أخلَفْتَ وعدَكَ يا عليُّ وكلُّ مَنْ

أخلَفْتَ وعدَكَ يا عليُّ وكلُّ مَنْ

خدمَ العُلا لا يُخلِفُ الميعادا

خدمَ العُلا لا يُخلِفُ الميعادا

You broke your promise, O Ali; and everyone who

You broke your promise, O Ali, and anyone

serves noble ideals never breaks his word.

Who served the exalted never breaks an appointment

وإذا الكريمُ يقولُ إنِّي عائدٌ

وإذا الكريمُ يقولُ إنِّي عائدٌ

عادى مخالفَةَ الضَّمانِ وعادا

عادى مخالفَةَ الضَّمانِ وعادا

And when a noble man says, “Indeed, I shall return,”

And when the generous says: I shall return

he spurns breaking his pledge and returns.

He returns, unlike violating the guarantee and habit

لولا الخِلافُ لما أبادَ إلَهُنا

لولا الخِلافُ لما أبادَ إلَهُنا

رَبُّ الورى عَدلاً ثمودَ وعادا

رَبُّ الورى عَدلاً ثمودَ وعادا

But for disobedience, our God would not have destroyed—

If not for the conflict, our God would not have destroyed

the Lord of all creation, acting justly—Thamud and ʿAd.

The Lord of the worlds, justly, Thamud and Aad