أَأبَا الحُسَينِ مُصَغَّراً وَمُكَبَّرا

أَأبَا الحُسَينِ مُصَغَّراً وَمُكَبَّرا

سِرِّي يُتَرجم عَن وَفَاءٍ شَامِلِ

سِرِّي يُتَرجم عَن وَفَاءٍ شَامِلِ

O Abu al-Husayn, in diminutive and full form,

O Abal-Husayn, diminished and magnified

My inmost thoughts speak of all-embracing loyalty.

My secret is translated from complete loyalty

مَا لِي بِمَا أَولَيتُمُوهُ يَدٌ وَمَن

مَا لِي بِمَا أَولَيتُمُوهُ يَدٌ وَمَن

بِلِسَانِ سَحبَانٍ لِفَكَّي بَاقِلِ

بِلِسَانِ سَحبَانٍ لِفَكَّي بَاقِلِ

I have no power to repay what you bestowed—and who

What is it to me, what hands have granted you and who

Can give Sahban's tongue to Baqil's jaws?

With the tongue of clouds, to my untying knot

أَودَعتُ مَجدَكُمُ وَقَد وَدَّعتُكُم

أَودَعتُ مَجدَكُمُ وَقَد وَدَّعتُكُم

وُدّاً كَمَا حَيَّاكَ زَهرُ خَمَائِلِ

وُدّاً كَمَا حَيَّاكَ زَهرُ خَمَائِلِ

I entrusted to your glory, as I bade you farewell,

I deposited your glory, and I bid you farewell

Affection, as the blossoms of leafy groves greeted you.

With affection, as the flower of chamomile greeted you

وَأَنِستُ بِالبِرِّ الَّذِي أَولَيتُمُ

وَأَنِستُ بِالبِرِّ الَّذِي أَولَيتُمُ

أُنسَ المُتَيَّمِ بِالرَّقِيبِ الغَافِلِ

أُنسَ المُتَيَّمِ بِالرَّقِيبِ الغَافِلِ

And I delighted in the kindness you bestowed,

And I enjoyed the righteousness you granted

As a lovesick lover delights in a heedless watcher.

The enjoyment of the bereaved with the unmindful guardian

وَغَرِقتُ مِن خَجَلِي بِكُم فِي لُجّةٍ

وَغَرِقتُ مِن خَجَلِي بِكُم فِي لُجّةٍ

فَلتَجعَلُوا الإِغضَاءَ عَنِّي سَائِلِي

فَلتَجعَلُوا الإِغضَاءَ عَنِّي سَائِلِي

And, abashed before you, I drowned in deep waters;

And I drowned in my shyness with you in a swamp

So let your forbearance toward me be my petitioner.

So make overlooking me the questioner’s request

وَشَكَرتُكُم شُكراً يَقُولُ لِبِّركُم

وَشَكَرتُكُم شُكراً يَقُولُ لِبِّركُم

هَذَا السِّنَانُ لِمِثلِ ذَاكَ العَامِلِ

هَذَا السِّنَانُ لِمِثلِ ذَاكَ العَامِلِ

And I thanked you with gratitude that says to your kindness:

And I thanked you with thanks that say to your righteousness

"This spearhead befits a shaft like that."

This is the reward for the likes of that doer

وَرَحَلتُ عَنكُم والفُؤَادُ لَدَيكُمُ

وَرَحَلتُ عَنكُم والفُؤَادُ لَدَيكُمُ

فَلتَعجَبُوا لِيَ مِن مُقِيمٍ رَاحِلِ

فَلتَعجَبُوا لِيَ مِن مُقِيمٍ رَاحِلِ

And I departed from you, while my heart remained with you;

And I departed from you while my heart is with you

So marvel at me: one who stays, yet departs.

So wonder at me, one who has left yet remains