يا فارسَ الهْوْليْنِ عَمَّ رَداهما

تحت القَتام وتحت ظِلِّ العِثْيرِ

O knight of the two steeds, whose vastness encompasses them,

Beneath the darkness and beneath the shadow of the dust cloud,

يجلوهُما من بأسهِ ونوالهِ

بمُهنَّأٍ خافٍ ونَصْرٍ مُظْهَرِ

He makes them both safe from his might and attack,

With ease, caution, and a triumphant victory,

فمضاؤهُ في سلْمهِ ونزالهِ

اِنجادُ مخذولٍ وثروةُ مُعْسرِ

So his light in his peace and strife,

Is the rescue of the defeated and the wealth of the destitute,

جاد السحاب وجُدْتَ لكن قدِّرتْ

أوقاتهُ ونداك غيرُ مُقَدَّرِ

The clouds poured down but you were predestined,

To set their times and your call was not preordained,

وظللت تمطرُ وهو يُمطرُ تارةً

ما ماطِرٌ يُحْيي البلاد كمُمْطرِ

And you continued to rain while it rained at times,

Not like the rain that gives life to the countries you rain upon,

واذا بوارقهُ كَذَبْنَ لشائمٍ

حيناً فبشركَ صادقٌ للمقْترِ

And when its lightning bolts lied to the detractors,

You were the truthful bringer of good news to the needy,

تخبو المواقدُ باليَفاع وبشْرُك ال

هادي ركابَ الخابطِ المُتنوِّرِ

The embers die down from the blazes yet your guidance,

Does not forsake the steps of the confused enlightened one,

لا تحتمي الوجْناءُ منك بِتامِكٍ

جلْدِ الاِهاب ولا الشُّجاع بمغفر

The coward cannot seek refuge in you with his,

Fox skin armor or the brave with forgiveness,

يشكو كفاحك كاتبٌ وكَتائبٌ

ما بين محجوجٍ وبين مُعَفَّرِ

Your struggle is lamented by a writer and troops,

Between the banned and the expelled,

بمبادريْنِ إِلى الطِّعانِ مُهَمْلجٍ

فوق الطُّروس وطامرٍ مُتمطِّرِ

With audacious ones rushing to pierce,

Above the saddles and a pouring rainfall,

حتى اذا قَذفَ اليراعُ بحالكٍ

أجرى النحور صَبيبَ قانٍ أحمرِ

Until when the tremor cast your condition,

It let flow from the veins a red, pure, hot stream,

فالشاهدانِ بما بلغْتَ من العُلى

ظهرُ الفلاة ضُحىً وبطن الدفتر

So the two witnesses to what you reached of highness,

Were the surface of the desert at dawn and the page of the book,

فبقيتَ يا تاجَ المُلوكِ للائذٍ

مستعصمٍ ولمُسنتٍ مستمْطرِ

Thus you remained, O crown of kings, for the refuge seeker,

A staunch protector and a pouring rain,

كاَد التَّصوُّنُ أن تماط سُجوفُه

فحفظتهُ بتبرعٍ لم يكْدُرِ

Withdrawal was about to fade through his essence,

But you preserved him with unblemished generosity,

واغبرَّ مُخضرُّ الشؤونِ فصُبْتَه

من راحتيك بوابلٍ مُثْعَنْجِرِ

And the horizon of affairs was murky so you poured on it,

From your comfort a heavy pouring rain,

رزح الجُلال العود من دلج السُّرى

والعِبءِ وهو لذاك غيرُ مُجرجر

The majesty of authority was stooped by the frost of eminence,

And the burden though it was not for that cumbersome,

صَمْتٌ تُقرُّ له البلاغةُ بالحِجا

والحزمُ للمتأمِّلِ المُسْتبصرِ

A silence you grant eloquence to argue for,

And wisdom for the observing wise one,

لا أوحشت منك الدسوت ولا خلت

منكَ السروجُ بغيبةٍ وبمحضرِ

You did not make the visitors despair or leave,

The saddlebags in your absence or presence,

اِنْ كان معنى جَعْفَرٍنهراً به

تروى العُطاش فأنت نهرُ الكوثرِ

If the meaning of Ja'far is a river in which,

The thirsty are satiated then you are the river of abundance.