1. وإن عليّاً قال في الصَّيدِ قبل أن

    يُنزَّلَ في التنزيلِ ما كان أَوْجَبا

    And indeed Ali spoke concerning hunting before

    what he had prescribed was sent down in revelation.

  2. قضى فيه قبل الوحي خير قضية

    فأنزلها الرحمن حقاً مرتبا

    Before revelation, he gave the finest judgment on it,

    and the All-Merciful revealed it, true and duly ordered:

  3. على قاتلِ الصيدِ الحرامِ كمثلهِ

    من النَّعَمِ المفروضِ كان مُعَقَّبا

    The killer of forbidden game owed its equivalent

    from the prescribed livestock, sent in recompense

  4. إلى البيت بيتِ الله معتمِداً إذا

    تعمَّده كيلا يَعودَ فَيعطَبا

    to the House—the House of God—making for it, when

    he killed it deliberately, lest he repeat it and perish.

  5. وسلَّمَ جبريلٌ وميكالُ ليلةً

    عليه وإسرافيلُ حيَّاه مُعْرِبا

    And Gabriel and Michael offered greetings one night

    to him, and Israfil greeted him in clear words.

  6. أحاطوا به في روعةٍ جاءَ يَستقي

    وكلٌّ علىْ ألفٍ بها قد تحزَّبا

    They surrounded him amid alarm, as he came to draw water,

    and each had there mustered a thousand under his command.

  7. ثلاثة آلاف ملائكَ سلَّموا

    عليه فأدناهمْ وحَيّا ورحَّبا

    Three thousand angels offered greetings

    to him; he drew them near, greeted them, and welcomed them.

  8. وأعتقَ ألفاً من صُلبِ مالهِ

    أراد بهم وجهَ الإلهِ وسيَّبا

    And he freed a thousand slaves with his own wealth,

    seeking through them God's countenance, and setting them free.

  9. وليلةَ قاما يَمشيان بِظُلمةٍ

    يجوبان جِلباباً من الليلِ غَيْهَبا

    And one night the two set out, walking in darkness,

    traversing a pitch-dark cloak of night,

  10. إلى صنم كانت خُزاعة كلُّها

    تُوَقِّرُه كي يَكسراه ويَهربا

    toward an idol that all of Khuza'ah

    revered, so that the two might break it and flee.

  11. فقال اعْلُ ظهري يا عليُّ وحُطَّه

    فقامَ به خيرُ الأَنامِ مركَّبا

    Then he said, 'Climb upon my back, O Ali, and bring it down.'

    So the best of humankind stood, bearing him as a mount.

  12. يُغادِرُه قضّاً جُذاذاً وقال ثُبْ

    جزاكَ به ربي جَزاءً مؤرَّبا

    He left it shattered in fragments, and the other said, 'Leap!

    May my Lord reward you for it with an ample reward!'