1. O Mahdi, will you inform me,
And if you do not, will you ask me?

2. Have you not had mercy on the two beards
Both so long they are useless?

3. And if you do not, will you honor me
By shaving them, secured and ready for battle?

4. If the Mahdi allows me to say to them
Words like the blow of a sword between joints,

5. Otherwise leave me while worries turn against me
And my heart is filled to overflowing with concerns.