سألْتُ إِلهِي أنْ يعيشَ بغِبْطَةٍ
إِمامُ الهُدى ما أرْزَمَتْ أمُّ حائلِ
I asked my God that the Imam of Guidance may live in bliss
As long as the resolute mother of misfortunes is tied down
فحِفْظُ العُلى والمَأثُراتِ بحِفْظِهِ
يُصَرِّفُها ما بينَ حَزْمٍ ونائلِ
Protecting the sublime and the glorious is through protecting him
Who steers them between resolve and attainment
سَقى هامِداتِ الخيرِ عَدْلاً ورحْمَةً
وجوداً فأضْحَتْ غُبْرُها كالخمائلِ
He quenched the barren lands of good with justice and mercy
Such that their dust turned into meadows
ولم يَرْضَ بالعَدْلِ العَميمِ فَزادَهُ
نَوافِلَ منْ معْروفِهِ والفَواضِلِ
Not content with all-encompassing justice, he increased it
With supererogatory good deeds and merits
مَريرُ القُوى ماضِي العَزائمِ رائحٌ
معَ الحَزْمِ مُشْقي نيبهِ والعَواذِلِ
Bitter are the morrows for the unyielding, a wind
That brings misery, along with wisdom, to the obstinate
كريمٌ يَرى أمْوالَهُ كَعُداتِهِ
فيَغْزوهُما غَزْوَ الكَميِّ المُباسِلِ
A generous man who sees his wealth like his weapons
Raiding them both like a fighter in a night raid
فيضْرِبُ في أعْدائهِ غيرَ ناكِلٍ
ويَفْتِكُ في أمْوالِهِ غيرَ باخِلِ
Striking his enemies relentlessly
And spending his money unstintingly
تُشَدُّ حُباهُ في النَّدِيِّ براجِحٍ
رَحيبِ نَواحي الحِلْمِ جَمِّ الفَضائلِ
His love is reinforced in the noble one of many virtues
And the vast terrains of forbearance and sublime morals
فتى الخيرِ لا تَعْرو سَجاياهُ غِلظَةٌ
ولا يُخْتَشى منْ كَيْدِه والمَخاتِلِ
The gallant one whose traits are not marred by harshness
Nor is deceit or conspiracy feared from him
ولا يرْكبُ البَغْيَ الشَّنيعَ اقْتِدارُهُ
إذا خَفَّ حِلْمُ اللَّوْذَعِيِّ الحُلاحِلِ
Nor does his might make him commit abhorrent aggression
When the forbearance of the calm tamed one stills tempestuous seas
ولكنْ سَليمُ القلْبِ مِن صَوَرِ الهوَى
رَاياهُ مِن إِيمانِهِ في مَعاقِلِ
Rather, his heart is safe from the images of passion
His banner rises from his faith, erected on fortresses
يُضِيءُ بنورِ القُدْسِ صَلْتُ جَبينِهِ
إذا ما الدُّجى ألْقَتْ يَداً في الهَواجِلِ
The light of sanctity illuminates his prayerful forehead
When darkness extends its hand into terrifying visions
رأى الناسُ منه ما رَأوا منْ مكارِمٍ
غَدَتْ بأحاديثِ الكِرامِ الأوائلِ
People saw in him the noble traits they had seen before
Which became, with the tales of generosity, legacies of early times
فقالوا شَبابُ الدهرِ عادَ وانْشِرَتْ
مكارِمُهُ مِنْ كَفِّ أبْلَجَ عادِلِ
And so they said the prime of time has returned, and its
Virtues have bloomed from the palm of an impartial,白 one
ولو عَلِموا ما باتَ يُضْمِرُ قَلْبُهُ
ويَنْويهِ منْ مُسْتَقْبَلِ الخيرِ شامِلِ
Had they known what his heart secretly harbors
And what forthcoming good he intends inclusively
لَقالوا حَسَوْنا نَغْبَةً ووَرءاها
غَطامِطُ يَمٍّ لا يُكَفُّ بِساحِلِ
They would have said, we felt some bliss, but behind it
Were billows of a sea that no coast can restrain
كأنَّ الإِمامَ المُسْتَضيء وهَديَهُ
غَداةَ أدالَ الحَقَّ مِنْ كُلِّ باطِلِ
As if the rightly-guided Imam and his guidance
At daybreak, after the truth prevailed over every falsehood
سَنى الصُّبْحِ أعطى خابِطَ الوعْر رُشدَهُ
إلى لَقَمٍ سَهْلِ المَسالِكِ آهِلِ
Orientation of morn, gave the lost wanderer in rugged terrain
Guidance towards an easy path, crowded and lively
فبورِكَ منْ حَبْرٍ إِمامٍ مُؤيَّدٍ
تُقاهُ دُروعٌ ضافياتُ الذَّلاذِلِ
Blessed thus is the ink of a supported, rightly-guided Imam
Shielded by impenetrable coats of mail
إِمامٌ تَساوى في فَريضَةِ حَمْدِهِ
ضَميرُ الذي يُثْني وجمْعُ المَحافِلِ
An Imam whose praise equates in obligation
The conscience of the one who praises and the crowds in the assemblies
