لعليٍّ أبي الحسين سَميّي

خُلقٌ لا يُذَمُّ في خُلانِهِ

For Ali, my father al-Husayn I name him

A character without flaws in his manners

رجلٌ يتْبَعُ المولِّي بالسي

فِ إلى أن يكُرَّ نحو خِوانِهِ

A man who follows the master sincerely

And inclines toward his brethren

آمنٌ معتَفيه منه ولكن

ما لمعفيه مطمعٌ في أمانه

Trustworthy to those who trust him but

No greedy hopes in his guarantees

ويلُ من لا يُريغ سيْبَ يديه

من يديه وويلُه من لسانه

Woe to him who does not restrain his hands

From his hands and woe to him from his tongue

ماجدٌ يبذل الجزيلَ بلا مَنْ

نٍ ويُعدي على صروف زمانه

Majestic, he gives generously without

Stinting and exceeds the turns of time

عالَمُ اللَّهِ داره والأماني

من قِراهُ والناس من ضِيفانه

He knows God’s home and wishes

For his towns and people are his guests

ولهُ هِمةٌ حَمولٌ عليه

تستقلُّ الكثيرَ من إحسانه

He has great ambitions he bears

Much of his goodness finds too little

مُعشِباتٌ أجنابُه من نداهُ

مُورقاتٌ أقلامُه من بَنانه

Blooming are the pens of his boons

Budding the fingers of his right hand

أيّ حين أتاهُ طالبُ جدوا

هُ أتاه في حينه وأوانِهِ

Whenever a seeker of his bounty came to him

He came to him at his time and moment

مشترٍ للثناء مُغلٍ يرى أنْ

نَ حياةَ النفوس من أثمانه

A buyer of praise, unwilling to see that

The lives of souls are among his prices

زادَهُ اللَّهُ نعمةً وعلاءً

إنّه نعمةٌ على إخوانه

May God increase him in bounty and glory

Truly a bounty upon his brethren

ووقاهُ من أن يسوءَ وليّاً

ثَبَّطتْه الخُطوبُ عن غِشيانه

And protect him from doing wrong to a friend

Misfortunes have discouraged his betrayals