كَم ذَا لَهُ مِنْ مِنَنِ
عَلَيَّ قَدْ حَمَّلَني
How many favors he has bestowed
On me—he has laden me with them!
مُجْتَهِدٌ لكِنَّهُ
بِنَظْمهِ قَلَّدَني
An independent jurist, yet he
Has garlanded me with his verse,
مَمَادِحاً ليسَ لَها
فيما أَرَى مِنْ ثَمَنِ
With praises that have no
Price, as I see it.
يا سَيّداً سَادَ الْوَرَى
بِلا مِرَا في الزَّمَنِ
O master who has surpassed mankind,
Beyond dispute in this age,
وَصَارَ فَرْدَ دَهْرِهِ
ما بَيْنَ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ
And become the peerless man of his time
Among the people of Yemen,
وفَخْرَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ
بَلْ فَخْرَ آلِ الْحَسَنِ
And the pride of his household—
Indeed, the pride of al-Hasan's family!
نِظامُكَ الدُّرَّ أَتى
بكُلِّ مَعْنىً حَسَنِ
Your stringing of pearls has brought
Every beautiful meaning.
قَرَّظَ لِي مُؤَلَّفاً
جَمَعْتُهُ في السُّنَنِ
It praised a work of mine
That I compiled on the prophetic traditions.
جَعَلْتُهُ وسِيلَةً
إلى عَظيمِ الْمِنَنِ
I made it a means of drawing near
To Him whose favors are immense.
إنْ لَمْ أكُنْ أَهْلاً لَهُ
فَفَضْلُهُ أَهَّلَني
If I am not worthy of Him,
Then His grace has made me worthy.
وإنْ أكُنْ مُقَصِّراً
فَطَوْلُهُ طَوَّلَني
And if I fall short,
Then His bounty has given me stature.
فإنَّني خَدَمْتُ هَ
ذَا الْعِلْمَ طُولَ زَمَني
For I have served
This knowledge throughout my life;
فكَيْفَ لا يَنْفَعُني
فكَيْفَ لا يَنْفَعُني
How, then, could it not benefit me?
How, then, could it not benefit me?
Sol 6.1