قالوا صَدَقتَ فَكانَ الصِدقَ ما قالوا
ما كُلُّ مُنتَسِبٍ لِلقَولِ قَوّالُ
They said you were truthful, so truth became what they said
Not everyone who claims speech is a speaker
هَذا قَريضي وَهَذا قَدرُ مُمتَدَحي
هَل بَعدَ هَذَينِ إِحكامٌ وَإِجلالُ
This is my poor rhyme, that my eulogy’s extent
After these two, is there solemnity and veneration?
إِنّي لَأُبصِرُ في أَثناءِ بُردَتِهِ
نوراً بِهِ تَهتَدي لِلحَقِّ ضُلّالُ
In the midst of his robe, I see a light
With it, the misguided find the truth
حَلَلتُ داراً بِها تُتلى مَناقِبُهُ
بِبابِها اِزدَحَمَت لِلناسِ آمالُ
I entered a house, in which his virtues are recited
At its door, people’s hopes are crowded
رَأَيتُ فيها بِساطاً جَلَّ ناسِجُهُ
عَلَيهِ فاروقُ هَذا الوَقتِ يَختالُ
I saw in it a carpet, its weaver is glorious
Upon it, this time’s Farooq walks proudly
بِمَشيَةٍ بَينَ صَفَّي حِكمَةٍ وَتُقىً
يُحِبُّها اللَهُ لا تيهٌ وَلا خالُ
With a gait between rows of wisdom and piety
God loves it, not lost nor alone
تَبَسَّمَ المُصطَفى في قَبرِهِ جَذَلاً
لَمّا سَمَوتَ إِلَيها وَهيَ مِعطالُ
Al-Mustafa smiled broadly in his grave
When you aspired to it while it was abandoned
فَكانَ لَفظُكَ دُرّاً حَولَ لَبَّتِها
العَدلُ يَنظِمُ وَالتَوفيقُ لَآلُ
So your words were pearls around its essence
Justice composes and success refines
لي كُلَّ حَولٍ لِبَيتِ الجاهِ مُنتَجَعٌ
كَما تُشَدُّ لِبَيتِ اللَهِ أَرحالُ
Every year, I take refuge in the house of glory
As pilgrims flock to God’s house
وَزَهرَةٌ غَضَّةٌ أَلقى الإِمامَ بِها
لَها عَلى أُختِها في الرَوضِ إِدلالُ
A blossoming flower, the Imam threw it
It is pampered over its sister in the meadow
تَفَتَّحَ الحَمدُ عَنها حينَ أَسعَدَها
مِنكَ القَبولُ وَفيها نَوَّرَ القالُ
Praise burst forth from it when you made it joyful
With your acceptance, and through it the speech shone
نَثَرتُ مَنظومَ تيجانِ المُلوكِ بِها
فَراحَ يَنظِمُهُ في وَصفِكَ البالُ
I scattered the composed crowns of kings with it
And the mind started composing your description
يا مَن تَيَمَّنَتِ الفُتيا بِطَلعَتِهِ
أَدرِك فَتاكَ فَقَد ضاقَت بِهِ الحالُ
O he whom the youth are blessed by his rising
Reach your young man, for the situation has narrowed
