مَدحُكَ لا يَستَطيعُهُ البَشَرُ

أَنّى وَقَد أُنزِلَت بِهِ السُوَرُ

Your praise is beyond the capability of humans,

When the Quranic chapters were revealed about you.

أَغنَتكَ عَن مَدحِ ما دِحيكَ مِنَ ال

سَبعِ المَثاني ياسينُ وَالزُمُرُ

The seven oft-repeated verses have spared you

The need for praise, O Ya Seen and Az-Zumar.

فَالشِعرُ يُثني عَلى عُلاكَ بِما

يَدخُلُ في وَسعِهِ وَيَعتَذِرُ

So poetry tries to praise your loftiness with

Whatever is within its capacity, and apologizes.

سُستَ الرَعايا بِسيرَةٍ لَم يَسِر

في الناسِ إِلّا بِمِثلِها عُمَرُ

You have governed the subjects with a tradition

That none among the people emulated except Omar.

أَنتَ الإِمامُ المَهدِيُّ لَيسَ لَنا

إِمامُ حَقِّ سِواكَ يُنتَظَرُ

You are the rightly-guided Imam, we have no

True Imam deserving to be awaited but you.

تَبدو لِأَبصارِنا خِلافاً لِأَن

يُزعَمَ أَنَّ الإِمامَ مُنتَظَرُ

You appear before our eyes, contrary to the claim

That the Imam is absent and awaited.

تَبقى بَقاءَ الأَيامِ حالِيَةً

بِالعَدلِ مِنكَ الآثارُ وَالسَيرُ

You remain for the duration of days, your impacts

And conduct characterized by justice linger on.

مَعدِلَةً عَمَّتِ البِلادَ فَما

لِلجَورِ فيها عَينٌ وَلا أَثَرُ

It has spread justice over the lands, thus injustice

Has no eyes or traces left in them.

فَاِحكُم عَلى الدَهرِ قادِراً فَبِما

تَشاءُ يَجري القَضاءُ وَالقَدَرُ

So rule the ages omnipotently, by your will

Decree and destiny unfold.

كُنتَ لَنا رَحمَةً وَقَد قَنِطَ ال

بَدوُ لِبُخلِ الأَنواءِ وَالحَضَرُ

You were a mercy to us when even city dwellers

And Bedouins had despaired of the lack of rain.

أَمَرتَ فينا بِالعَدلِ فَاِنبَجَسَت

تَصوبُ سُحبُ الحَيا وَتَنهَمِرُ

You commanded justice so the clouds poured forth

And rain cascaded from their trails.

وَرَحمَةُ اللَهِ مِن دَلائِلِها

في الأَرضِ عَدلُ السُلطانِ وَالمَطَرُ

The mercy of God is evident through signs like

The justice of the ruler and the rainfall.

يا صاحِبَ العَصرِ وَالزَمانِ وَمَن

في يَدِهِ النَفعُ بَعدُ وَالضَرَرُ

O master of the times, in your hands lie

Benefit and harm after this.

وَمَن لَهُ اللَيلُ وَالنَهارُ وَما

كَرّا عَليهِ وَالشَمسُ وَالقَمَرُ

To you belong the day and night and

The sun and moon that continue to orbit.

وَالبَرُّ وَالبَحرُ وَالشَواهِقُ وَال

غُرُّ الغَوادي وَالنَجمُ وَالشَجَرُ

And the land and sea, the towering mountains,

The valleys' depths, the stars and the trees.

رَبَّ اللِواءِ الخَفّاقِ يَقدُمُهُ

إِلى الأَعادي الإِقبالُ وَالظَفَّرُ

Lord of the fluttering banner, advancement

And triumph carry it against the enemies.

وَمُرهِفَ البيضِ وَالأَسِنَّةِ لا

يُبقي عَلى ناكِثٍ وَلا يَذَرُ

Vanquisher of the white swords and blades,

You leave no betrayer remaining or spared.

وَمَورِدَ القَرنِ لا يُنَهنِهُهُ

وِرداً مِنَ المَوتِ ما لَهُ صَدَرُ

Charger of the battle, whom the specter

Of death with all its breasts cannot deter.

وَقائِدَ الجُردِ كَالعَقارِبِ لا

يُدرِكُها في نَجائِها البَصَرُ

Captain of the army, like scorpions

Whose sting the eyes cannot follow or detect.

حُماتُها كُلَّ يَومِ مَلحَمَةٍ

حَماتُها وَالقَنا لَها إِبرُ

Its attack each day is a fierce battle,

Its resolve and determination like spears.

مُستَبِقاتٍ إِلى الطِعانِ كَما

حامَت عَلى وِردِها القَطا الكُدُرُ

Rushing ahead to thrust as the wild doves

Once they flock eagerly to their drinking spot.

يَجنِبُها حَولَهُ مِن الغِلمَةِ الت

تُركِ بُدورٌ أَثمانُها بِدَرُ

The brave youths surrounding it avoidTagName

Being ransomed for the price of causingTagName harm.

قَد ضَمِنَت رَوعَةُ الجَمالِ لَهُم

وَالناسِ أَن لا يَفوتَهُم وَطَرُ

The awesomeness of their beauty guarantees

None shall miss or lose an opportunity.

حَصَّ رُؤوساً تَريكُها وَنَما

لَهُم عَلى طولِ لُبسِها الشَعرُ

You see heads you've vanquished, for them

Their long hair flows beautifully like poetry.

مِن كُلِّ رامٍ عَن قَوسِ حاجِبِهِ

بِمُصمِياتٍ نِصالُها الحَوَرُ

From each archer, over his frown glimmers

A blade whose sharp edge is the lovely wild cow.

مُؤَنَّثِ الزِيِّ في لَواحِظِهِ

مِن غُنجِ عَينيهِ صارِمٌ ذَكَرُ

Feminine in raiment, yet in his alluring eyes

Lurks a penetrating masculinity.

تَحمِلُ مِن قَدِّهِ مُثَقَّفَةٌ

تَكادُ عِندَ القِيامِ تَنأَطِرُ

Bearing in stance a cultivated poise that nearly

Buckles as he rises fully armored.

لانَ وَلَكِن صَلبٌ لِعاجِمِهِ

وَالغُضنُ اللَدنُ شَأنُهُ الخَوَرُ

Flexible but firm in clutching to the saddle pommel,

Its accustomed role being obedience.

يَفوقُ بيضَ الحِجالِ ما فاتَهُ

مِنهُنَّ إِلّا الحَياءُ وَالخَفَرُ

Brighter than white stallions except for

Modesty and light armor they wear.

جُؤذَرُ رَملٍ في السِلمِ وَهوَ إِذا

ما شَبَّتِ الحَربُ نارَها نَمِرُ

Dune sand in traveling-dress, but when

The flames of war blaze, a fierce tiger.

في الدِرعِ مِنهُ لَيثُ العَرينِ وَفي ال

بَيضَةِ مِن حُسنِ وَجهِهِ قَمَرُ

In armor a lion in its den, and in the radiance

Of his face, a moon shines from his fair complexion.

جَمالُهُ وَالعُيونُ تُدرِكُهُ

نَهبٌ مُباحٌ وَثَغرُهُ ثُغَرُ

His beauty and the eyes that behold him

Are free plunder, and his mouth a harvested field.

يَمشونَ خَطراً إِلى الحُروبِ مَسا

عيرَ وَغىً لا يَروعُهُم خَطَرُ

They walk with pride to war, indifferent to fate,

As if souls reckon endangerment is dishonor.

غُرّاً صِباحَ الوُجوهِ هانَ عَلى

نُفوسِهِم في مَرامِها الغَرَرُ

Young stars in the horizon at dawn, their souls

Deem the glories of heroism to be insignificant.

إِذا اِنتَضَوها مِثلَ الرِياضِ ظُبىً

وَاِدَّرَعوها كَأَنَّها الغُدُرُ

When they ready themselves like blooming flowers

And don armor as if clad in darkness.

رَأَيتَ ناراً في الجَوِّ مُضرَمَةً

يَلفَحُ مِن بَأسِهِم لَها شَرَرُ

You see a blazing fire suspended in air, the sparks

Of their violence exude flames for it.

عِتادُ مُلكٍ لَهُ زَئيرُ سُطىً

تَكادُ مِنها الجِبالُ تَنفَطِرُ

The equipment of a king with a terrifying roar

Nearly making the mountains crumble from its shake.

بِالرَأيِ مِنهُ وَالبَأسِ آوِنَةً

تَخمَدُ نارُ الوَغى وَتَستَعِرُ

A storeroom of wisdom and valor, extinguishing

The flames of turmoil, setting wisdom ablaze.

يَحلُمُ عَن قُدرَةٍ وَأَحسَنُ ما

مَنَّ أَخو الحِلمِ وَهوَ مُقتَدِرُ

He shows clemency from a position of capability, and excellent

Is the brother of forbearance though able to punish.

أَحالَ طَبعَ الدَهرَ الخَؤونِ فَما

تُضمِرُ سوءاً لِأَهلِهِ الغِيَرُ

He has accustomed the temper of fate such that no

Ill will to his people is harbored in its thoughts.

وَكَفَّ عَن ظُلمِها الخُطوبَ فَما

لِلخَطبِ فيها نابٌ وَلا ظُفُرُ

And stopped its injustices, so fate holds no

Fangs or victories in this time.

فَنَحنُ بِالناصِرِ الإِمامِ إِذا

عُدَّت عَوادي الأَيّامِ نَنتَصِرُ

Thus with the victorious Imam, when the epochs

Of time unfold, we shall be triumphant.

أَيَّدَهُ اللَهُ في خِلافَتِهِ

حَتّى أُمِرَّت لِمُلكِهِ المِرَرُ

May Allah support his caliphate until commanded

For his kingdom are docile horses.

فَنالَها وادِعاً وَأَورَدَها

صافِيَةً لا يَشوبُها كَدَرُ

He attained it peacefully and granted it in pristine form

Unsullied by any turbidity.

وَقامَ بِالأَمرِ غَيرَ مُعتَضِدٍ

فيهِ بِأَنصارِهِ وَإِن كَثُروا

He assumed the authority without supporters,

Though numerous, a grace from Allah

فَضلاً مِنَ اللَهِ لا يُشارِكُهُ

فيهِ عَلى أَخذِ حَقِّهِ بَشَرُ

None can share with him in taking his right

From a people whose foreheads bow to them

مِن مَعشَرٍ تَخضَعُ الجِباهُ لَهُم

وَتَقشَعِرُّ الجُلودُ إِن ذُكِروا

And whose skin prickles in awe when they are named

Lions of darkness, victorious when they ride

آسادُ غيلٍ غُلبٌ إِذا رَكِبوا

أَقمارُ جَوٍّ إِذا اِنتَدوا زُهُرُ

Full moons in the horizon when they draw forth

They are Allah's trustees, noblest of people

هُم أُمَناءُ اللَهِ الكِرامُ عَلى ال

خَلقِ وَهُم آلُهُ إِذا اِفتَخَروا

Through them burdens fall from us, so if any

Affliction befalls, they carry our burdens

بِهِم تُحَطُّ الأَوزارُ عَنّا فَإِن

عَنَّ بَلاءٌ فَهُم لَنا وَزرُ

Every evildoer in the Gathering on Judgment Day

Will be in need of their intercession.

كُلُّ مُسيءٍ إِلى شَفاعَتِهِم

في الحَشرِ يَومَ المَعادِ يَفتَقِرُ

When faced with crises, their ambitions kindle

Fires whose flashes and embers radiate valor.

إِذا اِدلَهَمَّ الخَطبُ اِمتَطوا هِمَماً

تُشرِقُ مِنها الأَوضاحُ وَالغُرَرُ

They fulfill covenants and pacts, while nights raid

The homes of their tribes without precaution.

يوفونَ بِالعَهدِ وَالذِمامِ وَلِلدَه

رِ لَيالٍ بِأَهلِهِ غُدُرُ

By Allah's decree they must be obeyed, no act

Of disobedience occurs if they issue a command.

حَتمٌ مِنَ اللَهِ أَن يُطاعوا فَما

تُعصى لَهُم إِمرَةٌ إِذا أَمَروا

With them Hashim gained supremacy over

Ancient epochs, and through Hashim, Mudar gained it.

سادَت بِهِم هاشِمٌ عَلى سالِفِ الد

دَهرِ وَسادَت بِهاشِمٍ مُضَرُ

I am true to you in loyalty, O Family of Abbas

For Judgment Day have I stored my reward

صِدقي لَكُم في الوَلاءِ يا آلَ عَب

باسِ لِيَومِ الجَزاءِ مُدَّخَرُ

And praising you in my scroll is a deed through which

I pride myself on the Day of Reckoning.

وَمَدحُكُم في صَحيفَتي عَمَلٌ

بِنَشرِهِ في النُشورِ أَفتَخِرُ

Loving you is my doctrine, obeying you

Is for me an absolution for what I committed.

وَحُبُّكُم مَذهَبي وَطاعَتُكُم

عِندِيَ كَفّارَةٌ لِما أَزِرُ

You are my partisans, through you I prevail

If fate denounces me, and I gain victory.

وَأَنتُمُ شيعَتي أَعِزُّ بِكُم

إِذا نَبا بي دَهرٌ وَأَنتَصِرُ

You are guides for us to the path of truth

While the night of misguidance remains concealed.

أَنتُم هُداةٌ لَنا إِلى سُبُلِ ال

حَقِّ وَلَيلُ الضَلالِ مُعتَكِرُ

You inherited knowledge and the caliphate from the

Best Prophet, you are his elite supporters.

وَرِثتُمُ العِلمَ وَالخِلافَةَ عَن

خَيرِ نَبِيٍّ أَنتُم لَهُ نَفَرُ

Forever until the Resurrection shall remain for you

The banner of sovereignty across the land outstretched

وَسَوفَ يَبقَى إِلى النُشورِ لَكُم

لِواءُ مُلكٍ في الأَرضِ مُنتَشِرُ

By your efforts and assuming the honor of the Sanctum

Long ago, and through you the Stone was exalted.

بِسَعيِكُم وَاِستِلامِكُم شَرُفَ ال

حِجرِ قَديماً وَعُظِّمَ الحَجَرُ

With his grace the Imam Abu Al-Abbas restored

Their days though they have passed.

رَدَّ بِإِحسانِهِ الإِمامُ أَبو ال

عَباسِ أَيّامَهُم وَقَد غَبَروا

O you through whom existence is pleasant

And life in your time tastes sweet.

يا مَن بِهِ يَحسُنُ البَقاءُ وَمَن

يَطيبُ في مِثلِ عَصرِهِ العُمُرُ

From your names are derived lofty attributes

In which fancies and thoughts go astray.

وَمِن لِأَسمائِهِ نُعوتُ عُلىً

تَضِلُّ فيها الأَوهامُ وَالفِكَرُ

To you, many of your praises which neither

Censure diminishes nor limits contain.

إِلَيكَ غَرّاءَ مِن ثَنائِكَ لا

يَغُضُّ مِنها عِيٌّ وَلا حَصَرُ

As if it were a garden of bramble in which

The dew sways the blossoms.

كَأَنَّها رَوضَةٌ بِمَجنِيَّةٍ

باتَ يَمُجُّ النَدى بِها الزَهَرُ

I spread from it over hearings seas of eulogy

Like ink though it flows long.

أَنشُرُ مِنها عَلى المَسامِعِ أَف

وافَ مَديحٍ كَأَنَّها حِبَرُ

None reproaches its length, but only strain

And wakefulness befall those seeking its extent.

ما عابَها طولُها وَفي باعِ مَن

يَطلُبُ إِدراكَ شَأوِها قِصَرُ

None who dares vie with it merits anything

Except long toil and sleeplessness.

لَيسَ لِمَن رامَ أَن يُطاوِلَها

إِلّا العَناءُ الطَويلُ وَالسَهَرُ

So remain for us a sanctuary to which hopes

Make pilgrimage, alight at your door.

فَاِبقَ لَنا كَعبَةً تَحُجُّ إِلى

بابِكَ آمالُنا وَتَعتَمِرُ

Each sin, if you remain apologizing it

In times of scarcity, is forgivable.

فَكُلُّ ذَنبٍ إِذا بَقيتَ لَنا

في جَذَلٍ لِلزَمانِ مُغتَفَرُ

And live for a world whose youth and beauty

Your time has restored more vividly.

وَعِش لِدُنيا أَعدى النَضارَةَ وَال

حُسنَ إِلَيها زَمانُكَ النَضِرُ

The life of a verdant, gentle kingdom

In which lasts what endures of the green.

عَيشَةَ مُلكٍ خَضراءَ ناعِمَةً

تَخلُدُ فيها ما خُلِّدَ الخَضِرُ

At your gates settle joy and passions guide to it

Contentment and innocence at dawn.

يَعتادُ أَبوابَكَ الهَناءُ وَيَه

ديهِ إِلَيها الرَوحاتُ وَالبُكَرُ

The eyes have not fully adored its sorcery

Nor the turtledoves' love stirred the trees.

ما نَفَثَت سِحرَها العُيونُ وَما

حَرَّكَ شَجوَ الحَمائِمِ الشَجرُ