1. كذا فليد من نازع الخضر الندى

    وألا كما يسمو علي إلى العلى

    Thus let whoever vies with al-Khidr in generosity give.

    Otherwise, [let him rise] as Ali rises to the heights.

  2. هما أسدا غيل وغثيا غمامة

    وسيفان لا ذما من النقع صقيلا

    They are two lions of a thicket, and two showers from a cloud,

    And two swords that never disdained battle-dust as a burnisher.

  3. لقد دافعا عن دولة المجد والهوى

    عدواً حسيراً أو عدواً مضللا

    They have indeed defended the realm of glory and love

    Against an exhausted enemy, or an enemy led astray.

  4. فظافرها ما زال في الحرب ظافراً

    وأفضلها من ساير الخلق أفضلا

    So its Zafir has never ceased to be victorious in war,

    And its Afdal has always been more excellent than the rest of creation.

  5. لعم نداه العالمين كأنما

    تكلف أرزاق الورى وتكفلا

    His bounty has indeed embraced all the worlds, as though

    He had taken on humankind's sustenance and pledged to provide it.

  6. فلا خذلته المشرفية غضة

    من الماء خضراً والأنابيب ذبلا

    So may the Mashrafi swords never fail him, fresh

    And green with water, nor the dry spear-shafts.