أَلَيْسَ مِنَ العَجائِبِ أَنَّ مِثْلِي

أَلَيْسَ مِنَ العَجائِبِ أَنَّ مِثْلِي

وَأَنْتَ صَفِيُّهُ يَشْكُو الزَّمَانا

وَأَنْتَ صَفِيُّهُ يَشْكُو الزَّمَانا

Is it not a wonder that one like me,

Is it not strange that one like me

with you as his close friend, should complain of time?

And you, his companion, complain of fate?

وَما جَارَتْ خُطُوبُ الدَّهْرِ إِلاَّ

وَما جَارَتْ خُطُوبُ الدَّهْرِ إِلاَّ

وَجَدْتُكَ مِنْ حَوَادِثِها أَمانا

وَجَدْتُكَ مِنْ حَوَادِثِها أَمانا

And never did the calamities of time grow cruel,

Though the vicissitudes of time were never

but I found in you refuge from their misfortunes.

Except I found in you a safe refuge

وَلا ابْتَسَمَتْ ثُغُورُ النَّوْرِ إِلاَّ

وَلا ابْتَسَمَتْ ثُغُورُ النَّوْرِ إِلاَّ

ذَكَرْتُ بِها خَلائِقَكَ الْحِسانا

ذَكَرْتُ بِها خَلائِقَكَ الْحِسانا

Nor did the mouths of blossoms ever smile,

Nor did the gates of light smile

but through them I recalled your beautiful qualities.

Except I recalled your noble qualities

خُلِقْتَ أَبَرَّ هذا الْخَلْقِ كَفَّاً

خُلِقْتَ أَبَرَّ هذا الْخَلْقِ كَفَّاً

وَأَجْدَاهُمْ وَأَنْدَاهُمْ بَنَانا

وَأَجْدَاهُمْ وَأَنْدَاهُمْ بَنَانا

You were created the most generous-handed of all humankind,

You were created the most righteous of creation

and the most bountiful and liberal of fingers.

The most generous and kindly of them

فَلَوْ أَنَّ الْعُلى كانَتْ قَناةً

فَلَوْ أَنَّ الْعُلى كانَتْ قَناةً

لَكُنْتَ أَبا الْحُسَيْنِ لَها سِنانا

لَكُنْتَ أَبا الْحُسَيْنِ لَها سِنانا

So if glory were a spear,

So if the highest (heaven) were an abode

you, Abu al-Husayn, would be its spearhead.

You would be for it like the tooth of a bucket