معاطفٌ أو شراشفٌ دُبل

معاطفٌ أو شراشفٌ دُبل

أحلى لممتارها من العسل

أحلى لممتارها من العسل

Curving waists—or slender, aged camels—

Blankets or cloaks, double-lined,

sweeter to one seeking their bounty than honey.

Sweetest for the chosen one than honey,

يا فوز من مات في وقائعها

يا فوز من مات في وقائعها

ما بين تلك العسالة الدبل

ما بين تلك العسالة الدبل

What triumph for one who dies in their battles,

Oh, the bliss of one who died in its battles,

among those slender, swaying spears!

Between those sweet double-linings,

ويا هنا من يضمّ مهجته

ويا هنا من يضمّ مهجته

على ولاءٍ في ابن الإمام علي

على ولاءٍ في ابن الإمام علي

And happy is he who enfolds his soul

And oh, the bliss of one who presses his love

in loyalty to the son of Imam Ali,

To loyalty in the son of Imam Ali,

قاضي القضاة الذي مواهبه

قاضي القضاة الذي مواهبه

قد خلقتْ للرجاء من عجل

قد خلقتْ للرجاء من عجل

the Chief Judge, whose gifts

The judge of judges whose gifts

were fashioned of haste to answer hope.

Were created for hope that came quickly,

لا عيبَ في جوده سوى نعمٍ

لا عيبَ في جوده سوى نعمٍ

تحرم بالسبق لذَّة الأمل

تحرم بالسبق لذَّة الأمل

His generosity has no fault except favors

No fault in his generosity except blessings

that, arriving first, deny the pleasure of hope.

That deprive the pleasure of hope,

كم وقعةٍ لي مع الزمان وقد

كم وقعةٍ لي مع الزمان وقد

دفعت عني كوقعة الجمل

دفعت عني كوقعة الجمل

How many a battle I have had with Time—and indeed

How many times have I clashed with fate and it

you have warded it off from me, like the Battle of the Camel!

Repelled from me like the battle of the camel,

فسرْ بإيضاح معربات سناً

فسرْ بإيضاح معربات سناً

وعدْ لبذل الصلات بالجمل

وعدْ لبذل الصلات بالجمل

So proceed, elucidating expressions of radiance,

So explain clearly the Arabian years,

and return to bestowing gifts by the camel-load.

And count to spend prayers with the camel.