تَلقى المَراتِبَ لِلحُسَينِ ذَليلَةً

وَإِذا سِواهُ يَرومُها تَتَعَصَّبُ

You readily offer gifts for al-Husayn while scorning all others.

You find high ranks bowing low before Al-Husayn,

You have given the positions of praise to their rightful people,

Yet should another seek them, they stubbornly resist.

أَعطَيتَ أَثمانَ المَحامِدِ أَهلَها

وَكَسِبتَ صُفوَتَها وَنِعمَ المَكسَبُ

And obtained the finest of them - what an excellent gain!

You paid the full price of praise to those who merit it,

When the Imam selects you for his secret,

And won its purest essence—what a splendid gain!

إِنَّ الإِمامَ إِذا اِجتَباكَ بِسِرِّهِ

لَمُسَدَّدٌ فيما أَتى وَمُصَوَّبُ

You are rightly guided in what you do and precise.

Truly, when the Imam selects you for his confidence,

None has reached your high moral standard in tribulation,

He is guided in his deed and strikes the mark of truth.

لَم يَبلُ مِثلَكَ عِفَّةً فيما بَلا

وَحُزامَةً في كُلِّ أَمرٍ يَحزِبُ

And determination in every difficult matter.

He found no equal to your probity in all he tested,

You have mixed your fear of God with fear of Him,

Nor to your resolve in every crisis that befalls.

وَخَلَطتَ خَوفَكَ لِلإِلَهِ بِخَوفِهِ

فَعَلِمتَ ما تَأتي وَما تَتَجَنَّبُ

So you know what to do and what to avoid.

You mingled your fear of God with your awe of him,

Convey a message to the Imam from me,

And so discerned what must be done and what avoided.

أَبلِغ هُديتَ إِلى الإِمامِ رِسالَةً

عَنّي بِأَنّي بَعدَها أَستَعتِبُ

That after it I will seek forgiveness.

Convey—may you be guided—a message to the Imam,

And my testimony is that I am a loyal worshipper -

From me: that henceforth I seek to make amends.

وَشَهادَتي أَنّي حَليفُ عِبادَةٍ

فَاِبلوا عَلى الأَيّامِ ذاكَ وَجَرِّبوا

So test that out in the days to come.

And my witness is this: that I am sworn to devotion;

So test this truth throughout the days, and put it to proof.