1. ألا هل لألفاظي طريقٌ إلى العذرِ

    فدون الذي أوليتني رُتْبةُ الشكرِ

    Ah, is there a path to pardon for my words?

    For the rank of thanks falls short of what you bestowed on me.

  2. وما الشعر في قدر الأئمة زائد

    ولكنَّ نظم الدّر أشهى من النثر

    And poetry adds nothing to the worth of the imams,

    Yet stringing pearls is sweeter than scattering them.

  3. وما هَزَّني إلا الإمام وعطفُه

    وإطفاء ذاك الجمر من ذلك الصدر

    And nothing stirred me but the imam and his kindness,

    And the quenching of that ember in that breast.

  4. تبشِّرني عنه البشاشة بالرضا

    وطيِّ الخطاب المتر والنظر الشَزْر

    His smiling welcome brings me glad tidings of his approval,

    And of the laying aside of cutting speech and sidelong glares.

  5. فيا حبَّذا ماءُ القَبول وحبذا

    طلاوة ذاك البِشْر والمنظَرِ النضر

    Oh, how lovely the water of acceptance, and how lovely

    The sweetness of that cheerful welcome and radiant countenance!

  6. حباني معز الدين منه بنعمةٍ

    كساني بها ثوبَ افتخارٍ على الفخر

    Mu'izz al-Din bestowed on me a blessing of his,

    With it clothing me in a robe of pride surpassing pride.

  7. وجرَّد من غمد الإذالة جانبي

    وزحزح أقدام الحوادث عن ذِكري

    And drew my side from the sheath of abasement,

    And pushed the feet of calamities away from my name.

  8. وإن أمير المؤمنين لعالِم

    بما يُمتطَى يوم الرهان وما يجري

    And the Commander of the Faithful surely knows

    What is ridden on race day, and what runs.

  9. أأُحصي أياديه ومِن بعضها أنا

    أم أنعت جدواه ومن بعضها قدري

    Shall I count his favors, when I myself am among them?

    Or describe his bounty, when my standing is part of it?

  10. ومن كفّه أسطو ومن لحظه أرى

    ومن مائه أَنمي وفي نوره أَسري

    And by his hand I strike, and by his glance I see;

    And from his water I grow, and in his light I journey by night.

  11. وقد جادني المَلْكُ الهمام فخصَّني

    بِملْكٍ من الدُّهْم المطهَّمة الغُرّ

    And the magnanimous king was generous to me, singling me out

    With a king among the well-built, white-blazed black steeds.

  12. سأبلغ حظّي من أمانِيّ فوقه

    وأدرِك أَثْارِي عليه من الدهر

    Astride it I shall attain my share of my wishes,

    And upon it take my vengeance on Time.

  13. ولا زال نصر الله دون وليّه

    إذا سار عن مصرٍ أناخ على مصر

    And may God's aid ever stand guard before His friend,

    Whenever he leaves one city, he encamps at another.

  14. وصلّى عليه الله ما أنّ وامِق

    وما غرّد القُمْرِي في فَنَن السِدْر

    And may God bless him as long as a lover sighs,

    And as long as the turtledove warbles on a bough of the lote tree.