The Grandson's Noble Grief

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وَكَانَ الحَسَنُ دَائِمَ الحَزَنِ كَثِيرَ البُكَاءِ مُطَالِبًا نَفْسَهُ بِالحَقَائِقِ

Al-Hasan was constantly sorrowful, often weeping, demanding truths of himself,

بَعِيدًا مِنَ التَّصَنُّعِ لَا يُظْهِرُ التَّقَشُّفَ وَإِنْ كَانَ بَادِيًا عَلَيْهِ

Away from affectation, not displaying austerity, although it was evident on him,

وَلَا يَدَعُ التَّجَمُّلَ وَلَا يَمْتَنِعُ مِن لِبْسِ جَيِّدِ الثِّيَابِ

He did not forsake adornment and did not refrain from wearing fine clothes,

وَلَا يَتَخَلَّفُ عَنْ مُؤَاكَلَةِ النَّاسِ وَلَا يَتَأَخَّرُ عَنْ إِجَابَةِ الدَّاعِي إِلَى الطَّعَامِ

Nor did he avoid dining with people, nor delay in responding to an invitation to food,

وَكَانَ لَهُ سَمْتٌ يَعْرِفُهُ بِهِ مَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ رَآهُ

And he had a demeanor by which those who had never seen him recognized him.

رُوِيَ أَنَّ رَجُلًا دَخَلَ البَصْرَةَ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ رَأَى الحَسَنَ

It is narrated that a man entered Basra, who had not seen Al-Hasan,

فَسَأَلَ عَنْهُ الشَّعْبِيُّ فَقَالَ ادْخُلِ المَسْجِدَ عَافَاكَ اللَّهُ

He asked about him to Al-Sha'bi, who said: Enter the mosque, may God protect you,

فَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا لَمْ تَرَ مِثْلَهُ قَطُّ رَجُلًا فَذَلِكَ هُوَ الحَسَنُ

When you see a man, the like of whom you have never seen, that is Al-Hasan.