يا قبر جادكَ وابلُ الرّضوانِ

واستَوطَنتكَ عَواطفُ الغُفرانِ

O grave, the rain of satisfaction poured on you,

And the feelings of forgiveness settled in you,

وعلى ثراكَ تخطّرت ريحُ المنى

تَسري بنَشْر البرِّ والإِحسانِ

And on your soil the breeze of wishes blew,

Spreading righteousness and benevolence.

فلقد ثَوى بثراكَ حَبْر ماجدٌ

حزنتْ لموقع صوته الثقلانِ

For the eminent poet has rested in your soil,

His weighty voice saddened the scales.

يا ضاحكاً في جنة الفردوس قد

أبكيتَ مَن كانَتْ له عينان

O you who laugh in Paradise's bliss, you

Made those with two eyes cry.

ما كان أبرك منك عمراً ماضياً

قضّيتَهُ في طاعة الرحمانِ

None were more righteous than you in the past,

You spent it obeying the Most Merciful.

وغدوتَ معتصماً به مستعصماً

بمعاقِلِ التقوى من الشيطانِ

And you held on to Him in full adherence

To the fortresses of piety against Satan.

وسعيتَ في كسْبِ الثناءِ فأنتَ

من كفل الثناءُ لَهُ بعمرٍ ثاني

You strove to earn praise so you

Are guaranteed praise for an eternal life.

والعلم أجمع قد غدوتَ مُبرّزاً

في شوط حلبتِه على الأقرانِ

And all knowledge has made you outstanding,

At the forefront of your peers in its orbit.

وبذلتَ نفسك لِلأئِمَّةِ راعياً

لِعهودِهم في السرِّ والإعلانِ

You gave yourself to the Imams as a guardian

Of their covenants secretly and openly.

وقضيتَ دهراً في القِراع لعُصْبَةٍ

شُغلوا بقرْع مثَالثٍ ومثاني

And you spent an age defending a faction

Busy with the noise of triangles and octagons.

جاهَدتَ في مولاك حَقّ جهادِه

تبغي رضا المتَفضّلِ المنّانِ

You fought for your Master as truly as can be

Seeking the pleasure of the Benevolent, the Bestower.

كم منْ مُحبٍ قد تركتَ مُكابداً

أهوال دارِ مذلَةٍ وهوانِ

How many lovers have you left suffering

The horrors of the abode of humiliation and feebleness,

دارِ المصائبِ والنّوائبِ والْعَنا

وقرارةِ الأكدارِ والأَحزانِ

The abode of afflictions, catastrophes, and hardships,

And the bitterness of sorrows and anguish.

أعرضتَ عَن دارِ الغرورِ فأنتَ مِن

دار المُقَامةِ في أعزّ مكانِ

You turned away from the house of delusion, so you are one

Of the enduring house in the most honorable place.

كم ليلةٍ أَحْيَيْتَها مُتَهَجّداً

بالفكْرِ والصَّلوات والقرآنِ

How many nights did you stay up

Pondering, praying, and reciting the Qur'an,

تدعو إلهَكَ في دُجاها قَائلاً

جُدْ بالفكاكِ على الأَسير العاني

Calling out to your God in the darkness, saying:

"Redeem the captive who is suffering!"

لو كُنْتَ تملكُ إنْ سُئِلْتَ إجابةً

ما قلتَ إلاّ سرَّني وحباني

If you were asked and you had an answer,

You'd have said, "He has delighted me and blessed me,

وأباحَ لي وِرد الرِّضَى كرماً وما

برحتْ عواطفُ بره تغشاني

Permitted me access to His good pleasure generously, and

His affectionate mercy never stops enveloping me,

وأحلّني دارَ المقامةِ خالداً

في ظلّ ملك دائمٍ وأمانِ

And He settled me into the House of Eternity,

In the shade of the Eternal, Trusted King,

ونداؤُهُ إيَّاي فُزتَ بما تَشا

مِن جنّتي ونجوتَ من نيراني

And through His call I won what I wanted

Of my two Gardens, and was saved from My Fire."

آهٍ لو أنكَ عِشتَ في أعمارنا

دَهراً وكنّا نَحنُ في الأكفانِ

Oh, if only you had lived longer in our lifetimes

For ages, while we were in our coffins!

هيهات لا يَبْقى على ملكوته

إلاّ الإلَه وكلُّ حيٍّ فاني

Alas, none will remain in His Kingdom

Except God—every living being perishes.

فاذكرْ أهاليكَ الذين تركتَهم

يتَجرَّعون مرارةَ الأحزان

So remember your family whom you left

Sipping the bitterness of sorrows,

واسأَلْ لنا مولاك غُفْراناً إذا

حضَرَ الحِساب وزلّت القدمانِ

And ask your Master to forgive us when

The Reckoning comes and feet slip.

أحسِنْ ضيافتنا غداة قدومنا

فلقد عهدتكَ مكرمَ الضّيفانِ

Welcome us hospitably tomorrow when we arrive,

For we knew you as the most generous of hosts.

وصلاة ربّكَ لا تَزال مدى المدى

تُهدى إلى المختار من عَدنانِ

And may your Lord's prayers last forever,

Addressed to the Chosen One of 'Adnan,

والآل مَن عَذُبتْ مواردُ ذِكرِهمْ

مِنْ كُلّ مخلوقٍ بكلِّ لِسانِ

And his family whose mention's spring

Quenched the thirst of every being in every tongue.