1. يا واحد الآحاد يا من لم يزل

    يروي حديث جميله المتواتر

    O peerless among the peerless, O you whose story has never ceased

    To be recounted—the oft-told tale of your goodness.

  2. صبراً وإن يك جل ما قد نابكم

    فبذكر بلواه ثياب الصابر

    Be patient, though grievous be what has befallen you;

    For recalling his ordeal rewards the steadfast [reading uncertain].

  3. لم أنس إذ حمل الملوك سريره

    ولهم ملائكة السماء تساير

    I have not forgotten when the kings carried his bier,

    And heaven's angels kept pace with them.

  4. وترجلوا متصاغرين فيا له

    عملاً لديه يكبر المتصاغر

    They dismounted, humbling themselves—oh, what

    A deed! Before him, those who humble themselves grow great.

  5. ولقد عجبنا والعجائب جمةٌ

    أن غسلوه وهو طهر طاهر

    Indeed, we marveled—and wonders are many—

    That they washed him, though he was purity itself, immaculate.

  6. عجباً لأيدي حامليه تناله

    مع أنه القمر الرفيع الباهر

    How wondrous that his bearers' hands should reach him,

    Though he was the lofty, dazzling moon.

  7. عجباً لقبرٍ قد حواه وإنه

    طود أشم أجل وبحر زاخر

    How wondrous that a grave contained him, though he was

    A lofty mountain—indeed—and a surging sea.

  8. أعظم به خطباً به فدح الورى

    لا يرتجي للوجد فيه آخر

    How immense a calamity—through it, humankind was sorely burdened!

    No end to the grief within it can be hoped for.

  9. خطب به ذهبت غضارة عيشنا

    وذوي له روض البهاء الناظر

    A calamity that took away the freshness of our life,

    And made the radiant garden of splendor wither [reading uncertain].

  10. برزت لدهشتها به أم العلى

    حسرى ولؤلؤ دمعها متاثر

    The mother of eminence came forth, bewildered by it,

    Bareheaded, with the pearls of her tears scattered [reading uncertain].

  11. والمجد صوح نبته لما تقش

    ع مقلعاً ذاك السحاب الماطر

    And glory's shoots withered when it cleared

    Away, departing—that rain-bearing cloud.

  12. والعلم قوض حين قوض راحلا

    فعليهما مني السلام الوافر

    And learning struck camp when he struck camp to depart;

    So upon them both be abundant peace from me.

  13. وبرحلة الإثنين قلت مؤرخاً

    بكت العلوم أسا لفقدك باقر

    And at the departure of the two, I said, recording the date:

    The sciences wept in sorrow at your loss, Baqir.