حلا ثنائي على عليٍّ

حلا ثنائي على عليٍّ

كما حلا جوده المواتي

كما حلا جوده المواتي

My praise of Ali grew sweet,

A beautiful duet on an elevated one

Just as his readily offered generosity was sweet.

As his generosity adorned the deaths

فرحتُ ذا سكر بياضِي

فرحتُ ذا سكر بياضِي

وراحَ ذا سكَّرٍ نباتي

وراحَ ذا سكَّرٍ نباتي

So I went away bearing white sugar,

I rejoiced in this sugar's whiteness

And he went away bearing 'Nabati' sugar-candy.

And it went with the sweetness of growth