يا آلَ طه من أَتى حيكم
مؤمّلا حسانكم لا يضام
O family of Taha, whoever comes to your quarter,
O family of Taha, whoever comes to you
hoping for your kindness, is not wronged.
Hoping for your kindness will not be denied
لذنا بِكُم آل طه وَهَل
يُضام من لاذ بِقَوم كِرام
We have sought refuge with you, family of Taha—and can
We find solace with you, O family of Taha, and who
anyone who seeks refuge with noble people be wronged?
Could be denied when taking refuge with generous people?
تَزدَحِم الناس باعَتا بكم
وَالمَنهل العَذب كَثير الزِحام
People throng [unclear wording] around you,
People crowd around your doors
and a sweet watering place is thick with crowds.
Like a fresh spring with heavy crowds
من جاءَكُم مُستَمطِرا فَضلكُم
فازَ مِن الجودِ بِأَقصى مرام
Whoever comes to you seeking the rain of your bounty
Whoever comes to you seeking your generosity
gains from generosity his utmost desire.
Attains the utmost of aspirations through your charity
يا سادَتي يا بِضعَة المُصطَفى
يا مَن لَهُم في الفَضلِ أَعلى مَقام
O my masters, O part of the Chosen One,
My masters, beloved ones of Al-Mustafa
O you who hold the highest station in excellence,
You who occupy the highest stations of virtue
أَنتُم مَلاذي وَعياذي وَلى
قَلب بِكُم يا سادَتي مُستَهام
you are my refuge and my shelter, and I have
You are my refuge and protection, my masters
a heart enraptured by you, O my masters.
A heart sheltered by you, my masters, aspires
وَحقكم اني محب لكم
محبَة لا يَعتَريها انصِرام
And by your honor, I truly love you
My love for you is genuine
with a love that knows no end.
A love from which there is no turning away
وَقفت في أَعتابِكُم هائِماً
وَما عَلى مَن هامَ فيكُم ملام
I have stood at your thresholds, enraptured,
I stand at your doorsteps, yearning
and no blame falls on anyone enraptured with you.
No blame upon one who yearns for you
يا سبط طه يا حسينا عَلى
ضريحك المَأنوس منى السَلام
O grandson of Taha, O Husayn, upon
O grandson of Taha, O Hussein
your comforting tomb be peace from me.
Peace be upon your blessed shrine
مشهدك السامي غدا كَعبَة
لَنا طَواف حَوله وَاِستِلام
Your exalted shrine has become a Kaaba;
Your sublime tomb has become a Kaaba for us
we circle around it and touch it reverently.
Which we circumambulate and greet
بَيت جَديد حلّ فيه الهُدى
فَصارَ كَالبَيتِ العَتيقِ الحرام
A new House in which guidance has dwelt,
A new house in which guidance descended
and so it became like the Ancient Sacred House.
Thus becoming like the Ancient Sacred House
تَفديكَ نَفسي يا ضَريحاً حَوى
حسينا السبط الامام الهمام
May my soul be your ransom, O tomb that holds
My soul I sacrifice for you, O tomb
Husayn, the grandson, the valiant imam.
That contains Hussein the noble imam
اِني تَوسلت بما فيكَ مِن
عِز وَمَجد شامِخ وَاِحتِشام
Indeed, I have sought a means of approach through what you contain of
I beseech through the honor and glory in you
honor, towering glory, and dignity.
Lofty, magnificent glory and prestige
يا زائِراً هذا المَقام اغتَنِم
فَكَم لِمَن يَسعى اِلَيهِ اغتِنام
O visitor to this shrine, seize the opportunity,
O visitor of this shrine take advantage
for those who journey to it have so much to gain!
For great are the gains for those who visit it
يَنشَرِح الصَدر اِذا زُرتَهُ
وَتَنجَلي عَنكَ الهُموم العِظام
The breast expands with joy when you visit it,
The breast expands when visiting it
and great cares are lifted from you.
And immense worries disappear from you
كَم فيهِ من نور وَمن رَونَق
كَأَنَّهُ رَوضَة خَير الانام
How much light and splendor it holds,
In it is abundant light and brilliance
as though it were the garden of the best of creation.
As if a garden of the best of mankind
صَلّى عَلَيهِ اللَه طول المَدى
ما غَرّدت في الرَوضِ وَرق الحمام
May God bless him for all time,
May Allah send blessings upon him for eternity
as long as gray doves sing in the garden.
For as long as doves cooed in the garden
أَسأَلُكَ اللهُم يا رَبنا
يا مَن تَجَلّى بِالبُقا وَالدَوام
I beseech You, O God, O our Lord,
I ask You, O Allah, O our Lord
O You who are manifest in everlastingness and permanence,
O Manifest with permanence and eternity
اِغفِر لِعَبد اللَهِ ما قَد جَنى
وَاِرزُقه عِندَ المَوت حُسن الخِتام
forgive Abdullah for what he has done wrong,
Forgive Your servant for what he has committed
and grant him, at death, a good ending.
And grant him a good end when he dies
Sol 6.1