1. يا سيدي يا علي المرتضى مدداً

    لعبك الملتجي يا باب كل ولي

    O my master, O Ali al-Murtada, grant aid

    to your [servant?] seeking refuge, O gate of every saint.

  2. يا صنو طه رسول اللَه يا أمل الرا

    جي ويا من بحق أنت للأمل

    O brother of Taha, God's Messenger, O hope of the hopeful

    one, O you who are truly worthy of hope.

  3. يا زوج بضعة خير المرسلين ويا

    أخاه يا من به لا زلت أنت على

    O husband of the best of messengers' own flesh, and O

    his brother, O you who through him have ever remained exalted.

  4. يا من على ساق عرش اللَه قد كتبت

    لرفعة المصطفى أيدته بعلى

    O you, of whom it was written on the leg of God's throne,

    for al-Mustafa's exaltation: 'I strengthened him with Ali.'

  5. قابل بسيفك أعدائي وقد لهم

    حبل المآرب واطرحهم على الوجل

    Confront my enemies with your sword, and sever their

    cord of ambitions, and cast them into dread.

  6. واطعن صدور قواهم بالمذلة كي

    يرون عبرة أهل السهل والجبل

    And pierce the breasts of their forces with humiliation, so that

    they may be seen as a warning to the people of the plain and the mountain.

  7. واعمل بشأنك يا كرار إن يدي

    مدت إليك وحاشا ترتضي خجلي

    And act as befits you, O Karrar; indeed, my hand

    has been stretched out to you; far be it from you to accept my shame.