أَلقلبُ من حَذَرِ النَّوى مَلآنُ

وَالصَّبرُ مِن فَرطِ الهَوى وَهنانُ

The heart is full of fear of parting,

And patience is weak from intense passion.

قَد كَان يُمكِنُني أُكَاتِمُكَ الهَوى

لو صَحَّ من أهلِ الهَوى كِتمَانُ

I could have concealed this love,

If it was possible for lovers to hide their love.

فَالحُبُّ يُخفِيهِ المُحِبُّ عنِ الوَرى

مَا لَم يَقُم في وَجهِهِ بُرهَانُ

The lover hides his love from others,

Unless proof of it shows on his face.

حَانَ الفِرَاقُ أَبا الحُسينِ فَأسعَدت

جَفني الدُّمُوعُ وَخانَني السُّلوَانُ

Parting came, Abu Al-Husain, so it brought me joy,

My tears betrayed me and my fortitude failed me.

كُنَّا وَكُنتم وَالزَّمَانُ صَفَت لنا

أَوقَاتُه وحَسودُنا غَيظَانُ

We were together and you were together, time arranged

Its moments for us while our enviers were enraged.

والآن قَطَّبَ وَجهَهُ الدهرُ الخَؤو

نُ ومِن قَديمٍ دهرُنا خَوَّانُ

Now fate has frowned, though our fate was always

Treacherous, and our times have changed.

فَتغيَّرت أوقَاتُنا وَمَنِ الَّذي

تَصفو لَه الأَوقَاتُ والأزمانُ

Who can have times and eras in order for him?

The mind of the wise is protected from the impossible.

لاَ تَعتَقد صَفواً يَدومُ لأهلِهِ

ذِهنُ اللَّبِيبِ عَنِ المُحَالِ يُصَانُ

Why did you not stop for a lover for a moment,

So he may complain of his burning, and his sorrows eased?

هلا وَقفتَ إِلى مُحبٍّ ريثَما

يَشكُو الجَوى فَتُخَفَّفُ الأحزَانُ

He hopes for consolation for the agony he endures,

If there was someone like you to console him.

يَرجُو السُّلُوَّ لِمَا بِهِ مِن لَوعَةٍ

لَو كَانُ يُوجدُ عندكم سُلوَانُ

And if his passion distressed him, and sadness revealed it,

Are secrecy and revelation equal?

وَإِذَا أسَرَّ هَوَاهُ يُعلِنُهُ الأسَى

هَل يَستَوِي الإسرَارُ وَالإعلاَنُ

Men of knowledge, dignitaries, princes,

Ministers and the Sultan mourned you.

فُجِعَت بِكَ القُرَّاءُ والكُبَرَاءُ وال

أُمَرَاءُ وَالوُزَرَاءُ والسُّلطَانُ

After you, O Ali, achievements will remain

Whose existence will be guaranteed by time.

وَتَرَكتَ بَعدَكَ يا عليُّ مَآثِراً

بِبَقَائها تَتَكَفَّلُ الأزمَانُ

This felicity, whenever you adorned it,

Minds were fascinated by the magic of your rhetoric.

هذي السَّعادةُ كُلَّمَا دبَّجتَها

فُتِنَت بِسِحرِ بَيَانِها الأَذهانُ

How many sayings have you made elegant,

So caravans competed in transmitting them!

كَم مِن مَقَالاَتٍ بها نَمَّقتَها

فَتنافَسَت بِحَديثِها الرُّكبَانُ

You left them as a legacy for the brothers of purity

To pour upon them, if passions aroused.

أبقَيتَهَا أثَراً لإخوانِ الصَّفَا

تَصبُو لَهمُ إن هَاجَتِ الأشجَانُ

The gifted writer is he who said rhetoric,

For you are the gifted writer.

وَالكَاتبُ الفَنَّانُ مَنَ قالَ البَيا

نُ له لأنتَ الكَاتِبُ الفَنَّانُ

Or when the doctor hurried you away from this life

To meadows adorned with profits.

أوَ حِينَ أعجَلكَ الطَّبيبُ عَنِ الذَّها

بِ إلى رُبُوعٍ بِالرُّبى تَزدَانُ

You hastened obediently without hesitation,

For bodies fear doctors.

أسرَعتَ مُمتَثِلاً بِغَيرِ تَهَاوُنٍ

إنَّ الطَّبِيبَ تَخافُهُ الأَبدَانُ

Did longing for it move you, or did longing for you

And mercy and affection move it?

أو هَزَّكُم شَوقٌ لها أم هَزَّها

شَوقٌ إِليكَ وَرَحمَةٌ وَحَنَانُ