يرى المخلصون الغُرُّ أنَّ فناءهُم

يرى المخلصون الغُرُّ أنَّ فناءهُم

بَقاءٌ وأنَّ الموت أشْرفُ مَغْنَمِ

بَقاءٌ وأنَّ الموت أشْرفُ مَغْنَمِ

The sincere and illustrious see that their perishing

The devoted see their death as life

is lasting life, and that death is the noblest gain.

And consider death the most noble gain

كقول عليٍّ مُعْلناً قبل موتِهِ

كقول عليٍّ مُعْلناً قبل موتِهِ

لقد فُزْتُ والبيتِ العتيقِ المُحرَّم

لقد فُزْتُ والبيتِ العتيقِ المُحرَّم

As ʿAlī proclaimed before his death:

Like Ali's saying before his death:

“Indeed I have triumphed, by the ancient, sacred House!”

"I have succeeded and attained the Ancient House"

فأصبح مسْعوداً بشقْوَةِ غيرِهِ

فأصبح مسْعوداً بشقْوَةِ غيرِهِ

وأدْنى له المأمولَ كُفْرُ ابن ملْجَم

وأدْنى له المأمولَ كُفْرُ ابن ملْجَم

So he became fortunate through another’s misery,

So he was blessed through others' misery

And Ibn Muljam’s unbelief brought what he hoped for within his reach.

And the lowest hope for him was the disbelief of Ibn Muljam