أَقولُ لِعاذِلَتي مَرَّةً

وَكانَت عَلى وِدِّنا قائِمَه

I once said to she who blamed me

While she was set firmly against our love:

إِذا أَنتِ لَم تُبصِري ما أَرى

فَبيني وَأَنتَ لَنا صارِمَه

"If you do not see what I see,

Then make clear between us what has you so strict.

أَلَستِ تَرَينَ بَني هاشِمٍ

قَدَ اَفنَتهُمُ الفِئَةُ الظالِمَه

Do you not see the clan of Hashim

Whom an unjust faction has destroyed?

وَأَنتِ تُزَنِّينَهُم بِالهُدى

وَبِالطَّفِّ هامُ بَني فاطِمَه

While you adorn them with guidance

And the children of Fatima wander aimlessly.

فَلَو كُنتِ راسِخَةً في الكِتابِ

بِالَاحزابِ خابِرَةً عالمَه

Had you been firmly rooted in the Scripture

And well informed about 'The Confederates'

عَلِمتِ بِأَنَّهُمُ مَعشَرٌ

لَهُم سَبَقَت لَعنَةٌ حاتِمَه

You would know them to be a group

Upon whom an eternal curse is set.

سَأَجعَلُ نَفسي لَهُم جُنَّةً

فَلا تُكثِري بي مِنَ اللائمَه

I will make myself a shield for them,

So do not blame me too much.

أُرَجّي بِذَلِكَ حَوضَ الرَسو

وَالفَوزَ وَالنِعمَةَ الدائِمَه

I hope by that for the Basin of the Messenger,

For the triumph and eternal blessing.

لَتَهلَكَ إِن هَلَكَت بَرَّةً

وَتَخلُصَ إِن خَلَصَت غانَمَه

My soul will perish if Barra perishes,

And will escape if she who won the camel escapes."