1. You are the epitome of all virtues
Your noble qualities have added to your splendor

2. With you, Zawra will always be safe
It became serene after the wells were muddied

3. The birds of fortune squawk with joy in Baghdad
Responded to by the wild doves

4. You have gained glory and happiness in Jawzah
May you always ascend, O Saad, to the highest abode

5. The most high carpenter has submitted to you
How could he not when you are Ali, the loftiest of all

6. The branches of glory have bowed down, fresh and verdant
And the one who wished you well in them is now withered

7. You have left no source of pride for your successors
And have attained a status never reached by the ancients

8. That is because you have devoted your will to God
Before whom even foundations tremble and perish

9. You have demonstrated a will - if you so wished
The heavens would be responsive to your ships

10. Your staff struck the rainclouds and led them astray
From the greatest obedience, into misguidance and falsehood

11. They scattered like savage donkeys around their chieftain
And their hopes, built on guesses, came to nothing

12. Suleiman, the great, thought
He would challenge the kindler of unrest and fight him

13. He marched with an army that terrified battlefields
Made up of different gangs with intertwined fingers

14. Pirates who are accustomed to looting ships
Who bring their spoils back to us in caravans

15. He intended to conquer the king of Iraq
Thinking he would subdue the lion of the forest - the tribes

16. He came thundering to Narin
And scattered the red army that was fighting

17. He made the caves in those lands his dwelling
Exciting the nightingales in those districts

18. He thought he was guaranteed victory with his reinforced army
Not realizing that God fails the wicked

19. News of his rebellion reached the cave dweller
Who saw and understood what was happening

20. He crept up on him like a falcon does to its prey
Undeterred by any discouragement

21. He marched with determination; it was Thursday
His resolve like a sea, his haste like a coast

22. Around him were standards of victory, every cautious
Bearer of the tools of death vulnerable

23. Stallions like lion cubs, driven by zeal
Gallant, proud, dressed for war

24. A great vizier, wise in counsel, eloquent
A noble horseman, penetrating in thought, intrepid

25. Abu Hasan the valiant, his sword
Arbitrating between injustice and justice

26. Ali's virtues exceed his fame
No matter how much the gossips exaggerate

27. He took the Kurdish army by surprise
With no negligence or unawareness of war

28. An army like clouds, their banners
Shining white with elegant ends

29. Brown thoroughbreds racing atop the wind
Which carries their manes while the clouds cling

30. They charged like young camels and drove them back
From the attack, champions matched them blow for blow

31. As soon as the ever-victorious Abu Hussein entered the fray
Their joints failed when confronted by his might

32. They fled between the shepherds like partridges
Descended upon by preying eagles

33. The beekeeper slapped their backs as they fled
While white doves sang victory songs above their helmets

34. Suleiman fled defeated, for there was no escape
Even if he sought refuge with Bakr and Wael

35. When despair was paired with the gallant youth
And power when he was chained

36. You showed clemency, as you are capable of pardoning
When you are complete, who can be like you?

37. If they ever rebel against you
The lowest of the great always rebel against the lofty

38. They rebelled treasonously, so it was chronicled
“And Ali’s sword was destructive to the dissenters”