عَلى عذبات البان فاقدة الألف

تَغَنت فَأَغنت عَن مئات وَعَن ألف

Upon the sweet-voiced birds bereft of companions

She sang, and sang to make up for hundreds or thousands

دَعَتها دَواعي الشَوق لِلنَوح فَاِنثَنَت

تردد ألحاناً تجل عَن الوَصف

Yearning called her to lament, so she bent

Echoing melodies that transcend all description

حَكَتني وَقَد فارَقت بِالأَمس رَوضة

مقدسة الأَرجاء طيبة العرف

She reminded me, though we'd just yesterday left

A sacred, fragrant garden

مَنازِهُ قَد شادَت بِقَلبي مَنازِلاً

أَقامَت مَقام القرط ذاك وَالشَنف

Its dwellings had built in my heart residence

Taking the place of lute and flute

فَواللَه لا أَنسى لَيال تَصَرمَت

بِها وَعُيون الدَهر تَنظُر عَن ضعف

By God, I'll ne'er forget those nights that passed

With her, while the eyes of time looked upon in disdain

مَنازل سامراء تاهَت بِفَضلِها

لما انَّها كَالمعصم الغَض لِلكف

Dwellings of Samarra that wandered in its grace

As though it were a soft, protective wristband

بِها العَسكري الطاهر الحسن الرِضا

وَغَيث الوَرى المنهل مِن عالم اللطف

In it al-‘Askari, the pure and handsome ar-Rida

And rain of the land, the fountain from the world of kindness

وَسَيدنا الهادي علي أَخو العلى

وَرَب المَعالي الغُر إِذ قامَ بِالعرف

And our master al-Hādi ‘Ali, brother of the most high

And lord of glories when he stood at the noble station

وَحجة أَرباب المَعالي مُحمد

وَلي الهُدى المهدي بِالواضح الصرف

And authority of the lords of glories, Muhammad

And leader of guidance, the Mahdi in clarity and eloquence

أَئمة فَضل زَينوا العلم بِالتُقى

وَلَم يَعرِفوا في تابعيهم سِوى العطف

Imams of virtue who adorned knowledge with piety

And knew nothing among their followers but kindness

علت برَسول اللَه مِنهُم مَراتب

عَن الأَلف عِندَ اللَه واحدها يَكفي

In rank after the Messenger of God, one of them

Suffices before God over thousands

نجار بِه طابَ الوُجود فَإِن ترد

بَياناً فَراجع هَل أَتى وَائت بِالصف

A carpenter through whom existence was purified, so if

You seek explanation, look - did he come with attributes?

وَفي سورة الأَحزاب إِن كُنت قارِئاً

تَنَزه وَدَع قَول الحَسود الَّذي يَنفي

And in Sūrat al-Ahzāb, if you're a reciter

Be virtuous and leave the words of the envious denier

وَفَخر لَه زَهر النُجوم تَقاعَسَت

وَكادَت تَميل الشَمس مِنهُ إِلى الحتف

Creation's flowers bloomed for him, and the sun

Nearly tilted toward him unto its demise

أَبوهُم أَجل المُرسلَين وَأُمُهُم

أَجل نِساء العالمين بِلا وقف

Their father the greatest of messengers, and their mother

The greatest of all women, without compare

وَوالدهم بَحر العُلوم الَّذي لَه

وَقائع في الإِسلام مَحمودة الوَصف

And their father the sea of knowledge, who has

Praiseworthy feats in Islam, flawless in description

كِرام عِظام أَهل بَيت نُبوة

مَحلهم مِن سائر الناس كَالأَنف

Noble pillars of the Prophetic Household

Their status among all people like the nose

هُم ملجئي في الحادِثات وَعدتي

وَمَرمى مَرامي دائِماً وَهُم كَفي

They are my refuge in tribulations and my supply

And destination - always - and they suffice for me

تَشرفت فيهم إِذ لَثمت قُبورهم

وَأَكحَلت مِن آثار تربتهم طَرفي

I gained honor in them when I kissed their tombs

And lined my eyes with the dust of their burial grounds

وَجاوَرتهُم حَتّى رَأَيت جوارهم

أَحب لِقَلبي مِن مُجاورة الأَلف

And dwelled near them until I saw dwelling near them

More beloved to my heart than living with thousands

كِرام نَزَلنا في خِلال بُيوتهم

فَكانَ قراهم وَالنَوال عَلى حرف

Noble ones, we stayed amidst their homes

So their towns and provision were ready at hand

فَأبصَرت نور الاهتدا بِبَصيرَتي

وَما ضَرني إِن النَواظر في ضعف

I then saw with my eyes the light of true guidance

And it did not harm me though the onlookers were in contempt

وَهَيهات أَن أَرضى بِذاك وَإِن لي

حُقوق جوار كُل يَوم عَلى ضَعف

Far be it that I would be pleased with that, though I have

Rights of dwelling each day manifold

فَأَرجو بِهم يَوم المعاد شَفاعة

أحل بِها مِن رَحمة اللَه في لطف

So through them I hope for intercession on the Day of Meeting

Through which I will attain God's mercy and subtle kindness

ولم حليمة

سَليلة بيت المُصطفى فتية الطف

O Humaylimah, descendant of the house of Mustafā and youth of al-Tufūl, Muhammad - that is why I have returned to them and been of that kind. Their right cannot be dissolved from my passion for them, and I have turned away from the crooked, muddled people.

They have a high lineage and magnificent glory, and knowledge and wisdom, so say to the enemies: shame! They have surely inherited the secret truth from al-Mustafā, not from dishonest or confused men.

محمد

لِذلك عدت فيهِ مِن ذَلِكَ الصنف

The prayers of God be upon him as long as the morning warbler sings upon the sweet-voiced birds bereft of companions.

وَحَقهم لا حَلت عَن شَغفي بِهم

وَأضربت عَن قَوم زَعانفة غلف

لَهُم نَسب عال وَمَجد مؤثل

وَعلم وَعرفان فَقُل لِلعِدى أَف

لَقَد وَرثوا سر الحَقيقة باطِناً

عَن المُصطفى لا عَن جفي وَلا جلف

عَلَيهِ صَلاة اللَه ما غَردَت ضُحى

عَلى عَذبات البان فاقِدة الألف