1. إذا تَراخى مَديحي آلَ يسينا

    وَجدتُ في القَلبِ أَحزاناً أَفانينا

    If my praise of the family of Ya Sin slackens,

    I find sorrows of many kinds within my heart.

  2. يا طَبعَ فِض بِمَديحِ الطاهِرينَ وَلا

    تَغِض وَجَدِّد ثَناءاً لِلوَصيّينا

    O poetic gift, overflow with praise of the pure, and do not

    ebb; renew praise of the appointed successors.

  3. فَلَستُ أَطلُبُ روحَ الخَيرِ مُجتَمِعاً

    إِلّا بِحُسنِ وَلاءِ الطالِبِيّينا

    For I do not seek the spirit of goodness in its fullness

    except through noble devotion to the Talibids.

  4. الحَمدُ لِلَّهِ لَمّا أَن هُديتُ إِلى

    مَحَبَّةِ السادَةِ الغُرِّ المَيامينا

    Praise be to God, since I was guided to

    love of the illustrious, blessed masters.

  5. حُبُّ النَبِيِّ وَأَهلِ البَيتِ مُعتمَدي

    إِذا الخطوبُ أَساءَت رَأيَها فينا

    Love of the Prophet and the Household is my mainstay

    when calamities devise ill against us.

  6. أَيا اِبن عَمِّ رَسولِ اللَهِ أَفضَلُ مَن

    سادَ الأَنامَ وَساسَ الهاشِميّينا

    O cousin of God's Messenger, best of those who

    ruled humankind and governed the Hashimites,

  7. يا مِدرَهَ الدينِ يا فَردَ اليَقينِ أَصِخ

    لِمَدحِ مَولى يَرى تَفضيلَكُم دينا

    O champion of religion, peerless in certainty, listen

    to a devotee's praise: he deems your preeminence his creed.

  8. أَنتَ الاِمامُ وَمَنظورُ الأُنامِ فَمن

    يرد ما قُلتُهُ يُقمَع براهينا

    You are the Imam, the one humankind looks to; whoever

    rejects what I have said is quelled by proofs.

  9. هَل مِثل فِعلِك في يَوم الفِراشِ وَقَد

    فديتَ بِالروحِ ختّامَ النَبِيّينا

    Is anything like your deed on the day of the bed, when

    you ransomed the Seal of the Prophets with your life?

  10. هَل مِثلُ سَبقِكَ في الاِسلامِ اِن عَرفوا

    وَهذِهِ الخُصلَةُ الغَرّاءُ تَكفينا

    Is anything like your precedence in Islam, if they but knew?

    And this illustrious quality suffices us.

  11. هَل مِثلُ عِلمك ان زَلّوا وَاِن وَهَنوا

    وَقَد هُديتَ كَما أَصبَحتَ تَهدينا

    Is anything like your knowledge when they stumble and falter,

    while you were guided, just as you have come to guide us?

  12. هَل مِثل سيفِكَ في يَوم الضِرابِ وَقد

    دارَت رحى الحَرب تَجديعاً وَتَوهينا

    Is anything like your sword on the day of combat, when

    the millstone of war revolved, mutilating and weakening?

  13. هَل مِثل فِعلِك في بَدر وَقَد حَمَشَت

    نَفسُ الوَغى وَأَسالَت سَيلَها حينا

    Is anything like your deed at Badr, when there raged

    the soul of battle, pouring forth its torrent for a time?

  14. هَل مِثلَ صَرعِكَ أَعلام الضَلالِ وَلَم

    تَنفكّ تفلقُ هاماتِ الأَضَلّينا

    Is anything like your felling the leaders of error, while you

    never ceased splitting the skulls of the most misguided?

  15. هَل مِثلُ يَومِكَ في أَحد وَقد غُرِفَت

    عَصائِبُ الشِركِ تَغييراً وَتَعيينا

    Is anything like your day at Uhud, when swept away were

    the bands of idolatry, altered and singled out?

  16. هَل مِثلُ بَأسِكَ مَع عَمروٍ وَقَد جَبَنوا

    وَحاذَروا المَوتَ تَعجيلاً وَتَحيينا

    Is anything like your valor against Amr, when they grew cowardly

    and feared death, whether hastened or at its appointed time?

  17. هَل مِثلُ قَلعِكَ باب الكُفرِ تَحذُفُهُ

    كَأَنَّهُ قُلَّةٌ من رَميِ رامينا

    Is anything like your uprooting the gate of unbelief, hurling it

    as though it were a little play-stick cast by throwers?

  18. هَل مِثلُ فاطِمَةَ الزَهراءِ سَيِّدَةٌ

    زُوِّجتَها يا جَمالَ الفاطِمِيّينا

    Is there a lady like Fatimah al-Zahra,

    whom you were wed, O glory of Fatimah's descendants?

  19. هَل مِثل نَجلَيكَ في فَخرٍ وَفي كَرَمٍ

    اِذ كُوِّنا من بَلالِ المَجدِ تَكوينا

    Is anyone like your two sons in glory and generosity,

    when they were fashioned from the dew of glory?

  20. هَل مِثل جَمعِكَ لِلقُرآن تَعرِفُهُ

    لَفظاً وَمَعنىً وَتَأويلاً وَتَبيينا

    Is anything like your gathering of the Qur'an, which you know

    in wording, meaning, interpretation, and elucidation?

  21. هَل مِثلُ حَوزِكَ مَجموع الوَصِيَّة لا

    تَخشى وَقَد جَرَّها سوم المُسامينا

    Is anything like your gaining the entire testament, without

    fear, though the rivals' striving has tugged at it?

  22. هَل مِثلُ عَزِّكَ في يَوم الغَدير وَقَد

    حصَّلتَهُ سابِقاً كلَّ المُجارينا

    Is anything like your honor on the day of Ghadir, when

    you attained it, outstripping every competitor?

  23. هَل مِثلُ كَونِكَ هارونَ النَبِيِّ وَقَد

    شَأَوتَ بِالقُربِ أَصنافَ المُبارينا

    Is anything like your being the Prophet's Aaron, when

    you outstripped all kinds of rivals in closeness?

  24. هَل مِثلُ حالِكَ عِند الطَير تَحضُرُهُ

    بِدَعوَةٍ حُزتَها دونَ المُصَلّينا

    Is anything like your standing at the bird, which you attended

    through a prayer you secured, to the exclusion of the worshippers?

  25. هَل مِثل فَضلِكَ عِندَ النَعلِ تَخصِفُها

    وَلم يَكُن جاحِدوا التَفضيلَ لاهينا

    Is anything like your merit with the sandal, as you stitched it,

    while the deniers of your preeminence were not heedless?

  26. هَل مِثل برِّكَ في حالِ الرُكوعِ وَما

    زَكا كبرِّكَ بِرّ لِلمُزَكّينا

    Is anything like your charity while bowing, when no

    charity of the almsgivers was as pure as yours?

  27. هَل مِثلُ بَذلِكَ لِلعاني الأَسيرِ وَلِلط

    طفلِ اليَتيمِ وَقَد أَعطَيتَ مِسكينا

    Is anything like your giving to the captive prisoner and to the

    orphan child, having also given to a poor person?

  28. هَل مِثل أَمرِكَ اِذ تَتلو بَراءَةَ في

    خَيرِ المَواسِمِ قَد سُؤتَ المُناوينا

    Is anything like your task when you recited Bara'ah at

    the finest of festivals, dismaying your adversaries?

  29. هَل مِثل فَتواكَ اِذ قالوا مُجاهرةً

    لَولا عَلِيٌّ هَلَكنا في فَتاوينا

    Is anything like your legal judgment, when they declared openly,

    'Were it not for Ali, we would have perished in our rulings'?

  30. هَل مِثل صَبرِكَ اِذ خانوا وَاِذ خَتَروا

    حَتّى جَرى ما جَرى في يَوم صَفّينا

    Is anything like your patience when they betrayed and acted treacherously,

    until what happened happened on the day of Siffin?

  31. لَو قُلتُ هَل مِثلُ ما ناحَت مطوَّفَةٌ

    لما تَقَصَّيتُ هاتيكَ التَحاسينا

    If I kept saying 'Is there any equal?' as long as a circling bird lamented,

    I would never have exhausted those excellences.

  32. لكِنَّني مُخبِرٌ عَن بَعضِ ما عَرفت

    نَفسي لأُرغِمَ آنافَ المُعادينا

    But I recount some of what is known

    to my soul, to rub the enemies' noses in the dust.

  33. يا سادَتي هذِهِ غَرّاءُ سائِرَةٌ

    تَحُمُّ فيكَ المُجاري وَالمُبارينا

    O my masters, this is a radiant poem that travels far,

    putting your competitor and rivals in a fever over you.

  34. عَدلِيَّةُ النَسجِ عبّاديَّةٌ ملَكَت

    رقَّ القَريضِ وَأَنسَتكَ البَساتينا

    Justice-affirming in its weave, Abbadian, it has taken

    poetry into bondage and made you forget the gardens.

  35. يحبُّها المُخلِصُ الشِيعِيُّ ان رُوِيَت

    كَحُبِّ يَعقوب لِلزاكي بنَ يامينا

    The sincere Shiite loves it when it is recited,

    as Jacob loved the pure Benjamin.

  36. وَيَكمدُ الناصِبُ المَلعونُ ان قُرِئت

    وَاللَهُ يَجزي بَني النَصبِ المَلاعينا

    And the accursed Nasibi pines with grief when it is read,

    and God requites the accursed adherents of anti-Alid hostility.

  37. فَهاكَها أَيُّها المَصرِيُّ تَنشدها

    بَينَ المُوالينَ تَطريباً وَتَلحينا

    So take it, O Egyptian, and recite it

    among the loyal devotees, with rapture and melody,

  38. هديَّةً وَهَداياً لا كِفاءَ لَها

    كَم مِثلُها قُلتُ مَدحاً في موالينا

    a gift—and gifts—for which no recompense suffices.

    How many like it have I composed in praise of our masters!

  39. وَما أَملُّ مَقالاً في مَناقِبِهِم

    أَسوقُهُ ما تَلا تِشرينُ تشرينا

    And I never tire of discourse on their virtues,

    which I bring forth as long as Tishrin follows Tishrin.

  40. يا رب سَهِّل زِياراتي مشاهِدَهُم

    فَاِنَّ روحيَ تَهوى ذلِكَ الطينا

    O Lord, make easy my visits to their shrines,

    for my soul yearns for that earth.

  41. يا رَبِّ صَيِّر حَياتي في مَحَبَّتِهِم

    وَمَحشَري مَعَهُم آمين آمينا

    O Lord, let my life be spent in loving them,

    and my gathering at resurrection be with them. Amen, amen.