لِحَيدرةَ الفضلُ دون الورى

عَلَى أقربِ النّاسِ والأبعدِ

Haydar deserves merit above all people,

The near and the distant alike.

فَدِنْ بِمَحَّبتِهِ إنَّ مَنْ

يَدِنْ بمحبَتِهِ يرشدِ

So draw near to him with love, for whoever,

Draws near to him with love will be guided.

أَخو المصْطفى وخَدينُ الهدى

وهادي البريّةِ والمهتدي

The brother of Mustafa and the cheek of guidance,

The guide of the wilderness and the rightly guided one.

إذَا مَا دَجَتْ ظُلَمُ المشْكِلات

جَلّى دُجى لَيلِها الأَسْودِ

Whenever the darkness of perplexities grows dense,

He illuminates the gloomy night.

ومَهْمَا يُنادَى لأُكْرومَةٍ

فَنَاهِيكَ بالعَلَمِ المفردِ

And no matter who is called upon in tribulation,

Suffice it that you have the unique scholar.

وحَسْبُكَ مِنْ فَضلِه أنّه

لِغَير المهَيْمنِ لَم يَسجُدِ

And it suffices you of his merit that he,

Did not prostrate to other than the All-Dominant.

وأَنّ مَنِ المصْطَفى صنوهُ

لَفِي الإِمامة منْ أحمدٍ

And that the one whom the Chosen One protected,

For the Imamate was from Ahmad.

أبِنْ ليَ مَن فَازَ دون الورى

بنصِّ الإِمامة منْ أحمدٍ

Tell me who won below the heavens,

The text of the Imamate from Ahmad.

حباهُ الإمامةَ من بَعْدِه

وكانَا مِنَ النّاسِ في مشهدِ

He granted him the Imamate after him,

And they were before all people in their gathering.

ومَنْ ذَا سواه يُرى قائماً

عَلى الحوضِ يَسْقي الوَرى عن يَدِ

And who other than him is seen standing,

At the Basin, giving drink to all from his hand.

ومَنْ ذا غدا حبُّه في الورى

دَلِيلاً على شرفِ المولدِ

And whose love in the world,

Became evidence of the nobility of birth.

ونفسَ الرَّسولِ بنصِّ الكِتابِ

وما النّفسُ كالصَّاحب الأبعدِ

The soul of the Messenger by the text of the Book,

And the soul is not like the most distant companion.

ومَن نامَ في مَرْقَدِ المصْطَفى

وعَينُ أُولي الغَدْرِ لم تَرقدِ

And whoever slept in the tomb of Mustafa,

While the eyes of the treacherous did not sleep.

وأهوى العُقابُ إلى نَعْلِه

لِيَدْفَعَ عنهُ أَذَى الأَسْودِ

And the eagle dove towards his slipper,

To protect him from the harm of the black snake.

وفي الصّوح مَنْ شبّ نار الوغى

وقد أحجَمَ النّاس مِنْ عَن يدِ

And in the market place, he who kindled the fire of turmoil,

While the people shrank from his hand.

وَعَمْروٌ غداةَ دَعا لِلّقا

أتَيمٌ لَهُ برزت أم عَدِي

And Amr the day he called out to Al-Laqit,

"O orphan of Adiyy, has Umm Adyy given birth or adopted?"

أبينُوا لَنَا ويلكُم إنّني

أرىَ الحقَ أبلجَ لِلْمهتدي

Explain to us, woe to you! I see,

The truth has shone for the rightly guided one.

حَسَدتمْ عليّاً على فَضْلِه

ومَن نالَ مَا نَالَهُ يُحْسَدِ

You envied Ali his superiority,

And whoever attains what he attained is envied.

وخالفتموهُ بأهوائِكمْ

خِلافَ العَبيدِ على السيّدِ

And you opposed him with your whims,

Unlike servants with their master.

وأنكَرْتُمو مِنْ سَنَا فضلِه

ضياءاً أَنَافَ على الفرقِد

And you denied the radiance of his virtues,

A brilliance too bright for the niche.

ولا عارَ لِلشَمسِ إن أنكرتْ

سَن ضوءِها مُقْلةُ الأَرمدِ

There is no shame on the sun if,

The bleary-eyed deny its brilliance.

فَهَلاَّ وقَدْ رُمْتُمو شأوَهُ

سبَقْتُمْ إلى غايةِ السُّؤددِ

Why then, though you have aimed to disparage him,

Have you not reached the utmost lowliness?

وهَل جُنُبٌ مِنكمُ غيرُه

أُحِلَّ لَهُ اللّبثُ في المسْجدِ

And which of you all, other than him,

Was made lawful to reside in the mosque?