ألا أيّها اللاَّحي عَليّاً دعِ الخِنا

ألا أيّها اللاَّحي عَليّاً دعِ الخِنا

فما أنتَ من تأنيبِه بِمَصُوَّبِ

فما أنتَ من تأنيبِه بِمَصُوَّبِ

Listen, O you who reproach Ali: give up foul speech.

O you who blames Ali, leave off your slander

For you are not justified in rebuking him.

For you cannot fault him, however you try

أتَلْحى وليَّ اللهِ بعد أَمينِهِ

أتَلْحى وليَّ اللهِ بعد أَمينِهِ

وصاحبَ حوضٍ شُربُه خيرُ مَشْرَبِ

وصاحبَ حوضٍ شُربُه خيرُ مَشْرَبِ

Do you reproach God's friend, after His trusted one,

Would you blame the friend of God after his trustee

and the master of a pool whose drink is the finest draught?

And the owner of a pool whose drink is the best drink

وحافاتُه دُرُّ ومِسكٌ تُرابُه

وحافاتُه دُرُّ ومِسكٌ تُرابُه

وقد حازَ ماءً من لُجينٍ مُذَهَّبِ

وقد حازَ ماءً من لُجينٍ مُذَهَّبِ

And its banks are pearls, and its soil is musk;

With banks of pearls and musk, its soil is ambergris

and it holds water of gilded silver.

He attained water from Lujain gilded and embellished

متى ما يُرِدْ مولاهُ يَشربْ وإن يُرِدْ

متى ما يُرِدْ مولاهُ يَشربْ وإن يُرِدْ

عدُوٌّ له يَرجعْ بِخِزيٍ ويُضْربِ

عدُوٌّ له يَرجعْ بِخِزيٍ ويُضْربِ

Whenever his ally wishes, he drinks; but should someone wish—

Whenever his Master wills he may drink, but if an enemy wishes

an enemy of his—he turns back in disgrace and is struck.

He will return in disgrace, driven away and struck