1. I received an invitation
From you to a blessed abode

2. And my tardiness
In meeting you was not intentional

3. For I am of the party
Whose motto is love of Ali

4. Not that Othman whom
I seek in the assembly

5. And if his melodies were told
By the song of the nightingale

6. But for the lover all
Paths have been blocked

7. The Nile boats have gained pride
And the bridge is not yet repaired

8. So forgive what is past and let blood
Be provision for the future