1. كل داع لعليٍّ

    إنما يدعو لنفسِهْ

    Everyone who prays for Ali

    is only praying for himself.

  2. وعلى من يتمنّى

    يومه مرجوعُ وكسِه

    And upon whoever wishes for

    his day, his loss rebounds.

  3. قد رأى من قد رأى يو

    مَ عليٍّ يوم تعسه

    Whoever has seen the day

    of Ali has seen the day of his misery.

  4. وَدَّ حُسّادُ عليٍّ

    أنهم حَشْوٌ لرمسه

    Ali’s enviers wished

    that they were the contents of his grave.

  5. أي وصافِ عليٍّ

    لا يُقرّون بنحسه

    Which describers of Ali

    do not acknowledge his ill fortune?