أَهدى صَديقٌ لي من جُوَينِ

أَهدى صَديقٌ لي من جُوَينِ

بَناتَ قَرٍّ رَضَعت ثَديينِ

بَناتَ قَرٍّ رَضَعت ثَديينِ

A friend gave me a gift from Juwain:

A friend from Ghuwayn gifted me

Daughters of cold that suckled at two breasts:

Girls like young gazelles nursed my breasts

ماءُ سَحابٍ بِعدَ ماءٍ عينِ

ماءُ سَحابٍ بِعدَ ماءٍ عينِ

كَأَنَّها سَبائِكُ اللُجينِ

كَأَنَّها سَبائِكُ اللُجينِ

Cloud-water after spring-water.

Their water after the water of springs

As though they were ingots of silver,

As if they are pearls from Lujain

ما صاغَها بِالنارِ كَفُّ قينَ

ما صاغَها بِالنارِ كَفُّ قينَ

أَو قِطعُ البلّورِ ملء العَينِ

أَو قِطعُ البلّورِ ملء العَينِ

No smith's hand fashioned them with fire;

Neither a skilled hand shaped them with fire

Or pieces of crystal that fill the eye,

Nor pieces of crystal filled with grape juice

صافِيَةً مِن شَوبِ كُلِّ شَينِ

صافِيَةً مِن شَوبِ كُلِّ شَينِ

تَزينُ نادي القَومِ أَيّ زينِ

تَزينُ نادي القَومِ أَيّ زينِ

Pure, untainted by any blemish.

Pure, without any defects

They grace the people's meeting-place—how beautifully!

Adorning the club of the people, what an adornment!

فيها شِفاءٌ مِن غَليلِ الحَينِ

فيها شِفاءٌ مِن غَليلِ الحَينِ

حُبّي لَها حُبٌّ بِغَيرِ مَينِ

حُبّي لَها حُبٌّ بِغَيرِ مَينِ

In them is a cure for deadly burning thirst.

In them is cure from the suffering of time

My love for them is love without deceit—

My love for them is a love without inclination

مَحَبَّة الشيعَةِ لِلحُسَينِ

مَحَبَّة الشيعَةِ لِلحُسَينِ

Like the Shi‘a's love for al-Husayn.

Like the Shia's love for Hussein