Sol 6.1

  1. قد كان داؤُك للشريعة داءا

    فالآنَ صار لها شفاك شفاءا

    Your illness was indeed an illness for the Sacred Law;

    and now your recovery has become its healing.

  2. نزعت يدُ الباري سقامكما معاً

    وكستهُ شاغلةً به الأعداءا

    The Creator's hand removed the sickness of you both together,

    and clothed the enemies in it, keeping them occupied.

  3. مسحت غبارَ الداءِ منك بصحَّةٍ

    كانت لوجه المكرُمات جلاءا

    It wiped the dust of illness from you with restored health

    that polished the face of noble deeds.

  4. قرَّت بها عينُ الهداية وانثنت

    عينُ الحواسد تشتكي الأقذاءا

    Guidance's eye rejoiced in it, while there turned back

    the eye of the envious, complaining of grit.

  5. والمجدُ أعلنَ في البريَّةِ هاتفاً

    بشرى بصحَّة من شفى العلياءا

    And glory proclaimed among humankind, calling out:

    Glad tidings of health for him who healed lofty glory!

  6. فاغدوا سواءً في السرور كما غدوا

    في شكر نائله الجزيلِ سواءا

    So share equally in joy, just as they shared

    equally in thanks for his abundant bounty.

  7. فلتهنَ طائفةُ الهدى في شيخها

    ولنستدم به بدوامه النعْماءا

    So may the community of guidance rejoice in its sheikh,

    and may we sustain blessings through him for as long as he endures.

  8. فإليه أملاك السماءِ تطلَّعت

    فأقرَّ أعينَها غداة تراءا

    For heaven's angels looked toward him,

    and he gladdened their eyes the morning he appeared.

  9. وتباشرت حتَّى كأَنَّ إلهها

    منها أزالَ ببُرئه الأدواءا

    They shared glad tidings until it seemed their God

    had banished their ailments through his recovery.

  10. وتنزَّلت كيما تهنِّي جعفراً

    وهو الجديرُ مودَّةً وإخاءا

    And they descended to congratulate Ja'far,

    who is worthy of affection and brotherhood.

  11. لا قلتُ هذا غيرُ ذاك فهل ترى

    ماءً تَغايرَ إن قسمت الماءا

    May I never say this one is other than that! Do you see

    water becoming different when you divide the water?

  12. هو جعفر الفضلِ الذي أهلُ النهى

    يَرِدون منه ويصدرونَ رُواءا

    He is Ja'far of bounty, from whom the wise

    draw water and depart with their thirst quenched.

  13. وإذا رقى الأعوادَ أسمع ناطقاً

    بالوعظ حتَّى الصخرةَ الصمَّاءا

    And when he mounts the wooden pulpit, he makes himself heard,

    through exhortation, even by the deaf rock.

  14. ولقد سرى في الصالحات لذِكره

    أرجٌ يطبقُ نشرهُ الأرجاءا

    And among righteous deeds, at his mention, there wafted

    a fragrance whose diffusion fills every region.

  15. وأطل دعاك له وناد محمدَ ال

    حسنَ المجلِّي نورُه الظلماءا

    And prolong your prayer for him, and call upon Muhammad al-

    Hasan, whose light dispels the darkness:

  16. أأبا الشريعة أنت كافلها الذي

    أنسى البنينَ ببرّه الآباءا

    O father of the Sacred Law, you are its guardian, who

    made sons forget their fathers through his kindness.

  17. وبكم جميعاً أبصرت لكنَّهم

    كانوا لها حُدَقاً وكنت ضياءا

    And through you all it saw; yet they

    were its pupils, while you were its light.

  18. أنت المعدّ لحفظ حوزتنا التي

    لم تحو سابغةً ولا عدَّاءا

    You are appointed to guard our domain, which

    has neither a full coat of mail nor a swift steed.

  19. ماذا يضرُّ ومنكباك لواؤُنا

    أن لا نهزَّ على العُدات لواءا

    What harm is there, when your shoulders are our banner,

    if we wave no banner against the foes?

  20. ولسانك السيفُ الذي أخذ الهدى

    بشباهُ من أعدائه ما شاءا

    And your tongue is the sword with which guidance took

    whatever it wished from its enemies, by its keen edge.

  21. وإذا جرى قلمٌ بكفِّك خالَهُ

    بحشاه خصمك صعدةً سمراءا

    And when a pen runs in your hand, it seems

    to your foe a dusky spear within his entrails.

  22. ولقد جريتَ إلى المعالي سابقاً

    حتَّى تركت السابقينَ وراءا

    You raced toward lofty attainments, leading the way,

    until you left the frontrunners behind.

  23. غفراً لذنب الدهر إنَّ له يداً

    عندي نسيتُ لنفعها الضرَّاءا

    Pardon Time its sin, for it has bestowed a favor

    on me; its benefit made me forget adversity.

  24. جلبَ المسرَّة لي بإثر مسرَّةٍ

    سبقت فضاعف عندي السرَّاءا

    It brought me joy on the heels of a joy

    that had come before, doubling my happiness:

  25. بشفاء مُنتجبٍ وعرس مهذَّبٍ

    بَهرَ البريَّةَ فطنةً وذَكاءا

    through a chosen man's recovery and a refined man's wedding,

    who dazzled humankind with discernment and intelligence.

  26. إن غبتُ عن ذاك السرور فلم يكن

    ليفوتني ما أطرَبَ الشعراءا

    Though I missed that celebration, it was not possible

    for what delighted the poets to elude me.

  27. فبعرس عبد الله رونقُ عصرنا

    في كلّ آونةٍ يزيدُ صفاءا

    For through Abd Allah's wedding, the luster of our age

    grows clearer with every passing moment.

  28. وبأيّما وقتٍ حضرتُ فإنَّه

    للزهو وقت بالسعود أضاءا

    And whenever I attend, it is

    a time for joyous pride, illuminated by good fortune.

  29. فاهتف ودونكه لتهنئة العُلى

    وشياً يفوق صناعةً صنعاءا

    So proclaim, and take this to congratulate lofty glory:

    a brocade whose workmanship surpasses Sana'a.

  30. بشرى به عُرساً لأيّ ورشحٍ

    بعُلى أبيه تجاوزَ الجوزاءا

    Glad tidings of his wedding—for what a [unclear epithet]!

    Through his father's eminence he has risen beyond al-Jawza'.

  31. هو غصنُ مجدٍ ذو مخايل بَشّرت

    أن سوف يُثمر سؤدداً وعلاءا

    He is a branch of glory, bearing signs that foretold

    that he would bear nobility and eminence as fruit.

  32. لو أنَّ مَن نظمَ القريضَ بعرسه

    نظم النجومَ لزادها لألاءا

    Had whoever strung verse for his wedding

    strung the stars, he would have increased their brilliance.

  33. سكرت به الدنيا ولكن لم تذق

    إلاَّ خلائقَ جدِّه صهباءا

    The world grew drunk on him, but never tasted

    anything but his grandfather's virtues, a tawny wine.

  34. صفه وإخوتَه فكلٌّ منهم

    في المجد أحرزَ عزَّةً قعساءا

    Describe him and his brothers: each of them

    has secured unassailable honor in glory.

  35. أحيوا أباهم باقرَ العِلم الذي

    قدماً أعاد ذوي النهى أحياءا

    They revived their father, Baqir of learning, who

    long ago brought people of understanding back to life.

  36. متكافئين بفخره وجميعهم

    ولدنهم أُمُّ العُلى أكفاءا

    Equal in his glory, all of them

    were born as peers to the mother of lofty glory.

  37. فلجدِّه البُشرى وأين كجدِّه

    لا تطلبنَّ سوى ذُكاءِ ذُكاءا

    So glad tidings to his grandfather—and where is anyone like his grandfather?

    Seek no Dhuka'—the sun—other than Dhuka' itself.

  38. وَليَهن فيه عمّه ذاكَ الذي

    فاتت مزايا فضله الإِحصاءا

    And may his uncle rejoice in him—that man whose

    distinctions of merit defy enumeration.

  39. يا من إذا التفَّت عليه مجامعُ

    الآراءِ فلَّ بعزمه الآراءا

    O you who, when there gather around you the hosts

    of opinions, shatter those opinions with your resolve:

  40. دُم للشريعة كي تدوم لنا فقد

    جعل الإِلهُ لها بقاكَ بقاءا

    Endure for the Sacred Law, so it may endure for us; for

    God has made your continuance its continuance.

  41. وأَقم على مرّ الزمان ممدَّحاً

    تُحبى صباحاً بالسنى ومَساءا

    And remain through time's passage, much praised,

    endowed with radiance morning and evening.