يا راقيا فوق أقطاب العلا وعلا

رقاب كل الملا طرا بحسناكا

O you who ascend above the poles of glory and tower over

the necks of all people, one and all, through your beauty.

أتيت نحوك يا مولاي معتمداً

مؤملا منك مالرحمن أولاكا

I have come toward you, my master, placing my trust in you,

hoping from you for what the Most Merciful has bestowed upon you.

وفي اعتقادي بأني لا أخيب إذا

أملت من كان وهابا وفتاكا

And I believe that I shall not be disappointed when

I place my hopes in one who was a lavish giver and a fierce slayer.

ذو مرقد جعل الأخلاق خادمه

من السماوات جبريلا وأملاكا

You have a shrine whose attendants were appointed by virtues [perhaps intended: the Creator]:

Gabriel and angels from the heavens.

حتى غدا لهم في ذاك مفتخر

وذا قليل لمن لم يلق إشراكا

Until this became a source of pride for them;

and this is little for one who never knew polytheism.

وقد حداني وقوى لي قوى أملي

أخبار فضلك إذ شاعت وأنباكا

And indeed, I was spurred on, and my hope's strength was fortified, by

reports of your excellence as they spread, and tidings of you.

منها اختصاصك يا مولى الانام بما

به المزايا وفيها الله أصفاكا

Among them is your special distinction, O master of mankind, through

privileges with which God has singled you out.

وذاك أربع خصلات فأكملها

ما خيب الله من يدعو بمثواكا

And these are four qualities; the finest of them is:

God has never disappointed anyone who prays at your resting place.

ولا غدا احد مرضاه معتقدا

بتربة من ضريح فيه علياكا

Nor has any of his sick placed faith

in soil from a tomb containing your exalted self

إلا ونال الشفا من فضل تربتكم

وذاك ليس جليلا لو نسبتاكا

without receiving healing through the virtue of your soil.

And that is no great thing if compared with you.

أيام من زار لا تحصي له عمرا

حتى يؤول الى ما كان تراكا

The days of one who visits do not count toward his lifespan,

until he returns to what he had left behind.

ومنك تسعة أشباح ائمتنا

لولاهم ما أراد الله أفلاكا

And from you spring nine figures, our imams;

were it not for them, God would not have willed the celestial spheres.

بحقهم سيدي أرجو النجاة غدا

من الحساب وما أخشى بعقباكا

For their sake, my master, I hope for deliverance tomorrow

from the reckoning and all I fear, through your progeny.

صلى الإله عليهم ما جرى فلك

وما نظمنا لدر الشعر أسلاكا

May God bless them as long as a celestial sphere runs its course,

and as long as we string poetry's pearls on threads.