عَصَفَ الحِمَامُ بِأَيِّ فَرْعٍ سَامِقِ
مِنْ ذَلِكَ الأَصْلِ الزَّكِيِّ البَاسِقِ
The doves cooed in the lofty branches
Of that honorable, pure tree,
رَاوٍ رَطِيبِ الظَّل مَوْفُورِ الجَنى
ذَاكِي النَّوَاحِي بِالأَرِيجِ العَابِقِ
With its sweet-smelling shade and abundant fruit,
And its hills perfumed with meadowsweet.
خَطْبُ الكِنَانَةِ في الإِمَامِ المُجْتََبى
خَطْبٌ أَصَابَ صَمِيمَهَا مِنْ حَالِقِ
It was the speech of allegiance to the rightly-guided Imam,
A speech that struck at the heart of the matter precisely.
أَرَأَيْتَ فِي اليَوْمِ العَبُوسِ وُجُومَهَا
مِنْ ذَلِكَ النَّبإ الأَلِيمِ الصَّاعِقِ
Have you not seen how on that gloomy day
The news struck like a thunderbolt?
يَا يَوْمَ طِيَّتهِ أَدَلْتَ دُجُنَّةً
نَكْرَاءَ مِنْ أَنْوَارِ أَوْهَرَ شَارِقِ
O day whose cover you removed, bringing pitch darkness
In place of the shining lights of the brilliant dawn,
أَنْوَارِ مَيْمُونِ النَّقيبَةِ مَاجِدٍ
ثَبْتِ الحَصَاةِ مِنَ الطِّرَازِ الفَائِقِ
The lights of the blessed Meem of the victorious Al-Naqeeb,
The steadfast, supremely virtuous one.
عَرَفَتْ لَهُ أَوْطَانُهُ إِخْلاَصَهُ
وَرَعَاهُ فَارُوقٌ رِعَايَةَ وَاثِقِ
His homeland knew his loyalty,
And Al-Farooq looked after him caringly.
أَلفَيْلَسُوفُ العَالِمُ الوَرِعُ الَّذِي
بَلَغَ اليَقِينَ مُدَعَّماً بِحَقَائِقِ
The pious philosopher of the world, who attained certainty,
Supported by truths, was not tempted
لَمْ تُرْضِهِ الدَّنْيَا بِمَا بِذَلَتْ لَهُ
مِنْ مُغْرِيَاتٍ مَنَاصِبِ وَمَرَافِقِ
By the world's enticements of positions and comforts.
So he sought the most elevated station in his religion,
فَسَمَا إِلَى مُتَبَوَّإٍ فِي دِينِهِ
أَدْنَى إِلَى اسْتِجْلاَءِ وَجْهِ الخَالِقِ
Coming closest in contemplating the Creator.
Religion and worldly life provide ample scope
وَالدَّينُ وَالدُّنْيَا مَجَالُ كِفَايَةٍ
لِلعَبْقَرِيَّ المُسْتَقِيمِ الصَّادِقِ
For the resourceful, straightforward, and truthful man.
Is there any eloquence in a writer's prose
هَلْ مِنْ بَيَانٍ فِي تَرَسُّل كَاتِبٍ
كَبَيَانِهِ العَذْبِ النَّقيِّ الرَّائِقِ
To match his sweet, pure, delightful rhetoric?
Are there any treasures for the mind like his compositions
هَلْ مِنْ مَتَاعٍ للعُقُولِ كَمَتْنِهِ
وَشُرُوحِهِ فِي كُلِّ بِحْثٍ شَائِقِ
And commentaries on every fascinating topic?
What caused the early lovers to censure him
مَاذَا دَهَى فِيهِ المُحبِّينَ الأُولَى
رُزِئُوهُ بَيْنَ مَغَارِبٍ وَمَشَارِقِ
As they roamed between East and West?
Glory to He who granted him the natural disposition of His creation
سُبْحَانَ مُعْطِيهِ صَبَاحَةَ خَلْقِه
وَمُتِمُّها بِشَمَائِلٍ وَخَلاَئِقِ
And completed it with fine traits and ethics.
How excellent a loyal friend he was to his family and companions,
نِعْمَ الوَفيُّ لأَهْلِهِ وَلصَحْبهِ
وَالمُسْتجِيبُ لِكُلِّ دَعْوَةِ طَارِقِ
Responding to every petitioner's knock!
Gentle and sparing of speech - if you ask something of him
سَمْحٌ قَلِيلُ القَوْلِ إِنْ تَسْأَلْ بِهِ
تَسْمَعْ إِجَابَاتِ الفَعَالِ النَّاطِقِ
You will hear the answers of the Speaking, Active One.
Resolute in events, accompanied by determination,
جَلْدٌ عَلَى الأَحْدَاثِ يَصْحَبُ هِمَّةً
لَيْسَتْ تُعَاقُ عَنِ المَرَامِ بِعَائِقِ
Which cannot be hampered from its purpose by any barrier.
So when contentions grow severe, his heart does not shrink
فَإِذَا تَفَاقَمَتِ المَعَاضِلُ لَمْ يَضِقْ
ذَرْعاً بِهَا فِي المَوْقِفِ المُتضَايِقِ
From engaging intensely in the pressing situation.
Making up what can be made up,
مُسْتَدْرِكاً مَا يُمْكِنُ اسْتِدْرَاكُهُ
وَلَهُ إِلَى الحُسْنَىِ لِطَافُ طَرَائِق
With the subtlest ways to beauty.
In God's custody, having parted,
فِي ذِمَّة اللهِ العَلِي مُفَارِقٌ
هُوَ خَالِدّ بِالذّكْرِ غَيْرُ مُفَارِقِ
He is immortalized in memory, never absent.
His nation mourns him, and your departed one,
تَبْكِيهِ أُمَّتهُ وَإِنَّ فَقِيدَكُمْ
لَفَقِيدُهَا يَا آلَ عَبْدِ الرَّازِقِ
O Family of Abdurrazaaq, was its departed one.
He was an intermediary who shone radiantly between you
قَدْ كَانَ وَاسِطَةً تَأَلَّقَ بَيْنَكُمْ
فِي أَي عِقْدٍ فَاخِرٍ مُتَنَاسقِ
In every splendid, well-proportioned era.
So his loss is the ransom for the remainder,
فَإِذَا هَوَتْ فَهِيَ الفِدَى لِبَقِيَّةٍ
شَتَّى الحِلَى مِنْ مَصْدَرٍ مُتَوَافِقِ
The scattered pearls from a compatible source.
How many a steadfast, high-minded Ali,
كَمْ مِنْ عَليٍّ بِالحَصَافَةِ وَالنَّدَى
إِنْ عُدَّ فِي شَوْطَيْهِمَا اسْمُ السَّابِقِ
If the name of the foremost is counted among the two?
How many a perceptive, resolute Ismail in his own field
كَمْ حَازِمٍ فَطِنٍ كَإِسْمَاعِيلَ فِي
مِضْمَارِهِ يَشْأُو وَمَا مِنْ لاَحِقِ
Glides effortlessly, with none to overtake him?
Two treasures whom we hope God will protect,
ذُخْرَانِ نَرْجُو اللهَ أَنْ يَرْعَاهُمَا
فَهُمَا العَزَاءُ لِكُل قَلْبٍ وَامِقِ
For they are solace for every stricken heart.
