1. انزِلِ المَنْزِلَ الحَسَنْ

    فِي حِمَى اللهِ يَا حَسَنْ

    Settle in the fair abode,

    In God's sanctuary, O Hasan.

  2. أَيُّ غُنْمٍ لِمَاكِثٍ

    وَهْوَ فِي السِّنِّ قَدْ طَعَنْ

    What gain is there for one who stays,

    While he is already far advanced in years,

  3. مُشْبَعَ القلْبِ مِنْ أَسًى

    فِي لَيَالِيهِ مِنْ أَسَنْ

    His heart steeped in sorrow,

    In his nights of decay?

  4. تَارِكُ العَيْشِ إِنَّمَا

    يَتْرُكُ الخَوْفَ وَالحَزَنْ

    He who leaves life merely

    Leaves fear and sorrow.

  5. هَلْ مَعَ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَا

    رِ سِوَى السُّهْدِ وَالمِحَنْ

    Is there, through night and day,

    Anything but sleeplessness and ordeals?

  6. أَوَ لَيْسَ الأَحَبَّ فِي

    كُلِّ شَيءٍ مِنَ الفِتَنْ

    And is it not preferable amid

    Every kind of trial?

  7. مَا جَزِعْنَا عَلَيْكَ إِذْ

    بِعْتَ بِالجَنَّةِ الدِّمَنْ

    We did not grieve for you when

    You traded the dung heaps for Paradise,

  8. بَلْ عَلَى والدٍ حَزِينٍ

    دهاهُ الرَّدَى بِمَنْ

    But for a grieving father,

    Whom death struck through the one it claimed;

  9. وَعَلَى أُمَّةٍ ثَكُولٍ

    خَلِيقٍ بِهَا الشَّجَنْ

    And for a bereaved nation,

    Whom sorrow well befits,

  10. أَحْوَجَ اليَوْمَ مَا تَكُو

    ن إِلَى فِتْيَةِ الفِطَنْ

    Today more in need than ever

    Of youths of keen discernment,

  11. وَشَبَابٍ مِنَ المَنَا

    جِيدِ إِنْ تَدْعُهُمْ تُصَنْ

    And young men among the valiant—

    If she calls them, she is kept safe.

  12. يَا لَغَبْنِ الكَمَالِ فِي

    كُلِّ عِلْمٍ وَكلِّ فَنْ

    Oh, the loss to excellence in

    Every science and every art!

  13. يَا ابنَ ذَاكَ الَّذِي هُوَ ال

    عَلَمُ الفَرْدُ فِي الوَطَنْ

    O son of that man who is the

    Peerless luminary in the homeland,

  14. أَوْحَشَتْ مِنْكَ دَارُهُ

    فَهْيَ سُكْنَى بِلا سَكَنْ

    His home is desolate without you;

    So it is a dwelling without solace.

  15. كُنْتَ فِيهَا وَدِيعَةً

    تَعْدِلُ الرُّوحَ بِالثَّمَنْ

    You were a trust within it,

    Equal in worth to the soul.

  16. أَوْدَعَتْهَا عِنَايَةُ اللـ

    ـهِ حِيناً مِنَ الزَّمَنْ

    God's providence entrusted it

    For a span of time.

  17. وَاسْتُرِدَّتْ فَرَدَّهَا

    مُؤْمِنُ القَلْبِ مُؤْتَمَنْ

    And it was reclaimed, so he returned it—

    A faithful-hearted, trusted keeper.

  18. هَكَذَا هَكَذَا الوَفَاءُ

    وَقَدْ جَازَ كُلَّ ظَنّْ

    Thus, thus is faithfulness,

    And it has surpassed every expectation.

  19. فِي جِنَانِ الرِّضَى عَزَيـ

    ـزٌ بِرَغْمِ المُنَى ظَعَنْ

    In the gardens of contentment is a dear one,

    Who departed despite our wishes.

  20. جَادَهُ الغَيْثُ مِنْ فَتىً

    جَفَّ يُورِقُ الفَنَنْ

    May rain water him—a youth

    Who withered while his bough was leafing.