictions
أُسعِدتُ بِالدُنيا وَقد والَيتكُم
وَكَذا يَكونُ مَع السعود مَأبي
I was blessed with worldly joys and loyal to you
And so it will always be with good fortune
أَنتُم سراجُ اللَهِ في ظُلَمِ الدُجى
وَحسامهُ في كُلِّ يومِ ضراب
You are God's lanterns in the darkness of night
And His unsheathed sword in every battle
وَنجومُهُ الزُهرُ الَّتي تهدي الوَرى
وَليوثُهُ اِن غابَ لَيثُ الغابِ
And His bright stars that guide creation
And His lions if the beasts of the forest are absent
لا يُرتَجي دينٌ خَلا من حُبِّكُم
هَل يُرتَجى مَطَر بِغَيرِ سَحاب
No religion is hoped for without love of you
Can rain be expected without clouds?
أَنتُم يَمينُ اللَهِ في أَمصارِهِ
لَو يعرفُ النصّابُ رجعَ جَواب
You are God's right hand in His lands
If the idolators recognize, their answer will return
تَرَكوا الشَراب وَقَد شَكوا غُلَل الصَدى
وَتَعَلَّلوا جَهلا بِلمع سراب
They left wine and complained of handcuffs from exhaustion
And falsely blamed it on a mirage
لَم يَعلَموا أَنَّ الهَوى يَهوى بِمَن
تَركَ العَقيدَةَ رنة الأَنسابِ
They did not know that passions pursue whoever
Abandons doctrine, pride of ancestry
لَم يَعلَموا أَنَّ الوَصِيَّ هوَ الَّذي
غَلَبَ الخضارِمَ كلَّ يومِ غلابِ
They did not know that the Trustee is the one who
Vanquished fierce warriors every victorious day
لَم يَعلَموا أَنَّ الوَصِيَّ هوَ الَّذي
آخى النَبِيَّ اخوَّةَ الاِنجاب
They did not know the Trustee is the one
To whom the Prophet showed brotherly affection
لَم يَعلَموا أَنَّ الوَصِيَّ هوَ الَّذي
سَبَقَ الجَميعَ بِسُنَّةٍ وَكتاب
They did not know the Trustee is the one
Who preceded everyone in the Way and Scripture
لَم يَعلَموا أَنَّ الوَصِيَّ هوَ الَّذي
لَم يَرضَ بِالأَصنامِ وَالأَنصاب
They did not know the Trustee is the one
Who did not accept idols and statues
لَم يَعلَموا أَنَّ الوَصِيَّ هوَ الَّذي
آتى الزَكاةَ وَكانَ في المِحراب
They did not know the Trustee is the one
Who gave alms while bowing in prayer
لَم يَعلَموا أَنَّ الوَصِيَّ هوَ الَّذي
حَكَمَ الغَديرُ لَهُ عَلى الأَصحاب
They did not know the Trustee is the one
To whom Ghadeer ruled over the Companions
لَم يَعلَموا أَنَّ الوَصِيَّ هوَ الَّذي
قَد سامَ أَهلَ الشِركِ سَوم عَذاب
They did not know the Trustee is the one
Who took terrible vengeance on the polytheists
لَم يَعلَموا أَنَّ الوَصِيَّ هوَ الَّذي
أَزرى بِبَدرٍ كُلَّ أَصيَدَ آبي
They did not know the Trustee is the one
Who at Badr hunted every intended prey
لَم يَعلَموا أَنَّ الوَصِيَّ هوَ الَّذي
تَرَكَ الضَلالَ مُفَلَّلَ الأَنياب
They did not know the Trustee is the one
Who abandoned misguidance, restrained from violence
مالي أَقصُّ فَضائِلَ البَحرِ الَّذي
عَلياه تَسبِقُ عدَّ كُلِّ حساب
Why should I recount the virtues of the ocean
That infinitely surpasses all counts?
لكِنَّني مُتَرَوِّحٌ بِيَسير ما
أُبديهِ أَرجو أَن يَزيدَ ثَوابي
But I casually mention some of what
I state, hoping it will increase my reward
وَأُريدُ اكمادَ النَواصِبِ كُلَّما
سَمعوا كَلامي وَهو صوتُ رَبابِ
And I want to silence the hostility of the Haters
Whenever they hear my words, the sound of the rebab
أَيَحلو اِذا الشيعيُّ رَدَّد ذكرَهُ
لكِن عَلى النُصابِ مثل الصاب
Is it not sweet when a Shia recites his mention
But it is like a slap in the face of the Haters
مِدَح كَأَيّامِ الشَبابِ جَعَلتُها
دابي وَهُنَّ عَقائِدُ الادآب
In praise like the days of youth I made them
My doctrine, and they are the pillars of ethics
حُبّي أَميرَ المُؤمِنينَ دِيانَةٌ
ظَهَرت عَلَيهِ سَرائِري وَثِيابي
My love for the Commander of the Faithful is a creed
Through which my innermost thoughts and clothes appeared
أَدَّت اِلَيهِ بَصائِر أَعمَلتُها
اِعمالَ مَرضِيِّ اليَقينِ عُقابي
It led the insights I actualized
To the work of the confident conscience
لَم يَعبَث التَقليدُ بي وَمَحَبَّتي
لعمارَة الأَسلافِ وَالأَحسابِ
Neither conformity nor affection misguided me
To follow the exemplars and the accounts
يا كُفؤَ بِنتِ محمدٍ لَولاكَ ما
زُفَّت اِلى بَشرٍ مَدى الأَحقاب
O daughter of Muhammad, without you
None would be matched to a human for eternities
يا أَصلَ عترةِ أَحمدٍ لَولاكَ لَم
يكُ أَحمدُ المَبعوثُ ذا أَعقابِ
O root of Ahmad's family, without you
Ahmad would not have descendants
وَأُفِئتَ بِالحَسَنَينِ خير وِلادَةٍ
قَد ضُمِّنَت بِحَقائِبِ الاِنجاب
You were blessed with the two grandsons, the best
Of births, incorporated in the folds of lineage
كانَ النَبِيُّ مَدينَةَ العِلمِ الَّتي
حَوَت الكَمال وَكنتَ أَفضلَ باب
The Prophet was the city of knowledge
Containing all perfection, and you were its greatest gate
رُدَّت عَلَيكَ الشَمسُ وَهيَ فَضيلَة
بَهرت فَلَم تُستَر بلفِّ نقاب
The sun was restored to you, a merit
That dazzled, so it was not veiled by a cloak
لم أَحكِ الا ما رَوَتهُ نَواصِب
عادتك وَهيَ مُباحَة الأَسلاب
I do not speak except what the Haters themselves narrated
Of your virtue, which reveals ancestry
عومِلتَ يا صَنوَ النَبِيِّ وَتلوَهُ
بِأَوابِدٍ جاءَت بكُلِّ عُجاب
You were betrayed, O grandson of the Prophet
With such marvels that came with great wonders
عوهِدتَ ثُمَّ نُكِثتَ وَاِنفَرَدَ الأُلى
نَكَصوا بِحَربِهِمُ عَلى الأَعقاب
You were promised then betrayed and the band
Turned back, fleeing the battle in defeat
حورِبتَ ثُمَّ قُتِلتَ ثُمَّ لُعِنتَ يا
بُعداً لأَجمَعَهم وَطولَ تباب
You were warred against, then killed, then cursed, O
May they be distantly damned for eternity!
