هيit دارُthe abode of غيبتهِhis occultation فحيِّso greet قِبابَهاits domes
هي دارُ غيبتهِ فحيِّ قِبابَها
والثمand kiss بأجفانِwith the eyelids of العيونِthe eyes ترابَهاits dust
والثم بأجفانِ العيونِ ترابَها
This is the abode of his occultation; greet its domes,
and kiss its dust with the eyelids of your eyes.
بُذلتwas freely offered لزائرِهاto its visitor ولوand if كُشفwas lifted الغطاthe veil
بُذلت لزائرِها ولو كُشف الغطا
لرأيتَyou would surely see أَملاكَthe angels of السماheaven حجّابهاits doorkeepers
لرأيتَ أَملاكَ السما حجّابها
It is freely offered to its visitor; were the veil lifted,
you would see heaven's angels as its doorkeepers.
ولوand if النجومُthe stars الزهرُthe radiant تملِكُcontrolled أَمرهاtheir own course
ولو النجومُ الزهرُ تملِكُ أَمرها
لهوتthey would swoop down تُقَبِّلُkissing دهرهاall their lifetime أعتابهاits thresholds
لهوت تُقَبِّلُ دهرها أعتابها
And if the radiant stars controlled their own course,
they would swoop down, kissing its thresholds all their days.
سعُدتwas blessed بمنتظرِby the awaited one القيامthe rising ومَنand him who بهupon him
سعُدت بمنتظرِ القيام ومَن به
عقدتfastened عيونُthe eyes of رجائهhope in him أهدابهاtheir lashes
عقدت عيونُ رجائه أهدابها
It is blessed by him whose rising is awaited, and by him on whom
the eyes of hope in him have fastened their lashes.
وَسَمتand it rose علىabove أمِّthe mother of السماheaven بمواثلٍthrough towering monuments
وَسَمت على أمِّ السما بمواثلٍ
وأبيكَand by your father ماnot حوتِhas held السماheaven أضرابهاtheir equals
وأبيكَ ما حوتِ السما أضرابها
And it rose above the mother of heaven through monuments
whose like, by your father, heaven has never held:
بضرايحٍthrough shrines حَجبتveiled أَباهhis father وجدَّهand his grandfather
بضرايحٍ حَجبت أَباه وجدَّه
وبغيبةٍand through an occultation ضَربتdrew عليهover him حِجابهاits veil
وبغيبةٍ ضَربت عليه حِجابها
through shrines that veil his father and grandfather,
and an occultation that has drawn its veil over him.
دارٌan abode مقدَّسةٌsanctified وخيرُand the finest of أئمَّةٍimams
دارٌ مقدَّسةٌ وخيرُ أئمَّةٍ
فَتحopened الإِلهُGod بهمthrough them إليهto Him بابهاits door
فَتح الإِلهُ بهم إليه بابها
A sanctified abode, and the finest of imams—
through them God opened its door to Himself.
لهمُfor them علىupon الكرسيِّthe Seat قبّةa dome of سؤددٍeminence
لهمُ على الكرسيِّ قبّة سؤددٍ
عَقدَfastened الإِلهُGod بعرشهِto His Throne أطنابهاits guy ropes
عَقدَ الإِلهُ بعرشهِ أطنابها
Upon the Seat they have a dome of eminence,
whose guy ropes God fastened to His Throne.
كانواthey were أظلَّةَthe shadows of عرشهِHis Throne وبدينِهand with His religion
كانوا أظلَّةَ عرشهِ وبدينِه
هَبطواthey descended لدائرةٍto a circle غَدواthey became أقطابهاits poles
هَبطوا لدائرةٍ غَدوا أقطابها
They were the shadows of His Throne, and bearing His faith
they descended to a circle whose poles they became.
صَدعواthey proclaimed عنon behalf of الربِّthe Lord الجليلthe Majestic بأمرهِHis command
صَدعوا عن الربِّ الجليل بأمرهِ
فغدواso they became لكلِّfor every فضيلةٍvirtue أربابهاits masters
فغدوا لكلِّ فضيلةٍ أربابها
They proclaimed, for the majestic Lord, His command,
and became the masters of every virtue.
فهدواso they guided بنيthe possessors of الألبابِunderstanding لكنbut حيَّرواbewildered
فهدوا بني الألبابِ لكن حيَّروا
بظهورِby the manifestation of بعضsome of كمالِهمtheir perfection ألبابهاtheir minds
بظهورِ بعض كمالِهم ألبابها
They guided men of understanding, yet bewildered
their minds by revealing some of their perfection.
لاno غروَwonder إنif طابتis pure أرومةthe stock of مجدِهاits glory
لا غروَ إن طابت أرومة مجدِها
فنمتso grew بأكرمِin the noblest مَغرسٍplanting-ground أطيابهاits pure scions
فنمت بأكرمِ مَغرسٍ أطيابها
No wonder the stock of its glory is pure,
and its pure scions grew in the noblest soil.
فاللهُfor God صوَّرformed آدماًAdam منfrom طينةٍclay
فاللهُ صوَّر آدماً من طينةٍ
لهمfor them تخيَّرHe chose محضَهاits purest substance ولُبابهاand its essence
لهم تخيَّر محضَها ولُبابها
For God formed Adam from clay
whose purest substance and essence He chose for them.
وبراهمُand He fashioned them غُرراًas radiant ones منfrom النُطفِthe seed-drops التيwhich
وبراهمُ غُرراً من النُطفِ التي
هيthey كلَّهاall of them غررٌradiant ones وسَلand ask أحسابهاtheir ancestral honors
هي كلَّها غررٌ وسَل أحسابها
And He fashioned them as radiant ones from seed-drops
that are all radiant; ask their ancestral honors:
تُخبركَwill tell you أنَّهمُthat they جرواpassed فيthrough أظهرٍbacks
تُخبركَ أنَّهمُ جروا في أظهرٍ
طابتwere pure وطهَّرand purified ذوthe Possessor of العُلىthe heights أصلابهاtheir loins
طابت وطهَّر ذو العُلى أصلابها
they will tell you they passed through backs
made pure, whose loins the Exalted One purified.
وتناسلواand they begot descendants فإذاand whenever استهلَّfirst cried لهمamong them فتًىa son
وتناسلوا فإذا استهلَّ لهم فتًى
نسجتwove مكارمُهhis virtues لهfor him جلبابهاtheir mantle
نسجت مكارمُه له جلبابها
And they begot descendants; whenever a son first cried among them,
his virtues wove their mantle for him.
حتَّىuntil أتىcame into الدنياthe world الذيthe one who سيهزُّهاwill shake it
حتَّى أتى الدنيا الذي سيهزُّها
حتَّىuntil يدُكُّhe crushes علىonto السهولِthe plains هضابهاits hills
حتَّى يدُكُّ على السهولِ هضابها
Until there came into the world the one who will shake it,
until he crushes its hills down onto its plains.
وسينتضيand he will unsheathe للحربِfor war محتلِبa milker of الطُلىnecks
وسينتضي للحربِ محتلِب الطُلى
حتَّىuntil يُسيلَhe makes flow بشفرتيهwith its two edges شعابهاits ravines
حتَّى يُسيلَ بشفرتيه شعابها
And for war he will unsheathe a milker of necks,
until, with its two edges, he sets its ravines flowing.
ولسوفand surely will يُدركُattain حيثُwhen ينهضُhe rises طالباًseeking
ولسوف يُدركُ حيثُ ينهضُ طالباً
تِرَةًvengeance لهowed to him جعلordained الإلهُGod طِلابَهاits pursuit
تِرَةً له جعل الإلهُ طِلابَها
And surely, when he rises, he will attain what he seeks:
vengeance owed him, whose pursuit God ordained.
هوhe قائمٌstands بالحقِّfor truth كمhow many منa دعوةٍsummons
هو قائمٌ بالحقِّ كم من دعوةٍ
هزَّتهُstirred him لولاwere it not for ربُّهhis Lord لأجابهاhe would have answered it
هزَّتهُ لولا ربُّه لأجابها
He stands for truth; how many a summons
has stirred him—had it not been for his Lord, he would have answered it.
سعُدتwas blessed بمولدِهِby his birth المباركِauspicious ليلةٌa night
سعُدت بمولدِهِ المباركِ ليلةٌ
حَدرَdrew away الصباحُthe morning عنfrom السرورِjoy نقابهاits veil
حَدرَ الصباحُ عن السرورِ نقابها
Blessed by his auspicious birth was a night
whose veil the morning drew back, revealing joy.
وزهتand shone بهthrough him الدنياthe world صبيحةَon a morning when طرَّزتembroidered
وزهت به الدنيا صبيحةَ طرَّزت
أيديthe hands of المسرَّةِgladness بالهناwith bliss أثوابهاits robes
أيدي المسرَّةِ بالهنا أثوابها
And through him the world shone on a morning when
the hands of gladness embroidered its robes with bliss.
رجعتit returned إلىto عصرِthe age of الشبيبةِyouth غضَّةًfresh
رجعت إلى عصرِ الشبيبةِ غضَّةً
منfrom بعدafter ماthat طوتfolded away السنينُthe years شبابهاits youth
من بعد ما طوت السنينُ شبابها
It returned, fresh, to the age of youth,
after the years had folded its youth away.
فاليومَso today أبهجتrejoices الشريعةُthe sacred Law بالذيin the one who
فاليومَ أبهجت الشريعةُ بالذي
ستنالُit will attain عندat قِيامِهhis rising آرابهاits desires
ستنالُ عند قِيامِه آرابها
So today the sacred Law rejoices in the one through whom
it will attain its desires when he rises.
قدindeed كدَّرتmuddied منهاof it المشاربَthe watering places عُصبةٌa faction
قد كدَّرت منها المشاربَ عُصبةٌ
جعلmade الإِلهُGod منfrom السرابِthe mirage شرابهاtheir drink
جعل الإِلهُ من السرابِ شرابها
A faction has muddied its watering places;
God has made mirage their drink.
ياO منyou who يُحاولُseeks أنto يقومَrise مهنّياًoffering congratulations
يا من يُحاولُ أن يقومَ مهنّياً
إنهضarise بلغتَyou have reached منof الأُمورaffairs صوابهاtheir right course
إنهض بلغتَ من الأُمور صوابها
O you who would rise to offer congratulations,
arise—you have found the right course in affairs.
وأشرand point إلىto منthe one whom لاnot تشيرpoints يدُthe hand of العُلىeminence
وأشر إلى من لا تشير يدُ العُلى
لِسواهُto anyone but him إنif هيَit عَدَّدتnumbered أربابهاits lords
لِسواهُ إن هيَ عَدَّدت أربابها
And point to him: the hand of eminence points
to no one else when it numbers its lords.
هوhe ذلكthat الحسنُHasan الزكيُّthe Pure المجتبىthe Chosen
هو ذلك الحسنُ الزكيُّ المجتبى
منwho سادwas lord over هاشمَHashim شِيبهاits gray-haired وشبابهاand its young
من ساد هاشمَ شِيبها وشبابها
He is that Hasan, the Pure, the Chosen,
who was lord of Hashim, its gray-haired and its young.
جَمعَgathered الإِلهُGod بهin him مزاياthe distinctions of مجدِهاits glory
جَمعَ الإِلهُ به مزايا مجدِها
ولهاand to it أعادَrestored بعصرِهin his age أحقابهاits bygone eras
ولها أعادَ بعصرِه أحقابها
God gathered in him the distinctions of its glory,
and in his age restored to it its bygone eras.
نشِرتwas revived بمنthrough him who قدhad ضمَّgathered طيَّwithin the fold of ردائِهhis mantle
نشِرت بمن قد ضمَّ طيَّ ردائِه
أطهارَهاits purest ones أطيابهاits choicest ones أنجابهاits noblest ones
أطهارَها أطيابها أنجابها
It was revived through him, who gathered within his mantle's fold
its purest, its choicest, its noblest.
ولهand he has مآثرُgreat deeds ليسnot تُحصىcan be counted لوeven if غدتbecame
وله مآثرُ ليس تُحصى لو غدت
للحشرِuntil the Resurrection أملاكُthe angels of السماheaven كتّابهاtheir scribes
للحشرِ أملاكُ السما كتّابها
His great deeds cannot be counted, even were
heaven's angels their scribes until the Resurrection.
أنَّىhow وهُنَّwhen they are مآثرٌgreat deeds نبويَّةٌprophetic
أنَّى وهُنَّ مآثرٌ نبويَّةٌ
كلُّall الخلايقِcreation لاnot تُطيقcan manage حسابهاtheir reckoning
كلُّ الخلايقِ لا تُطيق حسابها
How could they, when these are prophetic deeds
that all creation lacks the power to reckon?
ذاكthat one الذيwho طَلبsought السماءَheaven بجدّهthrough his striving
ذاك الذي طَلب السماءَ بجدّه
وبمجدِهand through his glory حتَّىuntil ارتقىhe climbed أسبابهاits ladders
وبمجدِه حتَّى ارتقى أسبابها
He is the one who sought heaven through his striving
and his glory, until he climbed its ladders.
ماnot العلمُknowledge منحلاًa bestowed gift لديهwith him وإنَّماbut rather
ما العلمُ منحلاً لديه وإنَّما
وَرثَhe inherited النبوَّةَprophethood وحيَهاits revelation وكتابهاand its Book
وَرثَ النبوَّةَ وحيَها وكتابها
Knowledge is no gift bestowed on him; rather,
he inherited prophethood, its revelation and its Book.
ياO منyou whose يريشfeathers سهامَthe arrows of فكرتِهhis thought النهىreason
يا من يريش سهامَ فكرتِه النهى
فلأيّso at whatever شاكلةٍtarget أرادhe intended أصابهاhe hit it
فلأيّ شاكلةٍ أراد أصابها
O you whose arrows of thought are feathered by reason,
you strike whatever target you intend.
ولدتكَbore you أمُّthe mother of المكرماتِnoble deeds مبرَّءاًfree of blemish
ولدتكَ أمُّ المكرماتِ مبرَّءاً
ممَّاfrom what يُشينُdisgraces منamong الكرامِthe noble جنابهاher honor
ممَّا يُشينُ من الكرامِ جنابها
The mother of noble deeds bore you free
of all that stains her honor among the noble.
ورضعتَand you suckled منfrom ثديthe breast of الإمامةِthe Imamate علمَهاher knowledge
ورضعتَ من ثدي الإمامةِ علمَها
مُتجلبباًclothed فيin حجرِهاher lap جلبابهاher mantle
مُتجلبباً في حجرِها جلبابها
You suckled her knowledge from the breast of the Imamate,
clothed in her mantle while upon her lap.
وبنورِand with the light of عصمتِهاher infallibility فُطمتyou were weaned فلمand you did not ترثtarry
وبنورِ عصمتِها فُطمت فلم ترث
حتَّىuntil بأمرِby the command of اللهGod نُبتyou stood منابهاin her stead
حتَّى بأمرِ الله نُبت منابها
Weaned on the light of her infallibility, you did not tarry
before, at God's command, you stood in her stead.
فاليومَso today أعمالُthe deeds of الخلايقِcreation عندكمare with you
فاليومَ أعمالُ الخلايقِ عندكم
وغداًand tomorrow تلونyou will administer ثوابهاtheir reward وعقابهاand their punishment
وغداً تلون ثوابها وعقابها
Today the deeds of all creation are with you,
and tomorrow you will administer their reward and punishment.
وإليكمand to you جَعلassigned الإِلهُGod إيابهاtheir return
وإليكم جَعل الإِلهُ إيابها
وعليكمand upon you rests يومَon the Day of المعادِthe Return حسابهاtheir reckoning
وعليكم يومَ المعادِ حسابها
To you God has assigned their return,
and upon you rests their reckoning on the Day of Return.
ياO منyou who لهto him انتهتhas passed الزعامةleadership فيin العُلىthe heights
يا من له انتهت الزعامة في العُلى
فغداًso tomorrow يروضhe will tame منof الأمورaffairs صعابهاtheir difficulties
فغداً يروض من الأمور صعابها
O you to whom leadership in the heights has passed,
and who tomorrow will tame the hardest of affairs.
لوif لامستtouched يدكyour hand الصخورَthe rocks لفجَّرتit would make gush
لو لامست يدك الصخورَ لفجَّرت
بالماءwith water منfrom صمّthe solid الصخورrocks صِلابهاtheir hard ones
بالماء من صمّ الصخور صِلابها
Were your hand to touch the rocks, it would make
the hardest of solid rocks gush with water.
ورعىand he honored ذِمامthe covenants of الأجنبينstrangers كماjust as رعىhe honored
ورعى ذِمام الأجنبين كما رعى
لبنيfor the sons of أُرومةِthe stock of مجدِهhis glory أنسابهاits kinship bonds
لبني أُرومةِ مجدِه أنسابها
He honored the covenants of strangers just as he honored
the kinship bonds of the sons of his glorious stock.
رُقتَyou charmed الأنامmankind طبايعاًin character وصنايعاًand in benefactions
رُقتَ الأنام طبايعاً وصنايعاً
بهماthrough both ملكتyou won قلوبهاtheir hearts ورقابهاand their necks
بهما ملكت قلوبها ورقابها
You charmed mankind with your character and benefactions;
through both you won their hearts and their necks.
وجدتكَit found you أبسطmore open فيin المكارمnoble deeds راحةًin palm
وجدتكَ أبسط في المكارم راحةً
بيضاءَwhite يستسقيbeseeches rain from السحابُthe clouds سحابهاits clouds
بيضاءَ يستسقي السحابُ سحابها
Mankind found your palm most open in generosity,
a white palm whose clouds the clouds beseech for rain.
ورأتكand it saw you أنورَmore radiant فيin المعاليthe heights طلعةًin countenance
ورأتك أنورَ في المعالي طلعةً
غرَّاءَradiant لمnot تَنُبstood النجومُthe stars منابهاin its stead
غرَّاءَ لم تَنُب النجومُ منابها
And saw your countenance the brightest in the heights,
a radiant face whose place the stars have never taken.
للهِto God belongs داركyour abode إنَّهاindeed it is قِبَلُthe direction of الثناpraise
للهِ دارك إنَّها قِبَلُ الثنا
وبهاand in it المدايحُpanegyrics أثبتتestablished محرابهاtheir prayer-niche
وبها المدايحُ أثبتت محرابها
God bless your abode: toward it praise turns,
and there panegyrics have established their prayer-niche.
هيit جنَّةُthe garden of الفردوسParadise إلاّexcept أنَّهاthat it
هي جنَّةُ الفردوس إلاّ أنَّها
رضوانُthe Ridwan of بِشركyour cheerful welcome فاتحٌopens أبوابهاits gates
رضوانُ بِشرك فاتحٌ أبوابها
It is the garden of Paradise, except that
the Ridwan of your smiling welcome opens its gates.
فأقمso remain كماas اشتهتhas wished الشريعةُthe sacred Law خالداًforever
فأقم كما اشتهت الشريعةُ خالداً
تطويfolding away بنشرِكby your spreading للهدىof guidance أحقابهاits ages
تطوي بنشرِك للهدى أحقابها
So remain forever, as the sacred Law has wished,
folding away its ages by unfolding guidance.