1. هَيْهَات ذلك دِينٌ لا أُفارقُه

    حتَّى أجيءَ غداً في زُمْرة الشُّهدا

    Far from it! That is a faith I shall not abandon,

    Until I come tomorrow among the martyrs.

  2. حَتَامَ يعْتَادني التَّقليدُ بينكمُ

    مَضَى زمانيَ ما آنستُ نارَ هُدى

    How long must blind imitation beset me among you?

    My years passed without my glimpsing a fire of guidance.

  3. فاليوم أَحْمَدُ خلاّقي وأشكره

    شكراً به أستزيدُ الفَضلَ والمدَدا

    So today I praise my Creator and thank Him,

    With thanks through which I seek more bounty and aid.

  4. إذْ مِن عطَا مِطِ بَحْر الجهلِ أنقذني

    فَضلاً ووفَقني سُبحانَه وهَدى

    For He rescued me from the turbulent waters of ignorance's sea,

    By His grace, and granted me success—glory be to Him—and guided me.

  5. أصبحتُ أرجو بِسَعْيِي في خِلاَفِكمُ

    مَعيشةً رغداً عند النبيّ غَدا

    I now hope, through my striving in opposition to you,

    For a life of ease beside the Prophet tomorrow.

  6. كَمْ عاكِفٍ فوقَ سفرٍ ظلَّ يعبدُهُ

    أيامُه ولِياليهِ تَمُرُّ سُدَى

    How many a man, poring over a volume, has kept worshipping it,

    While his days and nights pass in vain!

  7. إنّي رضيتُ كِتاب الله لي بدلاً

    من كلّ فَدْمٍ على الآراء قد جَمَدا

    I have accepted God's Book as my substitute

    For every dullard grown rigid in his opinions,

  8. وما رواهُ عن المختار حيدرةٌ

    حَسْبي به إنّ فيه الهَدي والرَشَدا

    And what Haydara narrated from the Chosen One—

    It suffices me: in it are guidance and right direction.

  9. قَفَوتُ زيْداً إمامَ الحقَّ متّبعاً

    طريقَهُ لَسْتُ أقْفُو دُونَهُ أَحَدا

    I have followed Zayd, the imam of truth, keeping to

    His path; I follow no one other than him.

  10. فَقَصِّروا عن ملامي إنَّني رجلٌ

    لا أرتضي غيرَهُ ديناً ومعتَقَدا

    So cease blaming me, for I am a man

    Who accepts nothing else as faith and creed.

  11. واللهِ لو أنّ روحي دونه تَلِفَتْ

    لاَ حلْتُ عَنْه ولا فَارقتُه أبَدا

    By God, even if my soul perished in its defense,

    I would not turn from it, nor ever abandon it.