قد علمَتْ ليلة الحمى ورَعِى

قد علمَتْ ليلة الحمى ورَعِى

والبدرُ فيها فريسةُ الطمعِ

والبدرُ فيها فريسةُ الطمعِ

The night at al-Ḥimā has known my piety,

The night of fever knew my vigil,

and the full moon within it is prey to desire.

And the moon was the prey of greed.

أُغمِضُ عينىَّ عن محاسنها

أُغمِضُ عينىَّ عن محاسنها

والقلبُ ما تذكر الجفونُ يعى

والقلبُ ما تذكر الجفونُ يعى

I close my eyes to her beauties,

I close my eyes to its beauty,

and the heart comprehends what the eyelids recall.

Yet my heart cannot forget what my eyelids see.

تزجرُنا خيفة الإمامِ عن الصَّ

تزجرُنا خيفة الإمامِ عن الصَّ

بوةِ زجرَ المشيبِ والصَّلعِ

بوةِ زجرَ المشيبِ والصَّلعِ

Fear of the Imam restrains us from youthful

Fear of the Imam deters us from misguidance

passion, as gray hair and baldness do—

As the warnings of old age and baldness.

القائمِ المنتضِى صوارمَه

القائمِ المنتضِى صوارمَه

على رءُوس ألأهواءِ والبدَعِ

على رءُوس ألأهواءِ والبدَعِ

al-Qāʾim, who unsheathes his sharp swords

His unsheathed swords

upon the heads of vain desires and heresies.

Are poised over the heads of vain desires and heresy.

بذكر أسمائِه التي شرُفَت

بذكر أسمائِه التي شرُفَت

يُعرَفُ فضلُ الأعيادِ والجُمعِ

يُعرَفُ فضلُ الأعيادِ والجُمعِ

Through mention of his names, which are exalted,

His blessed names ennoble

the excellence of feast days and Fridays is known.

The excellence of feast days and Fridays.