لَكَ الْحَقُّ الَّذِي يَجِبُ
وَفَضْلُكَ لَيْسَ يَحْتَجِبُ
You have the right that must be fulfilled
And your grace is not concealed
وَدُونَ عُلاَكَ مَا تُنْمَى
إِلَيْهِ السَّبْعةُ الشُّهُبُ
Without your highness, the seven stars do not shine
And above the son of the Virgin is a son
وَفَوْقَ ابْنِ الْبَتُولِ ابْنٌ
وَفَوْقَ ابْنِ الْبَتُولِ أَبُ
And above the son of the Virgin is a father
A visitor came to me from you
أَتَتْنِي مِنْكَ زَائِرَةٌ
يَقُودُ هَدِيَّهَا الأَدَبُ
Her manners guided by etiquette
She visited the son of Hussein, but he
زَرَتْ بِابْنِ الْحُسَينِ فَمَا
لَهُ فِي الْحُسْنِ مُنْتَسَبُ
Has no attribution to beauty
And she called out, "O pleased one, you have narrated
وَنَادَتْ بالرَّضَيِّ لَقَدْ
حَكَيْتَ وَفَاتَكَ الشَّنَبُ
And your loss has passed away."
Exalted is God, who grants
تَعَالَى اللهُ مَنْ يَهَبُ ال
كَمَالَ وَنِعْمَ مَا يَهَبُ
Perfection and excellent gifts
Her meanings flirt with me
تُغَازِلُنِي مَعَانِيهَا
فَتُسْفِرُ ثُمَّ تَنْتَقِبُ
Revealing and then hiding
But sorrow has spoiled the joy
وَلَكِنْ نَغَّصَ الْمَسْرَى
وَدَهْرِي كُلَّهُ عَجَبُ
And my whole life is a wonder
And she hinted to me, and passion
وَأَوْحَتْ عَنْكَ لِي وَصَبَا
تَخَطَّى مَجْدَكَ الْوَصَبُ
Has surpassed your glory
So I became like the companion of one gone astray
فَصِرْتُ كَصَاحِبِ الضلِّي
لِ دُونَ الدَّرْبِ أَنْتَحِبُ
Lamenting away from the path
For you are my highest treasure
فَإِنَّكَ ذُخْرِيَ الأَعْلَى
وَمَعْقِلُ عِزِّيَ الأَشِبُ
And fortress of my noblest zeal
You are the sum of my causes
وَأَنْتَ جَميعُ أَسْبَابي
إِذَا مَا أَعْوزَ السَّبَبُ
When causes are lacking
I found you my equipment and richness
وَجَدْتُكَ عُدَّتِي وَغِنَى
يَدِي إِذْ أَذْهِبَ الذَّهَبُ
When gold disappears
If you had not kept me back
فَلَوْلاَ أَنَّكَ اسْتَبْقَيْ
تَنِي وَالْعَقْلُ مُسْتَلَبُ
While my mind slips away
And with much flowing pearls, a people
وبالدر النثير شعب
ت صدعاً ليس ينشعب
Where no rift comes between
I sacrifice for you the stars of green
فدتكِ كَوَاكِبُ الْخَضْرَا
ءِ لاَ عَجَمٌ وَلاَ عَرَبُ
Neither non-Arab nor Arab
And you remain for eternity in clouds
وَدُمْتَ الدَّهرَ فِي سُحُبٍ
مِنَ الآلاءِ تَنْسَحِبُ
Of blessings that pour forth