لَيتَ هذا الصِّيامَ دامَ لَنا
عاماً وَعاماً بَل لَيتَهُ أَلفَ عامِ
Would that this fast had lasted for us
year after year—nay, would that it had lasted a thousand years!
إِنَّ شَهراً كُنا نَرى كُلَّ يَوم
فيهِ وَجهَ الإِمامِ وَاِبنَ الإِمامِ
Indeed, a month in which every day we saw
the face of the Imam and the son of the Imam
لَحَقيقٌ أَن لا نَزالُ عَلَيهِ
كاسِفي البالِ ظاهِري التَّهمامِ
surely deserves that, on its account, we remain
downcast in spirit and visibly emaciated.
لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَن يَرى أَحَدا أَو
لي بِها مِنكَ مِن جَميعِ الأَنامِ
May God curse whoever deems anyone more enti—
—tled to it than you, among all humankind.
لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَن يَعُدُّ سِوى رَأ
يكَ عَونا لَهُ عَلى الأَيّامِ
May God curse whoever counts anything but your coun—
—sel as help to him against the vicissitudes of time.
Sol 5.6