ودعت قلبي في الخليط المنجد

فتقاعد يا عين بي أو أنجدي

I bid my heart farewell in the deep night

So turn away, O eye of mine, or you will find no succor

هذا الفراق ولو أردت زيادة

مما لقيت من الأسى لم تزدد

This parting - even if you wanted more

Sorrow than you have met - would not increase

من مبلغ العذال عني أنني

مقتول قاتلة اللواحظ لاتدى

Tell those who reproach me that I

Am slain by the blows of pitiless fortune

تثني على البدر اللثام وتنثني

عن مثل خوط البانة المتاود

Who folds the radiant moon in her garment and turns away

From the like of outstretched hands begging

ما كان لي جلد فأدَّى بعدها

لكنما أودى الغداة تجلدى

I had not the fortitude, so after her

I was destroyed at dawn by my own boldness

ذات القلائد ما أحلّ لك الهوى

قتلي وقد حلَّلتهِ فتقلَّدي

O she of the necklaces, passion does not allow you

To kill me when you yourself have indulged in it

ورحلت حين رحلت عنك بمقلة

عبرى وغلّة لم تبردِ

When you went away from me with my love and longing

Never cooling, you took away my tears and anguish

سقت العهاد عراص معهدك الذي

جمع الصبابة والصِّبا من معهد

I watered the pact, the covenant you made

That brought together youth and morning in one bond

وونت بقوته الرياح ولا ونى

دمع الغمام يروح فيه ويغتدي

It tossed about in its power the winds but did not toss about

The tears of the clouds that came and went in it

فكرت عصر شبيبة قضَّيته

فيه ولما اقضى حق مفنَّدي

I remembered the springtime of my youth that I spent

In it, but did not fulfill the right of my devotion

عصرا بلغت به المنى فكأنه

عصر الأمام المستضيء الأمجد

A springtime in which I attained wishes, as though it were

The radiant and glorious springtime of the imam

مولى الأنام أبي محمد الذي

ورث الفخار عن النبي محمد

My master of mankind, my father Muhammed

Who inherited glory from the Prophet Muhammed

ذي المكرمات الغر والمنن التي

نفد الزمان وذكرها لم ينفد

Possessor of noble deeds, a cave whose generosity

Time has not depleted, and whose reputation has not waned

ذاك الذي أضحى مآل محلأٍ

عن ورده وثمال عاف مجتدي

He whose place of rest became filled

With roses, and a grove lush with trees

يبدوك بالمعروف قبل سؤاله

لله ما أهنا عطاء المهتدي

He would grant you favor before you asked

What excellent gifts are those of the rightly guided!

ملتف أعراف الوشيج إذا أنتمي

أي المنابت والثرى والسؤدد

Twisting the necklaces of intimacy when youinclined toward

Any places of growth, land, or riverbanks

وأرى زناد العزم لم يرقَ دجىً

في ليل مشكلة برأى مسلد

I see the spark of determination did not slumber

In the night of complex matters with resolute opinion

هامي سحاب الراحتين لآملٍ

سامي منار المجد ذاكي المصّدِ

My worries were clouds of comfort for a hopeful one

Lofty as a minaret of glory and wise of purpose

ذو همة قد جاوزت بعلوها

هام السّماك معا وفرق الفرقدِ

With an ambition whose loftiness surpassed

The inkwells and the stars equally

هجدت رعاياه غداة رعاهم

أمنا بمقلة خاشع متهجدِ

His subjects celebrated when he shepherded them

Gently with the staff of one humble and devout

ملك إذا ظمى السنان بكفه

فو يد من عاداه اسم لموردِ

A king whose palm, when swords were sheathed by it

Would return their blades as white as hailstones

وإذا سيوف الهند أوردها الوفى

بيضا أعاد لجينها كالعسجد

His hands took up a feat the like of which

Was never seen in glory, then cast the unerring arrow

أخذت يداه بمُسهمةٍ ما مثلها

في المجد ثم رمت بسهم مسدد

O lieutenant of the Merciful, you who restored

The prime of nomads and the sheep-pastures of the filthy ones

أخليفةَ الرحمن يا من ربعه

كلأَ العفاة ونجعة المسترفدِ

You who could dissipate the unity

Of the wicked, O restorer of the dispersed unity

بدَّدت شمل لهاك ما بين الورى

يا جامعا شمل العلى المتبددِ

O you whose actions appear shining white

In every record, a year of drought made black

يا من ترى أفعاله مبيضة

في كل سدفه عام جدب اسودِ

I continued to be the objective, determinedly inclining

Toward purposes, possessing might and aim

لازلت مقصود الجناب ميَّمما

دانى المقاصد ذا عد ومقصدِ

You were generous to me and showed the finest

Generosity of a torrent flooding violently

قد جدت لي كرا وأحسن ما يرى

مجود الجواد الخرقعند

By your minister - truly he administered the land

In new events, endowed with penetrating perception

بأبي وزيرك أنه وزر الورى

في الحادثات ورب رأيِ محصدِ

I saw him as the bravest who would unsheathe

His sword in battle and above the naked sword

تلقاه أشجع من يجرد في الوغى

سيفا وينهد فوق نهد أجردِ

And the gentlest to guide the people under the darkness

With the horses stumbling over rugged terrain

وتراه اهدِى القوم تحت عجاجةٍ

والخيل تعثر بالقنا المتقصدِ

Accustomed to plunging into adversities through you

He emulated in courage and magnanimity

متعودا خوض الكرائه لم يزل

بك في الشجاعة والسماحة يقتدي

Confronting your enemies and meeting them

On a plain noisy with the neighing of stallions

متعرضا لعداتكم ولقائهم

في عارض زجل الجوانب مزبدِ

I observed him and saw the best endowed

Man whose sight would please the envious

أبصرته فرأيت احسن منعم

تقذى برؤيته عيون الحسَّدِ

O embodiment of favor, you protected him

And guided aright his blemish that was not set right

ياكالي الإحسان أَنت حميته

وسددت ثلمته التي لم تسددِ

O sole one of my religion, o you whose love

Obligates all believers to hold fast

يا واحد الدينيا ويامن حبه

فرض به استمساك كل موحدِ

You remain open-handed, pouring the dew

In sustenance for students, flourishing the hand

لازلت طلق الكف منهمر الندى

بالرفد للطلاب مخضر الندى

And you reached your feast day a thousand years, returning

In happiness remaining, and eternal honor

ولقيت عيدك ألف عام عائد

بسعادة تبقى وعز سرمدِ

You remain open-handed, pouring the dew

In sustenance for students, braiding the soil of the hand

لا زلت سبط الكف منهمر الندى

بالرفد للطلاب جعد ثرى اليَّد