أجر المدامع كيف شيتا — Sharif Al Murtaza

أَجرِ المَدامعَ كيفَ شيتا

فَلقد دهيتُ بما دُهيتا

Let your tears flow however you wish;

for I have been stricken by what struck you.

وإذا رُميتَ فإنّما

لم تُرْمَ وحدَك إذ رُمِيتا

And when a blow befalls you,

it does not strike you alone.

وقذى العيونِ يجولُ في

كلِّ النّواظِر إنْ قُذِيتا

And grit in the eyes roams through

every eye, if grit afflicts yours.

ومتى عَريتَ من التجل

لُدِ عند حادثةٍ عَرِيتا

And whenever you are stripped of

steadfastness in a calamity, you stand bare.

منْ ذا المعينُ على مُصا

بٍ فادحٍ هجم البيوتا

Who is there to help against a

crushing calamity that has stormed the homes?

ما كان شملي بعدَهُ

إِلّا الصّديعَ بهِ الشّتيتا

After him, my gathered life was

only a whole shattered and scattered by his loss.

تأبى أضالِعِيَ المقي

لَ وجَفْنُ عينيَّ المبيتا

My ribs refuse

midday rest, and my eyelids the night's sleep.

يا مَجدَ دين اللَّه وال

قرْمَ الّذي فاتَ النّعوتا

O glory of God's faith, and

noble chief who surpassed all descriptions,

خلِّ التفجّعَ جانباً

وتسلَّ عنهُ بما حُبِيتا

set anguished lamentation aside,

and console yourself with what you have been granted.

ودعِ الشّجا عَمْداً لما

أولى الإمامُ وإنْ شُجيتا

Deliberately leave sorrow aside, for what

the Imam has bestowed, though you are grieved.

ولئنْ سخطتَ فلم تزلْ

نعماؤهُ حتّى رضيتا

And though you were displeased, unceasing were

his blessings, until you were content.

وسقاكَ من إفضالِهِ

وجماله حتّى رَوِيتا

And he gave you drink from his bounty

and his beauty, until your thirst was quenched.

ونهاكَ عن جزعٍ فلا

تجزعْ فدعْهُ كما نُهيتا

And he forbade you anguish, so do not

give way to it; leave it, as you were forbidden.

وإذا نُكبتَ فلا تشك

كّ فطالما دهراً وُقيتا

And when calamity strikes you, do not doubt,

for you were protected for so long.

وَمَتى شكوتَ فإنّما

تعطي الّذي يهوى الشّموتا

And whenever you complain, you only

give the gloating man what he desires.

وإذا قُريتَ أسىً فَقِدْ

ماً بالمسرّةِ ما قُريتا

And if sorrow has been served to you,

long before, you were served with joy.

وَاِصبرْ فإنْ شقّتْ علي

كَ فَإِن صَبرتَ فما رُزيتا

And be patient; if it is hard for

you, then if you endure, you have lost nothing.

وَاِنظُر مَنِ المفريكَ وال

فارِي أَديمكَ إذْ فُريتا

And look: who is it that rends you and

cuts your skin when you are torn?

وأُتيتَ لكنْ قلْ لنا

من أيّ ناحيةٍ أُتيتا

And you have been assailed; but tell us

from which direction you were assailed.

وعلى فراقِ حبائبٍ

وأقاربٍ منّا غُذِيتا

And on parting from loved ones

and relatives of ours, you were nourished.

لَولا اليقينُ بأنّ ال

فَخمُ الدّسِيعةِ ما اِحْتُبِيتا

Were it not for certainty that [you are]

the lavish giver, you would not have sat with knees clasped.

للّهِ مُفتقدٌ إذا

نُشِرتْ محاسنُهُ عُنيتا

What a man, by God, we have lost! When

his virtues are proclaimed, it is you who are meant.

هو أوّلٌ وتلوْتَهُ

في الباذخاتِ كما تُليتا

He was foremost, and you followed him

in lofty honors, just as you too were followed.

وإذا علوتَ به على

قمم الأنام فما عُليتا

And when through him you rose above

the summits of mankind, you were not surpassed.

وَإِذا تَشابَهَتِ الرّجا

ل عُلاً ومأثُرَةً وَصِيتا

And when the men were alike

in eminence, noble deeds, and renown,

لم يُدعَ تفضيلاً له

من بينهمْ حتّى دُعِيتا

he was not called forth for special honor

from among them until you were called.

كَلمٌ وأنت إساؤُه

لمّا مضى عنّا بقيتا

A wound—and you are its remedy;

when he departed from us, you remained.

وكأنّه سَقياً لهُ

ما مات لمّا أن حَييتا

And it is as though he—may he be watered!—

had not died, since you are alive.

لم يعدُنِي بلْ خصّنِي

خَطْبٌ به فينا عُريتا

It did not pass me by, but singled me out:

the calamity that befell you among us.

وإذا عُرفتُ بِشِركتِي

لكُمُ فنُطقاً أو سُكوتا

And if I am known for sharing

your grief, be it in speech or silence,

وإذا علمتُ بما أرد

تَ له البيانَ فقد كُفيتا

and if I know what you wanted

to have explained, your need is met.

وَهوَ الزّمانُ فَميِّتٌ

ما كانَ يَخشى أَن يَموتا

Such is time: one man lies dead

who never feared that he would die;

ومزوّدٌ طولَ البقا

ءِ وما يرجِّي أن يبيتا

and another is granted length of life

though he never hoped to last the night.

فمتى رُفِعْتَ به هَبَطْ

تَ وإن يئِسْتَ فقد رجيتا

Whenever you are raised by it, you sink,

and if you have despaired, you have also hoped.

يا راحلاً لو كان يُف

دى من ردىً أحدٌ فُدِيتا

O departed one, if anyone could be

ransomed from death, you would have been ransomed.

خَلَّى الدّيارَ لأهلِها

وثَوَى البَسابِسَ والمُروتا

He left the dwellings to their inhabitants

and lay in desert wastes and barren plains.

أعززْ عليّ بأنْ أرا

كَ وكنتَ ذا لَسْنٍ صموتا

How hard it is for me to see

you silent, when you were a man of eloquence!

تزوي الوجوه عن الّذي

أَمسيتَ فيه وما قُليتا

Faces turn away from the state

you have come to, though you are not hated.

وَتَردّ عن واديك أع

ناقُ المطيّ وما اِجتُوِيتا

And away from your valley turn

the necks of riding camels, though you are not disliked.

لَم تُنعَ إلّا بَهْجتي

وَمسَرَّتي لمّا نُعيتا

Only my gladness was announced dead,

and my joy, when your death was announced.

قَد كُنتَ تُشفى إِن دُويتَ

وقد دُويت فما شُفيتا

Once, you would recover when treated;

and you were treated, but did not recover.

وإذا تبقّتْ مأثُرَا

تُك في الزّمان فما فَنِيتا

And if your noble deeds remain

through time, then you have not perished.

لا غُيّرت منك المحا

سِنُ في التَّرابِ ولا بُلِيتا

May your fair features not be changed

in the earth, nor may you decay.

ولئنْ مُحيتَ عن العيو

نِ فعنْ قلوبٍ ما مُحيتا

And though you are erased from the eyes,

from hearts you have not been erased.

وَإِذا سَقى اللَّه القُبو

رَ فمنْ مَراحِمِهِ سُقيتا

And when God waters the

graves, may you be watered by His mercies.

وإذا هُجرنَ فلا هُجِرْ

تَ مدى الزّمان ولا جُفيتا

And if they are forsaken, may you never be

forsaken throughout time, nor spurned.