1. يا رابكاً تطوي المهامه عيسه

    وتجوب كل تنوفةٍ ومكان

    O rider whose white camels fold up the wastelands,

    And roam through every barren wilderness and place;

  2. يقتادها الشوق الملح في السرى

    بأزمة فضلاً عن الأرسان

    Insistent longing leads them on their night journey,

    With reins beyond their halter-ropes.

  3. فكأنه كالبدر بين نجومه

    في فتيةٍ من أكرم الفتيان

    So he seems like the full moon among his stars,

    Among some of the noblest young men.

  4. ومسافراً نحو المكارم قاصداً

    هلا مننت على الكئيب العاني

    And O traveler, bound for noble deeds,

    Will you not favor the sorrowful captive

  5. ببلوغ مألكةٍ إلي ساداته

    خير البرية أنسها والجان

    By conveying a message to his masters,

    The best of creation, its humans and jinn:

  6. لعلي الهادي المكرم وابنه

    والقائم الخلف العظيم الشان

    To honored Ali al-Hadi and his son,

    And al-Qa'im, the successor of exalted standing:

  7. سيف الإله المنتضى فصل القضا

    والمرتضى فرج الإله الداني

    God's unsheathed sword, the final word in judgment,

    And al-Murtada, God's approaching deliverance;

  8. خزان علم اللَه أبوبا الهدى

    ركن الولاء معالم الإيمان

    Keepers of God's knowledge, gates of guidance,

    The pillar of allegiance, the signposts of faith;

  9. سفن النجا غيث المكارم ال

    جاني غوث الواله الحيران

    Ships of salvation, the rain of noble gifts,

    Fruit-gathering; succor of the love-struck, bewildered one.

  10. قسماً بهم وبجدهم لا أختشي

    هول الحساب وحبهم بجاني

    I swear by them and their grandfather: I do not fear

    The terror of reckoning, with love for them in my heart.

  11. فإذا حضرت بحضرة القدس التي

    تسمو بهم شرفاً على كيوان

    So when you enter the sacred court that

    Rises through them in honor above Saturn,

  12. فقل السلام عليكم يا سادتي

    من عبد عبدكم المسيء الجاني

    Then say: Peace be upon you, O my masters,

    From your servant's servant, the sinful wrongdoer;

  13. من وامق عدم الوفاء أعاقه

    عنكم وأخره عن الأتيان

    From a lover whom lack of fidelity has held back

    From you, and delayed his coming.

  14. لا زال يسأل ربه ويود أن

    من الإله عليه بالإمكان

    He keeps beseeching his Lord, wishing that

    God would graciously grant him the means.

  15. فساهم بنك يقبلون مقصراً

    في حقهم مستوجب الحرمان

    So ask them to accept, through you, one who has fallen short (uncertain reading),

    In his duty toward them, deserving deprivation.