1. Why does he who I have mercy on, not have mercy on me?
He wrongs me with estrangement, though I've not wronged him

2. He misses my target, yet his arrows hit true
Only my aching heart made his heart ache too

3. He surrendered it to saffron, his surrenderer
Better is he who bears the shoes upon his feet

4. Yet he defies me, though I don't defy him
At times esteeming, at others debasing him

5. Granting at times, at others denying him
The full moon rose, banishing all darkness

6. Just a pearl, his smile
Fate never fooled me, though it's tried to cheat him

7. It didn't destroy me, though I destroyed it
Days for me, bringing good and bad tidings

8. Days when my hair turned raven black like his
He wrongs Al-Raimi, but doesn't wrong him

9. Sometimes even the noble's feet may slip
The noble loses nothing from his faults

10. Or gains anything by the coins of the vile
A hero, his banner like the phoenix rising

11. His zeal and might roar within him
Though mirages have tempted his perfect vision

12. We fight his demon, and it fights us
The night is the dusk of his darkening shirt

13. His steps never falter toward the Imam
Whether fate brings death sooner or later

14. Indeed, blessings and bounty filled Abu Ishaq
And vengeance against betrayers was his right

15. A Caliph who knows what we don't know
His ambitions reached the highest star

16. His tent and nature were pure
If God were to speak to an Imam, he is the one

17. The Imam of justice, every merit his twin
Then the wise one who taught us wisdom

18. Inspired as Al-Rashid was inspired
Through him religion was upheld, its pillars strengthened

19. His hearing found salvation, a treasure for the eternal
O defender of Islam, you are its safety

20. Both its sanctuaries and its hills sing your praise
As do the Ancient House and the Well of Zamzam

21. So many enemies, their blood your wage
You study the stars, and they study you

22. You are God's honest trustee, flawless and true
Noble in history and tradition

23. The best foundation a kingdom can be built upon
The highest and mightiest of mountains