فَلا تَسأَلونا سَيفَكُم إِنَّ سَيفَكُم

فَلا تَسأَلونا سَيفَكُم إِنَّ سَيفَكُم

أُضيعَ وَأَلقاهُ لَدى الرَوعِ صاحِبُه

أُضيعَ وَأَلقاهُ لَدى الرَوعِ صاحِبُه

So do not ask us for your sword; indeed, your sword

So ask not for the sword that failed its lord,

was lost, and its owner cast it away in terror.

And which the frightened cast aside in fear.

سَلوا أَهلَ مِصرٍ عِن سِلاحِ اِبنِ أُختِنا

سَلوا أَهلَ مِصرٍ عِن سِلاحِ اِبنِ أُختِنا

فَهُم سَلَبوهُ سَيفَهُ وَحَرائِبُه

فَهُم سَلَبوهُ سَيفَهُ وَحَرائِبُه

Ask the people of Egypt about our sister's son's arms:

Ask you the folk of Egypt of the arms

for they robbed him of his sword and his possessions.

Of our niece's son, which they robbed him of,

ومنا علي ذاك صاحب خيبر

ومنا علي ذاك صاحب خيبر

وصاحب بدر يوم سالت كتائبه

وصاحب بدر يوم سالت كتائبه

And among us is Ali, that man of Khaybar,

His sword and mail coat. And think upon

and the man of Badr, on the day his battalions streamed forth.

The lord of Khaybar and Badr's day when fled

وَكانَ وَلِيُّ الأَمرِ بَعدَ مُحَمَّدٍ

وَكانَ وَلِيُّ الأَمرِ بَعدَ مُحَمَّدٍ

عَلِيٌّ وَفي كُلِّ المَواطِنِ صاحِبُه

عَلِيٌّ وَفي كُلِّ المَواطِنِ صاحِبُه

And the holder of authority after Muhammad was

His columns; and the Prince of True Believers,

Ali, who was also his companion on every battlefield.

After Mohammed, was Ali, and ever by

وصي النبي المصطفى وابن عمه

وصي النبي المصطفى وابن عمه

وأول من صلى ومن لان جانبه

وأول من صلى ومن لان جانبه

The chosen Prophet's appointed successor and his cousin,

His side. The Prophet's heir, his cousin too,

and the first to pray, and one whose manner was gentle;

The first to pray, whose stature none could match.

وصنو رسول اللَّه حقاً وجاره

وصنو رسول اللَّه حقاً وجاره

فمن ذا يدانيه ومن ذا يقاربه

فمن ذا يدانيه ومن ذا يقاربه

and truly the brother of God's Messenger, and his neighbor.

In truth, God's messenger's defender he,

Who, then, can come near him, and who can approach him?

His neighbor. Who contends or compares with him?

عَلِيُّ وَلِيُّ اللَهِ أَظهَرَ دينَهُ

عَلِيُّ وَلِيُّ اللَهِ أَظهَرَ دينَهُ

وَأَنتَ مَعَ الأَشقَينَ فيما تُحارِبُه

وَأَنتَ مَعَ الأَشقَينَ فيما تُحارِبُه

Ali, God's friend, made His religion manifest,

Ali, God's regent, his religion spread,

and you are with the most wretched in fighting him.

While you the wretched fought him and opposed.

وَأَنتَ اِمرُؤٌ مِن أَهلِ صَفواءَ نازِحٌ

وَأَنتَ اِمرُؤٌ مِن أَهلِ صَفواءَ نازِحٌ

فَما لَكَ فينا مِن حَميمٍ تُعاتِبُه

فَما لَكَ فينا مِن حَميمٍ تُعاتِبُه

And you are a man from the people of Safwa, far from home,

An eager horseman of Safwan you came,

so you have no close friend among us to reproach.

No friend or confidant to bandy words with.

وَقَد أَنزَلَ الرَحمَنُ أَنَّكَ فاسِقٌ

وَقَد أَنزَلَ الرَحمَنُ أَنَّكَ فاسِقٌ

فَما لَكَ في الإِسلامِ سَهمٌ تُطالِبُه

فَما لَكَ في الإِسلامِ سَهمٌ تُطالِبُه

And the Most Merciful has revealed that you are a transgressor,

The Compassionate revealed you were corrupt,

so you have no share in Islam to claim.

No part have you in Islam to dispute.

وَإِنّي لَمُجتابٌ إِلَيكُم بِجَحفَلٍ

وَإِنّي لَمُجتابٌ إِلَيكُم بِجَحفَلٍ

يَصُمُّ السَميعَ جَرسَهُ وَجَلائِبُه

يَصُمُّ السَميعَ جَرسَهُ وَجَلائِبُه

And I am surely coming to you with a mighty host,

For I am come with squadrons, I am come

whose sound and clamor deafen the keen-eared.

With trumpets braying and with mail coats gleaming.

وَشَبَّهتُهُ كِسرى وَما كانَ مِثلَهُ

وَشَبَّهتُهُ كِسرى وَما كانَ مِثلَهُ

شَبيهاً بِكِسرى هَديُهُ وَضَرائِبُه

شَبيهاً بِكِسرى هَديُهُ وَضَرائِبُه

And I likened him to Kisra, though one such as he was not

To Kisra I compared you, yet not like

like Kisra in his conduct and dispositions.

Kisra are you in temper or in deed!