يَا سَيْفُ مَا أَلْقَى نِجَادَكْ

وَأَطَالَ فِي التُّرْبِ اغْتِمَادَك

O sword, what a noble sheath you have cast off,

And how long you have slept in the dust!

يَا حِصْنُ أَي مُفَاجِىءٍ

بِشَدِيدِ صَدْمَتِهِ أَمَادَك

O fortress, what sudden blows

Have shaken and destroyed you!

يَا نَجْمُ قَدْ أَسْهَدْتَ قَوْ

ماً كَانَ أَمْنُهُمُ سُهَادَكْ

O star, you brought security to a people -

Their safety was your watchfulness.

أَتَبِينُ عَنَّأ يَا عَلِيُّ

وَكُلُّنَا يَبْكِي بِعَادَكْ

Does it not show, O Ali,

While we all weep for your absence?

فَإِذَا أَفَادَكَ شُغْلُ نَفْسِكَ

بِالْعُلَى مَاذَا أَفَادَكْ

When your own concerns give you

Elevation, what do they avail you?

لَكِنْ دَعَا دَاعِي الْحِمَى

فَأجَبْتَ مُتَّخذاً عَتَادَك

But the voice of zeal called you,

So you responded, taking up your habit.

وَبِبَذْلِ جُهْدِكَ فِي الَّذِي

يُرضِيهِ صِرْتَ كَمَا أَرَادَك

And by striving for what satisfies Him

You became as He wanted you to be.

حَرَّرْتَ لِلْعِلْمِ الْحِجَى

وَبَذلْتَ فِي الأَدَبِ اجْتِهَادَك

You held fast to knowledge

And strove hard in literature,

أَفْنيْتَ فِي التَّثقِيفِ عَزْ

مَك غَيْر مُدخِرٍ رُقادَك

Spending yourself in education

Without hoarding any rest for yourself.

تنأَى بِشَطْرِكَ عَنْ مَكَا

نِ الرَّيْبِ مُخْتَاراً حِيَادَك

You held yourself apart in a place

Free of suspicion, choosing neutrality.

مُتَنَزِّهاً عَما يُزَيِّفُ

شَانِيءٌ وَلِيَ انِتْقَادَكْ

Aloof from what a slanderer distorts

And a critic censures.

وَإِذَا تَنَقَّصكَ المُرِيبُ

فإِنهُ لاَ رَيْبَ زَادَكْ

And if the doubtful disparage you,

Surely that only adds to your credit.

تَسْمُو بِرَأْيِكَ رَائِداً

فِي كُلِّ مَحْمَدَةٍ مَرَادَكْ

Your views are lofty, guiding

Every praiseworthy objective.

وتَظَلُّ مُتَّقياً هَوَا

كَ مُشَاوِراً فِيهِ رَشَادك

You remain reverent, fearing your passion

And reasoning in all your counsel.

أَبَداً عَلَى الرَّحْمَنِ تُلْقِي

فِي المُلمَّاتِ اعْتِمَادَك

You always place your trust

In the Merciful, in adversities.

وَبِكُلِّ إِخْلاَصِ الْوَفِيِّ

لِقَوْمِهِ تَهْوَى بِلاَدَك

With all the sincerity of a loyal one

For his people, you cherish your country.

وَتَذُودُ عَنْهَا فِي الْكرِيهَةِ

فَهْيَ لَنْ تَنْسَى ذِيَادَكْ

And defend it in hardship -

It will never forget your support.

حُبٌّ إِذَا اسْتَوْحَيْتَهُ

وَبَثَثْتَ فِي الكَلِمِ اعْتِقَادَكْ

When you inspire love

And instill belief in speech,

أَجْرَى دُمُوعَكَ فِي سُمُو

طِ الطْرسِ مَا أَجْرَى مِدَادَكْ

It flows in tears down the pages

Like the flow of your ink.

وَمَضَيْتَ تَمْلَؤُهُ هَوىً

حُرّاً وَتَمْنحُهُ سَوَادَكْ

You fill it with free passion

And endow it with your essence.

أَفْرَغْت جُهْدَكَ فِي المَنَا

قِبِ مالِئاً مِنْهَا مَزَادَكْ

You poured out your effort into positions,

Filling them, and made that your provision.

لا تُمْسِكُ الزَّمَن الَّذِي

يَجْرِي وَلاَ تَنْسَى مَعادَكْ

You do not hold back time, which flows,

Or forget your appointment.

حَتَّى رَحَلْتَ عَنِ الْحَيَا

ةِ فَكَانَ حُسْنُ الذِّكْرِ زَادَكْ

So you traveled from life, and the finest

Remembrance was your provision.

كَمْ مَوْقِفٍ أَطْرَبْتَ فِيهِ

سَامِعاً لَكَ فَاسْتَعَادَكْ

How many times you delighted a listener,

Who gained more when you inspired him!

يَزْدادُ إِعْجَاباً بِمَا

تُشْجِي وَتُشْجِي مَا اسْتَزَادَكْ

You made him grow fonder

Of what you roused and what you increased in him

حتَّى بَثَثْتَ الْيَوْمَ بَثكَ

وَانْفَرَدْتَ بِهِ انْفِرَادَكْ

Until today you have diffused your scent

And gained a distinction that is yours alone:

تَرْثِي فَرِيداً وَالنُّزُو

عُ إِلَيْهِ مُقْتَدِحٌ زِنَادَكْ

You mourn a unique one, and grief

Kindles its fires, lighting your fuel.

وأَخَاكَ تَذْكُرُ فِي أَسًى

لَوْ لَمْ تَكُنْ ثَبْتاً أَبادَك

And you remember your brother in sorrow -

Had you not been steadfast, it would have destroyed you.

نَجْمَانِ بَعْدَهُما لَبِسْتَ

لِغَيْرِ مَا أَجَلٍ حِدَادَك

Two stars gone, and you put on mourning

For other than a brief time.

وَلَبِثْتَ مُذْ فُقِدَاً تُطِيلُ

لِنَهْضَةِ الشعْبِ افْتِقَادَك

You have continued since they were lost, prolonging

The nation’s uprising by your concern.

فَقَضَيْتَ حَقَّ الصاحِيَبْنِ

بِمَا بِهِ الإِلْهَامُ جَادَكْ

You fulfilled your duty to the two companions

With the inspiration your spirit provided.

وَخَتَمْتَ بِالمَوْتِ الْجَمِيلِ

أَجَلَّ خَاتِمَةٍ جَهَادَكْ

And you concluded with a beautiful death,

The noblest end to your struggle.

فِي سَكْتَةٍ أَدَّتْ بِأَفْصَحَ

مِنْ فَمٍ لَسِنٍ مُرَادَكْ

In a moment that uttered more eloquently

Than the most eloquent tongue can express.

غَلَبَ الوَفَاءُ بِهَا العَوَا

دِي فَاشْفِ مِنْ شَوْقٍ فُؤادَك

Loyalty in it overcame misfortunes,

So heal from a yearning, heart!

أَحُسَيْنُ حَوْلَكَ أُمَّةٌ

مَسْؤُودَةٌ أَسَفاً سُؤَادَكْ

Are there mourners around you, a nation

Grieved, sorry for your essence?

أَنْتَ الحَكِيمُ وَلَمْ تَكُنْ

لِتضِيعَ فِي الرَّوْعِ اتِّئَادك

You were wise, and did not let

Your intellect go to waste in confusion.

وَإِلَيْكَ يَا حَسَنُ التحِيَّةَ

مِنْ أخٍ يَرْعَى وِدَادَكْ

And to you, Hassan, go the finest greetings

From a brother who tends your affection!

لاَ تَعْلُ فِي الشكْوَى وَلاَ

تسْلِمْ إِلى يَأْسٍ قِيَادَكْ

Do not complain or surrender

Your leadership to despair.

إِنْ لَمْ تَجِدْ عَضُداً فحَسْبُكَ

أَنَّ بِاللهِ اعْتِضَادَكْ

If you find no support, then suffice it for you

To rely on God alone.