1. A call to all people, for the matter is great,
And that the Commander of the Faithful is foremost.

2. The matter of all people in every place
Is to him and from him, binding and loosening.

3. And call his noble sons, the chiefs of our time,
For through them the garland of glories is strung.

4. And call the sons of Mansur Qasim, who
Built for them a glory that is majestic and great.

5. And I am not partial to any individual among them,
But to all of them I generalize.

6. And loudly call the men of knowledge, for they
Are most knowledgeable in what has come in the clear texts.

7. And they inherited al-Mukhtar in what he came with,
And the heir of this religion in it is foremost.

8. And call the men of sarcasm and beating, all who
Have a glance on the day of calamity, and bite.

9. And every young man who strives for war, seeking
To support the truth, and the truth is more ancient.

10. And say to those I called from every faction:
Are you awake or are you sleeping today?

11. And what mind do you have, when your religion
With it the wild lands between breezes fluttered.

12. Do you not have any thought? For every thinker
Delays one of you and puts another forward.

13. So one time he accused you of madness, and another time
They see you drunk, babbling incoherently.

14. And how many have said you became like a machine
Flipped around in the palm of fate, mute.

15. And another said: The matter has turned away from you,
So one who understands not guidance made you regress.

16. And how much they have prolonged speech about this, and it
Is truly deserving that speech about it be magnified.

17. And more truthful than this and more worthy that you
Have neglected matters, though they are more fitting and wise.

18. The first of them is that you did not accept the advice of an advisor
Who sees that in what befalls, the Commander is foremost.

19. And secondly, for your affairs you put forward
An ignoramus, if you built a structure, he demolishes it.

20. He undoes firmly constructed affairs,
And his opinion in every era fluctuates and withers.

21. Does he gather troops every year, sending them
With fines that are lofty and great?

22. And if they near opening, he abandons them, so what do they have
With him? And if they die of hunger, he does not feed them.

23. And what was before this army, every time
They have nothing but hunger that defeats them.

24. And these people used to be comfortable with what
We gave the Najdis, so he rose up demolishing.

25. And he killed his envoys out of stupidity and hunger,
And that is a dishonor in the wilderness, hurting.

26. And how his deeds have saddened the heart of a loyal one
Pushing away anger in his essence, decisive.

27. And it saddened what is between the Imam and his family
And children, so look into it if you understand.

28. And the hands of all the dissenters in evil what
He plans became lofty and great.

29. And were it not for him they would not have become kings while you
Are more majestic and foremost in the chests and greater.

30. So do you have any false pride in the kingdom? For it
Has become war spoils among the people distributed.

31. Your rarities in it are praiseworthy, and this is
Zabid, Hais, and Raziya are the greatest,

32. And the house of the jurist Ibn Ujayl, and after it
Hafash and Milhan, spoils that are looted.

33. And after this they decided to encamp
Upon the gate of Sanaa, which is higher and nobler.

34. So say to the Commander of the Faithful, until when
Will one who understands not guide the matter of the kingdom?

35. Do you tolerate the barren kingdom for his sake?
You want his satisfaction yet he demolishes the kingdom?

36. Make haste, Commander of the Faithful, for little remains
Before regret will not avail.

37. For you are beloved to the people, O Commander,
But he makes hearts weep and hurts.

38. So which of your lands, before you
Relinquish it to other than you, do you organize?

39. For they only seceded due to his ill treatment,
And you, O son of the generous, know this.

40. And all expenditures of the wilderness were cut off
Though before him they were handed over to them.

41. And how many stipends and garments and
Gifts we saw being distributed by you.

42. So when he came, he left no remainder,
And you, O son of the Imams, know better.

43. And the face of the kingdom, as you knew it,
Used to be radiant, and now it is dusty and gloomy.

44. Everything you were accustomed to has shrunk from you
And between the wilderness you lack food.

45. And your relatives have attained, from poverty, traits
That are lofty and great.

46. And they have become humiliated at the doors of men,
With no honorable person to honor them.

47. And they became disgraced when they were noble kings,
And they reached a state that hurts and pains.

48. Do you not see your father's sons? For they
Have come to ask people while the matter is greater.

49. If al-Mahdi saw his children as
We see them, tears for him would flow and gather.

50. Your subjects died of overt hunger,
And men whose virtues cannot be concealed died.

51. And that is not out of coercion, but
Ways for them were cut off, along which tears and blood flow.

52. And you did not defend them from an enemy doubled over,
Nor did you show mercy while Allah is most merciful to creation.

53. And how many an advisor whose advice
You did not accept, though he came with the clearest truth.

54. So is there an awakening for you after slumber?
Clarify for us, or are you for eternity asleep?

55. And is there any false pride in you about the kingdom? It is
On a turbulent, collapsing precipice.

56. If you were to accept what I say,
Then regret from you must prolong.

57. So my Lord, bear witness against them, for I
Gave advice while others made advice secret.