يَضطَرِبُ الخَوفُ وَالرَجاءُ إِذا

يَضطَرِبُ الخَوفُ وَالرَجاءُ إِذا

حَرَّكَ موسى القَضيبَ أَو فَكَّر

حَرَّكَ موسى القَضيبَ أَو فَكَّر

Fear and hope tremble when

Fear and hope are stirred when

Musa moves the rod or ponders.

Moses moves his staff or ponders

ما أَبَينَ الفَضلَ في مُغَيَّبِ ما

ما أَبَينَ الفَضلَ في مُغَيَّبِ ما

أَورَدَ مِن رَأيِهِ وَما أَصدَر

أَورَدَ مِن رَأيِهِ وَما أَصدَر

How evident is excellence in the hidden part of what

How clear is the excellence in the unseen of

he puts forward from his judgment and what he sends forth!

What his opinion brought and what he issued

فَكَم تَرى عَزَّ عِندَ ذَلِكَ مِن

فَكَم تَرى عَزَّ عِندَ ذَلِكَ مِن

مَعشَرِ قَومٍ وَذَلَّ مِن مَعشَر

مَعشَرِ قَومٍ وَذَلَّ مِن مَعشَر

So how many you see rise in honor then—

So how many do you see honored at that

companies of people—and how many a company brought low!

From a group of people and humbled from a group

يُثمِرُ مِن مَسِّهِ القَضيبُ وَلَو

يُثمِرُ مِن مَسِّهِ القَضيبُ وَلَو

يَمَسُّهُ غَيرُهُ لَما أَثمَر

يَمَسُّهُ غَيرُهُ لَما أَثمَر

The rod bears fruit at his touch, yet if

The staff bears fruit from his touch even if

another touched it, it would bear no fruit.

Another touched it, it would not have borne fruit

مَن مِثلُ موسى وَمِثلُ والِدِهِ ال

مَن مِثلُ موسى وَمِثلُ والِدِهِ ال

مَهدِيِّ أَو جَدِّهِ أَبي جَعفَر

مَهدِيِّ أَو جَدِّهِ أَبي جَعفَر

Who is like Musa and like his father, al-

Who is like Moses and who like his father the

Mahdi, or his grandfather, Abu Ja'far?

Mahdi or his grandfather Abu Ja’far