أيُّ بُشرى كست الدُنيا بَهاءا

قُم فهنّي الأرض فيها والسماءا

What good tidings have adorned the world with splendor!

Arise and congratulate the earth and the sky about it.

طَبَّقَ الأرجاءَ منها أرجٌ

عطَّرت نفحةُ ريَّاه الفضاءا

Its corners have been perfumed with its sweet scent,

And the breeze of its winds has fragranced the atmosphere.

بعثةٌ أعلَنَ جبريلُ بها

قبل ذا في الملأ الأعلى النداءا

It is a mission that Gabriel announced,

Calling out before this in the Most High assembly:

قائلاً قد بُعِث النورُ الذي

ليس يخشى أبدَ الدهرِ انطفاءا

"The light has now been sent, that which

Will never fear extinction throughout time."

فهنيئاً فُتِحَ الخيرُ بمن

ختَم الرحمنُ فيه الأَنبياءا

So congratulations! Goodness has been unlocked by the one

Whom the Merciful sealed as the last prophet.

وأتى أكرمُ مبعوثٍ قد اخ

تارهُ اللهُ انتجاباً واصطفاءا

And the most honorable messenger has come, whom

God specifically chose for conception and selection.

سيّدُ الرسلِ جميعاً أحمدٌ

مَن بعلياهُ أتى الذكر ثناءا

The master of all messengers, Ahmad,

The one through whom the remembrance came with praise.

مبعثٌ قد وَلَدته ليلةٌ

للورى ظلماؤها كانت ضياءا

A sent one who was born on a night

That was darkness for the world, but became radiance.

بُوركت من ليلةٍ في صُبحها

كَشف الله عن الحقِّ الغطاءا

Blessed is the night whose morning

God unveiled the truth and removed the veil.

خلع اللهُ عليها نضرةً

راقت العالَم زهواً واجتلاءا

God adorned it with splendor,

It pleased the world with blossoming and sublimity.

كلما مرَّت حلت في مرِّها

راحةُ الأفراحِ رشفاً وانتشاءا

Whenever it passes, it brings with its passing

The comfort of joy, abundance, and vitality.

واستهلَّ الدهرُ يُثني مُطرباً

عطفَ نشوانٍ ويختالُ ازدهاءا

And time began singing joyfully,

With charm, exuberance, and pride.

فلتهنِّ الملةُ الغرَّاءُ مَن

أَحكمَ اللهُ به منها البناءا

So let the brilliant nation celebrate the one

Through whom God perfected its structure.

ولتُباهِل فيه أعداءَ الهدى

ولتباهِ اليومَ فيه العلماءا

And let it defeat through him the enemies of guidance,

And let the scholars boast today through him.

ذو محيًّا فيه تُستَسقى السما

وبنانٍ علَّم الجودَ السماءا

One with a sharpened blade through which the sky

Is irrigated, and clouds taught generosity.

رقَّ بشراً وجههُ حتى لقد

كاد أن يقطرَ منه البشرُ ماءا

His face made people gentle, until indeed

His humanity almost dripped water.

فعلى نورِ الهدى من وجهه

وجدَ الناسُ إلى الرشد اهتداءا

Through the light of his guidance and his face

People found their way to righteousness.

فهو ظلُّ اللهِ في الأَرضِ على

فئةِ الحقِّ بلطف اللهِ فاءا

For he is God's shade on earth, over

The people of truth, with God's kindness their defender.

فكفى هاشم فخراً أنَّها

وَلدته لمزاياها وِعاءا

So it is enough for Hashim to boast

That she bore him for his merits as a vessel.

فلها اليومَ انتهى الفخرُ به

وله الفخرُ ابتداءاً وانتهاءا

For through him the pride has reached its end today,

And for him is the pride, beginning and end.

سادَ أهلَ الدينِ علماً وتقًى

وصلاحاً وعفافاً وإباءا

He surpassed the people of religion in knowledge, piety,

Righteousness, chastity, and steadfastness.

زانَ سامرّا وكانت عاطلاً

تتشكّى من محلّيها الجفاءا

He adorned Samarra though it was abandoned,

Complaining of the harshness of its inhabitants.

وغدت أفناؤها آنسةً

وهي كانت أوحشَ الأرضِ فناءا

And its yards became friendly

When it was the loneliest place on earth.

حيِّ فيها المرقدَ الأسنى وقل

زادك اللهُ بهاءً وسناءا

Give life through him to the Most Noble tomb, and say:

May God increase you in splendor and loftiness!

إنما أنت فِراشٌ للأُلى

جعل اللهُ السما فيهم بناءا

You are but a rug for the Ahlul Bayt,

Through whom God made the sky as its ceiling.

ما حوت أبراجُها من شُهبها

كوجوهٍ فيك فاقتها بهاءا

Its towers do not contain the meteors within them

That surpass you in brilliance like faces.

قد توارت فيك أقمارُ هدًى

ودَّت الشمسُ لها تغدو فداءا

The moons of guidance vanished into you,

And the sun came to you rising, offered as sacrifice.

أبداً تزدادُ في العليا سنًى

وظهوراً كلَّما زيدت خفاءا

You forever increase in the Highest abode in eminence

And prominence each time you are concealed.

ثم نادي القبةَ العليا وقل

طاوِلي يا قبةَ الهادي السماءا

Then call out to the Most High dome and say:

Rise up, O dome of the Guided One, to the sky!

بمعالي العسكريين اشمخي

وعلى أفلاكها زِيدي عَلاءا

With the glories of the Askari's, be resolute,

And add to its orbits an increase in loftiness.

واغلبي زهرَ الدراري في السنا

فبك العالمُ لا فيها أضاءا

And overcome the flowers of the Abode of Peace in brilliance,

For the world wept with no illuminator within it.

خطَّكِ اللهُ تعالى دارةً

لذُكائي شرفٍ فاقا ذُكاءا

May God prescribe you an orbit, O hall,

Of my intelligence, a nobility surpassing brilliance!

وبنا عرّج على تلكَ التي

أودعتنا عندَها الغيبةُ داءا

And He planted for us one who

The absence entrusted us to during the occultation, an affliction.

حجب اللهُ بها الداعي الذي

هو للأعينِ قد كان الضياءا

God concealed through her the shining summoner

Who had been illumination for the eyes.

وبها الأملاكُ في ألطافه

للورى تهبطُ صبحاً ومساءا

Through her the angels in His kindness

Descend to the world morning and evening.

قف وقل عن مهجةٍ ذائبةٍ

ومن العينينِ فانضجها دماءا

Stop, and say with melting entrails,

And from the eyes, make them stream with tears:

يا إمامَ العصرِ ما أقتلها

حسرةً كانت هي الداء العياءا

O Imam of the age! It kills me with anguish!

It was the wasting disease with no cure.

مَطلتنا البرءَ في تعليلها

وسوى مرءاكَ لا نَلقى شفاءا

We tried curing it, but besides seeing you,

We cannot find any remedy.

برئت ذمّةُ جبارِ السما

من أُناسٍ منك قد أضحوا بُراءا

The responsibility of the Almighty is cleared

From people who through you have become disavowed.

فمتى تَبردُ أحشاءٌ لنا

كِدنَ بالأنفاسِ يُضرمن الهواءا

So when will our burning innards cool down

That blaze the air with each breath?

ونرى يا قائمَ الحقِّ انتضت

سيفَها منك يدُ الله انتضاءا

And we see, O Upholder of Truth, your sword unsheathed

By God's hand, fully prepared!

أفهل نبقى كما تُبصرُنا

نُنفِذ الأيامَ والصبر رَجاءا

Will we remain as you see us,

Spending the days and hoping with patience?

لا رأى الرحمةَ من قال رياءا

قلَّت الروحُ لمولاها فداءا

He who saw mercy from the Merciful rarely lied.

The soul is sacrificed for its Master.