مُعَاِويَ قَدْ كُنْتَ رِخْوِ الْخِنَاقِ

مُعَاِويَ قَدْ كُنْتَ رِخْوِ الْخِنَاقِ

فَسَعَّرْتَ حرباً تُضِيفُ الْخِنَاقَا

فَسَعَّرْتَ حرباً تُضِيفُ الْخِنَاقَا

Muʿawiya, your noose was once loose;

Mu'awiya, you were once loose-necked,

then you kindled a war that adds to its choking grip.

Yet you sparked a war tightening necks.

فَإنْ يَكُنِ الشَّامُ قَدْ أصفَقَتْ

فَإنْ يَكُنِ الشَّامُ قَدْ أصفَقَتْ

عَلَيْكَ ابْنَ حَرْبٍ فَإِنَّ الْعِرَاقَا

عَلَيْكَ ابْنَ حَرْبٍ فَإِنَّ الْعِرَاقَا

So if al-Sham has rallied

If Syria applauded you,

around you, son of Harb, then Iraq

Ibn Harb's son, Iraq surely answered

أجابَتْ عَلِيَّا إلى دَعْوَةٍ

أجابَتْ عَلِيَّا إلى دَعْوَةٍ

تُعِز الهُدَى وَتُذِل النِّفَاقَا

تُعِز الهُدَى وَتُذِل النِّفَاقَا

has answered Ali's call,

Ali's call to a purpose,

which exalts guidance and humbles hypocrisy.

Honoring guidance and disgracing hypocrisy.