اِني خَبرْتُ عُلاهُ خُبْر مجربٍ

فجعلتُ صفو قلائدي لثَنائهِ

I have known his sublime character as one well-versed,

So I made the choice pearls of my poems his praise.

وتعلَّمتْ مني الخواطرُ جودَهُ

فَبدائهي في الحمدِ مثلُ عَطائهِ

And from me thoughts have learned his generosity,

So my initiating in praise is like his giving.

ولقد أغيبُ فعتريني ظُلْمَةٌ

في الحِسِّ يجْلوها ضياءُ لِقائهِ

When absent, darkness overwhelms me,

Which, when we meet, his light dispels.

ولقد رأيتُ بني الزمان فلم أجِدْ

كذمامه ووفائه وسَخائهِ

And I have seen the people of time and found none

Like his perfect fidelity, generosity, and nobility.

جمُّ العَوارفِ والمعاذرُ جَمَّةٌ

لا يستكِفُّ قِراهُ قُرُّ شِتائهِ

He who brings tidings of noble deeds is a bringer

Whose neighborhood no nearer neighbor resents.

اللهُ يُبْقي الزينبيَّ فأنهُ

ممَّنْ يُسرُّ المجدَ طولُ بَقائهِ

May God make the Zaynabi endure, being one

Who rejoices to exalt glory through lasting.

مَلآنُ منْ كرمٍ فانْ فتَّشتَه

أبصرتَ خلو القلب من شَحْنائهِ

Filled with bounty - so if you examine him

You see his heart is empty of any stinginess.