1. فاخري أيَّتها الدارُ النجوما

    هنَّ في الضوء وفي الجوِّ الغيوما

    Vie in glory, O house, with the stars—

    with them in radiance, and with the clouds in the sky.

  2. ونعم أنتِ بآل المُصطفى

    معدنُ الفخر حديثاً وقديما

    And through the Chosen One's family, how fine you are:

    a mine of glory, now and of old.

  3. لم تلد أُمُّ المعالي منهم

    فيكِ إلاَّ واضحَ الوجه كريما

    The mother of lofty virtues bore none of them

    within you but a bright-faced, generous man.

  4. معشرٌ طابوا فروعاً في العُلى

    وزكوا في طينة المجد أُروما

    A people whose branches flourished in the heights,

    whose roots were pure in the clay of glory.

  5. فُقدَ المعروف إلاَّ عندهم

    وغدا الدهرُ وحاشاهم لئيما

    Kindness has vanished except among them,

    and Time has grown base—but far be that from them.

  6. وكفاهم بأبي المهديّ فخراً

    حيثُ أضحى لهم اليومَ زعيما

    Abu al-Mahdi is glory enough for them,

    since today he has become their leader.

  7. المحيّا عند بذل الجودِ وجهاً

    صاحياً والمُرتجى كفًّا مُغيما

    When greeted as he dispenses bounty, his face

    is clear-skied; when sought, his hand is cloud-laden.

  8. تخجلُ المزنُ إذا ساجلَها

    بيدٍ أرطبَ منهنَّ أديما

    The rain clouds blush when he rivals them

    with a hand whose skin is moister than theirs.

  9. وتموتُ الشهبُ إن قابلها

    بمحيًّا يكشفُ الليلَ البهيما

    And the bright stars die if he faces them

    with a countenance that dispels the pitch-black night.

  10. لِيمَ في الجود ولا جودَ لِمن

    لم يكن بين الورى فيه ملوما

    He was blamed for generosity; yet none is generous

    who is not blamed for it among mankind.

  11. وكريمُ الطبع مَن لم يتغيَّر

    طبعه في عذل من أضحى لئيما

    And noble-natured is he who remains unchanged

    in character under the reproach of one grown base.

  12. ليس يثني الغيمَ عذلٌ فمتى

    ينثني من علَّم الجودَ الغيوما

    No reproach turns clouds aside; when, then,

    will he who taught clouds generosity be turned aside?

  13. هممٌ لو عن مدًى زاحمها

    منكبُ الدهرِ لردَّته حطيما

    Aspirations that, if jostled away from their goal

    by Time's shoulder, would thrust it back shattered.

  14. عاد مرعى الفضل مخضرًّا به

    وهو لولا جوده كان هشيما

    Through him the pasture of virtue has grown green again,

    though, but for his bounty, it would have been dry stubble.

  15. تُحمدُ الناسُ فإن جاء به

    لم نجد أحمدَهم إلاَّ ذميما

    People are praised, but when he is brought forward,

    we find even their most praised man blameworthy.

  16. ما بصلبِ الدهر يجري مثلُه

    إذ على ميلاده صارَ عقيما

    No one like him flows in Time's loins,

    for at his birth it became barren.

  17. هو في أجفانه ثاني الكرى

    قرَّة العينين منه أن يدوما

    In its eyelids he is a second slumber;

    its eyes' delight is that he should endure.

  18. من أُناسٍ ركبوا ظهر العُلى

    وجروا في حلبة الفخر قديما

    From a people who rode the back of eminence

    and raced in glory's arena long ago.

  19. هم أقاموا عمدَ العليا وهم

    شرعوا فيها الصراط المستقيما

    They raised the pillars of eminence, and they

    laid out within it the straight path.

  20. ذهبوا بيضَ المجالي طيبي

    عُقد الأَزرِ مصاعيباً قُروما

    They departed, bright-faced and pure

    in their girdle-knots—indomitable chieftains.

  21. وتبقّوا من بينهم لعُلاهم

    زينةً في نحرها عِقداً نظيما

    And some among them remained, for their glory,

    an adornment at her throat, a well-strung necklace:

  22. كأَبي الهادي ذي الفضل ومَن

    في معاليه لهم كان قسيما

    like Abu al-Hadi, possessed of excellence, and one

    who, in his lofty virtues, was their peer:

  23. ذلكَ الندب أخوه من برا

    ه ربُّه من عنصر المجدِ كريما

    that gallant man, his brother, whom

    his Lord fashioned noble from the substance of glory.

  24. ورضى العليا ومن غير الرضا

    من عظيمٍ يدفع الخطبَ العظيما

    And Rida of eminence—and who but Rida

    among great men repels a mighty calamity?

  25. ذكره بين الورى يهدي شذاً

    عطّرت نفحةُ ريّاه النسيما

    The mention of him among mankind spreads fragrance;

    a waft of his perfume has scented the breeze.

  26. وأخيه مصطفى الفخرِ الذي

    لم تزل طلعتُه تجلو الهموما

    And his brother Mustafa of glory, whose

    countenance has never ceased to dispel cares.

  27. وكنجم الشرفِ الهادي إلى

    بيتِ جدواه لمن نصَّ الرسوما

    And like Najm, honor's star, who guides to

    the house of his bounty anyone urging on a swift camel.

  28. وأمينٍ ذي النهى مَن لم يزل

    سالكاً نهجاً من التقوى قويما

    And Amin, possessed of reason, who has never ceased

    to walk a straight path of piety.

  29. كرماءٌ لا تُبارى كرماً

    حُلماءٌ تزنُ الشمَّ حُلوما

    Generous men, unrivaled in generosity;

    forbearing men whose patience weighs as much as lofty peaks.

  30. كم دعتهم للقوافي ألسنٌ

    تركت قلبَ أعاديهم كليما

    How many tongues have invoked them in verse,

    leaving their enemies' hearts wounded.

  31. يا نجوماً في سما المجد زهت

    ويسرُّ المجد قولي يا نجوما

    O stars shining in the sky of glory,

    and glory delights in my saying, "O stars!"

  32. للعُلى أنتم مصابيحٌ كما

    لشياطين العِدى كنتم رُجوما

    You are lamps for the heights, just as

    you have been missiles against the devils of your foes.

  33. قد أقرَّ الله منكم أعيناً

    كم لحظتم بالغِنى فيها عديما

    God has gladdened, through you, the eyes

    of many a pauper you have favored with wealth.

  34. وحباهم فرحةً تشملهم

    والمحبينَ خصوصاً وعموما

    And He granted them a joy embracing them

    and those who love you, one and all.

  35. ذهبَ الروع الذي غمَّ وقد

    جاءت البشرى التي تنفي الغُموما

    The dread that brought distress has passed, and

    the glad news that banishes sorrows has arrived.

  36. واستهلَّ السعدُ في أبياتكم

    فاكتست من حُللِ الزهو رقوما

    And good fortune has risen in your houses,

    so they donned embroidered robes of splendor,

  37. بالفتى عبد الكريم المجتبى

    وأمين الفضل مَن طاب أُروما

    through the youth Abd al-Karim, the chosen,

    and Amin of virtue, noble in his roots.

  38. قد لعمري سُنن الحجّ لها

    ما رأت مِثلها أمسِ مُقيما

    Indeed, by my life, the rites of pilgrimage

    have never before seen anyone uphold their like.

  39. قيل نخشى لهما يدنو البلى

    قلت لا يدنو وإن كان عظيما

    It was said, "We fear affliction may draw near those two."

    I said, "It will not draw near, however great it be."

  40. فهما من أُسرةٍ في برِّهم

    يُدرءُ الخطبُ وإن كان جسيما

    For they are of a family through whose righteousness

    calamity is averted, however immense.

  41. فحجيجُ البيتِ لمّا أنزل الله

    فيهم ذلك الرجزَ الأليما

    And when God sent down upon the pilgrims to the House

    that agonizing scourge,

  42. فعن الباقين منهم كرماً

    بهما قد صرفَ الريحَ العقيما

    from the survivors among them, in His generosity,

    He turned away the barren wind through these two.

  43. فحطيمُ البيتِ لو لم يشهداه

    كلُّ مَن قد أمّه أضحى حطيما

    Had those two not visited the House's Hatim,

    everyone who sought it would have been shattered.

  44. آل بيت المصطفى حيتكُمُ

    غادةٌ تجلو لكم وجهاً وسيما

    O family of the Chosen One's House, you are greeted

    by a maiden unveiling for you a comely face.

  45. أقبلت زهواً تهنّيكم بما

    زادَ من يحسدُ علياكم وجوما

    She has come in splendor to congratulate you on what

    has made those who envy your eminence more downcast.

  46. فبقيتم في سرورٍ أبداً

    ولكم لا برحَ السعدُ نديما

    May you remain forever in joy,

    and may good fortune never cease to be your companion.