يا صاحِ هَذا المَشهدُ الأَقدسُ

يا صاحِ هَذا المَشهدُ الأَقدسُ

قَرَّت به الأَعينُ والأنفُسُ

قَرَّت به الأَعينُ والأنفُسُ

O friend, this is the holiest shrine;

O owner of this most sacred scene

eyes and souls have found delight in it.

That delights the eyes and souls

وَالنّجفُ الأَشرفُ بانَت لَنا

وَالنّجفُ الأَشرفُ بانَت لَنا

أَعلامُهُ وَالمَعهَدُ الأَنفَسُ

أَعلامُهُ وَالمَعهَدُ الأَنفَسُ

And Najaf the Most Noble—there appeared to us

And the most noble Najaf has appeared to us

its landmarks and its most precious sanctuary.

With its signs, the most fragrant shrine

والقبَّةُ البَيضاءُ قد أَشرقَت

والقبَّةُ البَيضاءُ قد أَشرقَت

يَنجابُ عن لألائِها الحِندِسُ

يَنجابُ عن لألائِها الحِندِسُ

And the white dome has shone forth;

And the white dome has shone

pitch darkness parts before its radiance.

Its tiles gleam like chrysolite

حضرةُ قُدسٍ لم يَنَل فضلَها

حضرةُ قُدسٍ لم يَنَل فضلَها

لا المَسجد الأَقصى ولا المقدِسُ

لا المَسجد الأَقصى ولا المقدِسُ

A holy sanctuary whose excellence has never been matched

A sacred precinct whose merit

by al-Aqsa Mosque or the Holy House.

Neither the Aqsa Mosque nor the Temple can match

جلَّت بِمَن حلَّ بها رتبةً

جلَّت بِمَن حلَّ بها رتبةً

يقصرُ عنها الفَلَكُ الأَطلسُ

يقصرُ عنها الفَلَكُ الأَطلسُ

Through him who dwells there, it rose to a rank

Exalted by the one whose rank herein

that the starless celestial sphere cannot reach.

Is beyond what the celestial sphere can encompass

تودُّ لو كانَت حَصى أَرضِها

تودُّ لو كانَت حَصى أَرضِها

شهبُ الدُجى والكُنَّسُ الخُنَّسُ

شهبُ الدُجى والكُنَّسُ الخُنَّسُ

They wish they could be pebbles upon its earth—

It wishes that the gravel of its land

the stars of night, and those that hide and retreat.

Were the stars of night and silk brocade

وَتحسدُ الأقدامَ منّا عَلَى الس

وَتحسدُ الأقدامَ منّا عَلَى الس

سَعي إلى أَعتابِها الأرؤسُ

سَعي إلى أَعتابِها الأرؤسُ

And our feet are envied for their

And that feet were envious of us

hastening to its thresholds—by our heads.

For hastening to its noble thresholds

فقف بها واِلثم ثرى تُربها

فقف بها واِلثم ثرى تُربها

فَهي المقامُ الأَطهَرُ الأَقدَسُ

فَهي المقامُ الأَطهَرُ الأَقدَسُ

So stand there and kiss the soil of its ground;

So stop at it and kiss its dust

for it is the purest, holiest station.

For it is the most pure, most holy station

وَقل صَلاةٌ وَسَلامٌ عَلى

وَقل صَلاةٌ وَسَلامٌ عَلى

من طابَ منه الأَصلُ والمَغرِسُ

من طابَ منه الأَصلُ والمَغرِسُ

And say: blessings and peace upon

And say a prayer and peace

him whose lineage and roots are pure.

Upon him whose origin and roots are pure

خَليفةُ اللَهِ العَظيم الَّذي

خَليفةُ اللَهِ العَظيم الَّذي

من ضوئِه نورُ الهدى يُقبَسُ

من ضوئِه نورُ الهدى يُقبَسُ

The vicegerent of God the Great, from whose

The caliph of God Almighty

radiance the light of guidance is kindled;

From whose light comes illuminated guidance

نَفسُ النَبيِّ المُصطَفى أَحمَدٍ

نَفسُ النَبيِّ المُصطَفى أَحمَدٍ

وَصنوه وَالسيِّدُ الأرأَسُ

وَصنوه وَالسيِّدُ الأرأَسُ

the very self of the chosen Prophet, Ahmad,

The soul of the Chosen Prophet Ahmad

and his counterpart, and the foremost lord;

And his grandfather the most noble chief

العلمُ العَيلمُ بحرُ النَدى

العلمُ العَيلمُ بحرُ النَدى

وَبرُّهُ وَالعالِمُ النِقرِسُ

وَبرُّهُ وَالعالِمُ النِقرِسُ

the eminent leader, the vast ocean, the sea of bounty,

The knowing scholar, ocean of dew

and its land, and the consummate scholar.

And righteousness and piercing star

فَليلُنا من نورِه مُقمِرٌ

فَليلُنا من نورِه مُقمِرٌ

وَيَومُنا من ضَوئه مُشمِسُ

وَيَومُنا من ضَوئه مُشمِسُ

So our night is moonlit by his light,

So our night by his light is luminous

and our day is sunlit by his radiance.

And our day by his brilliance sunny

أَقسِمُ باللَه وآياتِهِ

أَقسِمُ باللَه وآياتِهِ

أَليَّةً تنجي ولا تُغمِسُ

أَليَّةً تنجي ولا تُغمِسُ

I swear by God and His signs

I swear by God and His manifest signs

an oath that saves and does not plunge one into sin:

That save and do not submerge

أَنَّ عليَّ بن أَبي طالبٍ

أَنَّ عليَّ بن أَبي طالبٍ

منارُ دينِ الحقِّ لا يُطمَسُ

منارُ دينِ الحقِّ لا يُطمَسُ

that Ali ibn Abi Talib

That Ali ibn Abi Talib

is the beacon of the true faith, never effaced;

Is the beacon of the religion of truth that cannot be erased

ومن حباهُ اللَه أَنباءَ ما

ومن حباهُ اللَه أَنباءَ ما

في كُتبه فهو لها فِهرِسُ

في كُتبه فهو لها فِهرِسُ

and he whom God endowed with knowledge of what

And he to whom God granted knowledge

is in His books—so he is their index.

Of what is in His books is their index

أَحاطَ بالعِلم الَّذي لم يُحِط

أَحاطَ بالعِلم الَّذي لم يُحِط

بمثله بليا ولا هرمسُ

بمثله بليا ولا هرمسُ

He encompassed knowledge whose like was not encompassed

He encompassed the knowledge which none encompassed

by Balyā or Hermes.

Not a Valius nor a Hermes

هَذا أَميرُ المؤمنين الَّذي

هَذا أَميرُ المؤمنين الَّذي

شَرائعُ اللَه به تُحرَسُ

شَرائعُ اللَه به تُحرَسُ

This is the Commander of the Faithful, through whom

This is the Commander of the Faithful by whom

God's laws are guarded;

God's laws are guarded

وحجَّةُ اللَه الَّتي نورُها

وحجَّةُ اللَه الَّتي نورُها

كالصُبح لا يَخفى ولا يبلسُ

كالصُبح لا يَخفى ولا يبلسُ

and God's proof, whose light

And God's proof whose light

is like dawn, neither hidden nor obscured.

Is like the dawn, obscure to none

تاللَه لا يَجحَدها جاحِدٌ

تاللَه لا يَجحَدها جاحِدٌ

إلّا اِمرؤٌ في غيِّه مُركَسُ

إلّا اِمرؤٌ في غيِّه مُركَسُ

By God, none denies it

By God, none denies it but a man lost

save a man plunged into his own error.

In misguidance, fallen into error

المعلِنُ الحقَّ بلا خَشيَةٍ

المعلِنُ الحقَّ بلا خَشيَةٍ

حَيثُ خَطيبُ القوم لا يَنبِسُ

حَيثُ خَطيبُ القوم لا يَنبِسُ

The proclaimer of truth without fear,

The declaimer of truth without fear

where the people's orator utters not a word;

Where the people's speaker is mute

وَالمقحمُ الخَيلَ وَطيسَ الوغى

وَالمقحمُ الخَيلَ وَطيسَ الوغى

إِذا اِتَّقاها البطلُ الأحوسُ

إِذا اِتَّقاها البطلُ الأحوسُ

and he who drives the horses into battle's furnace,

The charger into fray and dust of battle

when the fearless champion avoids it.

When the intrepid hero takes fright

جلبابُه يومَ الفَخارَ التُقى

جلبابُه يومَ الفَخارَ التُقى

لا الطيلسانُ الخزُّ والبُرنُسُ

لا الطيلسانُ الخزُّ والبُرنُسُ

His mantle on the day of glory is piety,

His cloak on the day of pride is piety

not a silken shawl or a hooded cloak.

Not satin, brocade, and figured cloth

يرفلُ من تَقواه في حُلَّةٍ

يرفلُ من تَقواه في حُلَّةٍ

يحسدُها الدِيباجُ والسُندسُ

يحسدُها الدِيباجُ والسُندسُ

He walks proudly in a robe of his piety

He is clad in a robe of piety envied

that brocade and fine silk envy.

By satin and silk

يا خيرة اللَه الَّذي خَيرُه

يا خيرة اللَه الَّذي خَيرُه

يشكرُه الناطِق والأخرسُ

يشكرُه الناطِق والأخرسُ

O God's chosen one, whose goodness

O elect of God whose excellence

the speaking and the mute give thanks for,

Is thanked by speaker and mute alike

عبدُك قد أَمَّك مُستَوحِشاً

عبدُك قد أَمَّك مُستَوحِشاً

مِن ذَنبِه للعفو يَستأنِسُ

مِن ذَنبِه للعفو يَستأنِسُ

your servant has made for you, fearful

Your abject servant has come to you lonely

of his sin, seeking comfort in pardon.

From his sins hoping for kindness

يَطوي إليكَ البحرَ والبرَّ لا

يَطوي إليكَ البحرَ والبرَّ لا

يُوحشُه شيءٌ ولا يؤنِسُ

يُوحشُه شيءٌ ولا يؤنِسُ

He traverses sea and land toward you—

Roaming the land and sea, nothing

nothing frightens him, and nothing comforts him.

Makes him lonely or keeps him company

طوراً على فُلكٍ به سابحٍ

طوراً على فُلكٍ به سابحٍ

وَتارة تَسري به عِرمسُ

وَتارة تَسري به عِرمسُ

At times aboard a ship that swims, bearing him,

Now on a ship sailing the sea

and at times a sturdy she-camel bears him through the night.

Now traveling on camel-back

في كُلِّ هَيماءَ يَرى شَوكُها

في كُلِّ هَيماءَ يَرى شَوكُها

كأَنَّه الريحانُ والنرجسُ

كأَنَّه الريحانُ والنرجسُ

In every waterless waste, he sees its thorns

In every desolate place, he sees its thorns

as though they were basil and narcissus.

As if aromatic herbs and basil

حتّى أَتى بابَك مُستَبشِراً

حتّى أَتى بابَك مُستَبشِراً

ومن أَتى بابَك لا يَيأسُ

ومن أَتى بابَك لا يَيأسُ

Until he reached your door rejoicing;

Until he came, hopeful, to your door

and whoever reaches your door does not despair.

And whoever comes to your door does not despair

أَدعوكَ يامَولى الورى موقناً

أَدعوكَ يامَولى الورى موقناً

أَنَّ دعائي عنك لا يُحبَسُ

أَنَّ دعائي عنك لا يُحبَسُ

I call on you, O master of all creatures, certain

I call upon you, O Lord of mankind, certain

that my prayer is not withheld from you.

That my prayer to you will not be contained

فنجِّني من خطب دَهرٍ غدا

فنجِّني من خطب دَهرٍ غدا

لِلجسم منّي أَبَداً يَنهَسُ

لِلجسم منّي أَبَداً يَنهَسُ

So save me from a calamity of time that has come

So save me from the misfortunes of a time

to gnaw forever at this body of mine.

That seeks to tear my body apart forever

هَذا وَلَولا أَمَلي فيكَ لَم

هَذا وَلَولا أَمَلي فيكَ لَم

يقرَّ بي مثوىً ولا مجلِسُ

يقرَّ بي مثوىً ولا مجلِسُ

Such is my plight; were it not for my hope in you,

And if not for my hope in you

neither dwelling nor seat would give me rest.

No shelter or sitting-place would give me peace

صَلّى عليك اللَه من سَيِّدٍ

صَلّى عليك اللَه من سَيِّدٍ

مَولاهُ في الدارين لا يُوكَسُ

مَولاهُ في الدارين لا يُوكَسُ

May God bless you, a lord

May God bless the noblest

whose follower suffers no loss in either world,

Master in both abodes matchless

ما غرَّدت وَرقاءُ في رَوضَةٍ

ما غرَّدت وَرقاءُ في رَوضَةٍ

وَما زهت أَغصانُها الميَّسُ

وَما زهت أَغصانُها الميَّسُ

as long as a gray dove warbles in a garden,

The warbler has not trilled in any garden

and as long as its swaying branches flourish.

Nor have its branches waved in joy