كَفَى حَزَنَاً أنَّا عَصَيْنَا إمامَنَا

كَفَى حَزَنَاً أنَّا عَصَيْنَا إمامَنَا

عَلِيَّاً وأنَّ القَوْمَ طَاعُوا مُعَاوِيَهْ

عَلِيَّاً وأنَّ القَوْمَ طَاعُوا مُعَاوِيَهْ

It is sorrow enough that we disobeyed our imam,

Enough of sorrow that we disobeyed our Imam

Ali, and that the people obeyed Muawiya;

Ali, and that the people obeyed Mu'awiya,

وأنَّ لأهْلِ الشَّامِ فِي ذَاكَ فضْلَهُمْ

وأنَّ لأهْلِ الشَّامِ فِي ذَاكَ فضْلَهُمْ

عَلَيْنَا بِمَا قَالُوهُ فَالعَيْنُ بَاكِيهْ

عَلَيْنَا بِمَا قَالُوهُ فَالعَيْنُ بَاكِيهْ

and that, in this, the people of al-Sham have the advantage

And that the people of Syria have virtue over us

over us because of what they said; so the eye weeps.

In what they said, so the eye weeps,

فَسُبْحَانَ مَنْ أرْسَى ثَبِيراً مَكَانَهُ

فَسُبْحَانَ مَنْ أرْسَى ثَبِيراً مَكَانَهُ

وَمَنْ أمْسَكَ السَّبْعَ الطِّبَاقَ كَمَاهِيَهْ

وَمَنْ أمْسَكَ السَّبْعَ الطِّبَاقَ كَمَاهِيَهْ

So glory be to Him who fixed Thabir in its place,

Glory to Him who made Thabir his place,

and who holds the seven layered heavens just as they are.

And who held back the seven heavens as they are,

أيُعْصَى إمَامٌ أوْجَبَ اللهُ حَقَّهُ

أيُعْصَى إمَامٌ أوْجَبَ اللهُ حَقَّهُ

عَلَيْنَا وَأهْلُ الشَّامِ طَوْعٌ لِطَاغِيَهْ

عَلَيْنَا وَأهْلُ الشَّامِ طَوْعٌ لِطَاغِيَهْ

Is an imam to be disobeyed, whose right God made binding

Is an Imam disobeyed whom Allah made incumbent upon us

upon us, while the people of al-Sham are obedient to a tyrant?

While the people of Syria voluntarily obey a tyrant?