1. Muhammad al-Tawani has ascribed
Successors who came after this exalted one

2. Saying, his words about them contained no ill,
Like well-arranged pearls on a string

3. After him came Abdel Aziz - what a leader!
The imam who excelled in honor and precedent

4. He came to the dome of Islam while it was on the brink
Saying "O house of Mayya, submit!"

5. His command emerged from where it had been preserved
To him it came with resolve and determination, know

6. He prepared armies and equipment with which
The Russians would drink bitter poison

7. But by God's will which created it
Fate flowed to him on dark wings of night

8. So they took him away forcibly while the sky mourned him
And blood flowed from Minhal and stones

9. After him came Murad, for whom
The goal was the way of every veiled fanatic

10. But the will of Truth showed his incapacity
And replaced him with Abdelhamid Digham

11. With a snarling lion who cared not
For the wolves and dogs surrounding him

12. He turned his attention to face the Russians
Dragging a fierce, unsheathed sword

13. But by ill fate, those he trusted betrayed him
And the Russian peace became a great prize

14. By God, that peace was preparation for war
As the scornful are deceived by a smiling face

15. For a trivial reason he severed ties
With a proud nose too lofty to be led

16. He isolated himself from the glorious ones
More glorious than any honorable man

17. He made them drink the cup of humiliation
No banging on the teeth of regret helped them

18. So we hope, if our Lord wills
The Russian will fall, slain by hands and mouths