أقولُ وقد تَولَّى الأمْرَ حَبْرٌ
وَليٌّ لم يَزلْ بَرّاً تَقِيَّا
I say, now that a learned sage has assumed the rule—
A ruler who has never ceased to be righteous and devout.
وقد كُشِفَ الظَّلامُ بمسْتضيءٍ
غَدا بالنَّاسِ كُلِّهُمُ حَفيَّا
And darkness has been dispelled by al-Mustaḍīʾ—the Illumined One,
Who has become solicitous for all the people.
وفاضَ الجودُ والمَعْروفُ حتَّى
حَسِبْتُهُما عُباباً أو أتِيَّا
Generosity and kindness overflowed until
I took them for a surging flood or a rushing torrent.
بلغْنا فوْقَ ما كُنَّا نُرَجِّي
هَنيئاً يابني الدُّنيا هَنِيَّا
We have attained more than we had hoped for.
Joy to you, O children of this world—joy!
سألْتُ اللّهَ يَرْزُقُنا إِماماً
نُسَرُّ بهِ فأعْطانا نَبِيَّا
I asked God to grant us an imam
In whom we might rejoice; so He gave us a prophet.
Sol 5.6