1. أَميرَ المُؤمِنينَ وَأَنتَ عَفوٌ

    وَما لَكَ في الخَلائِقِ مِن ضَريبِ

    Commander of the Faithful, you are forgiving,

    and among all creation you have no peer.

  2. عَلامَ وَأَنتَ ذو حَزمٍ وَرَأيٍ

    تُصَيِّرُ أَمرَ مِصرَ إِلى الخَصيبِ

    Why, when you possess resolve and sound judgment,

    do you entrust Egypt's affairs to al-Khasib—

  3. فَتىً ما دانَ لِلرَحمَنِ ديناً

    وَما إِن زالَ يَسجُدُ لِلصَليبِ

    a man who has never professed faith in the Merciful,

    and has never ceased prostrating himself before the cross?