1. Shurhabil, why did you abandon our cause though not for religion
But for hatred of Malik and Jareer

2. And dissension crept between Sa'd and him
So it became like a lost camel with no camel driver

3. You were not present when Bajila reproached
The Quraysh, so Allah, how far the helper!

4. Will you decide a matter you were absent from in ambiguity
When the justice of every wise one was confused in it

5. Men say who were not leaders
Nor for her who met you with presence

6. What is the word of an absent people who cast
From the unseen what led them into delusion

7. And you leave that the people gave their covenants
To Ali with intimacy and joy for him

8. When it was said, “Bring one whom you emulate”
They did not speak of an emulator for him

9. Perhaps you will suffer grief in the morning through war with him
Shurhabil, why did you come to it with the insignificant