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Tread softly, O Muhammad, for dawn has arrived,

خف يا محمد فالق الأصباح

1. Tread softly, O Muhammad, for dawn has arrived,
And remove the corruption of religion through reform.

١. خَفْ يا محمدُ فالقَ الأَصباحِ
وأزِلْ فسادَ الدينِ بالإِصلاح

2. Do you revile the breastplate of Muhammad and his successor,
Hoping for success through this? Never!

٢. أَتَسُبُّ صِنوَ محمدٍ ووصيَّه
تَرجو بذاك الفوزَ بالإنجاحِ

3. Far from you they drew near and brought you closer
To torment and the seizure of souls.

٣. هيهاتَ قد بَعُدا عليك وقرَّبا
منكَ العذابَ وقابضَ الأرواحِ

4. The Prophet enjoined the best covenant upon him
On the day of Ghadir with the clearest proclamation:

٤. أوصى النبيُّ له بخيرِ وصيّةٍ
ويومَ الغدير بأبينِ الإفصاحِ

5. "For whoever I am his master, this one, know,
Is his master," an open and direct word.

٥. من كنتُ مولاهُ فهذا فاعلموا
مولاهُ قولُ إشاعةٍ وصرُاحِ

6. The settler of debts and your guide just as
I used to guide with guidance and success.

٦. قاضي الديونِ ومرشدٌ لكمُ كما
قد كنتُ أُرشَدُ من هُدًى وفَلاحِ

7. You have misled my mother, though she is the root of the weak,
So she flowed into the lands of misguidance like a swooping eagle

٧. أغويتَ أمّي وهي جِدُّ ضعيفةٍ
فَجَرَتْ بقاعِ الغَيِّ جَريَ جِماحِ

8. With insult upon the flag of the Imam and the one for whom
Is the inheritance of the Prophet in the firmest evidence.

٨. بالشتم للَعلَمِ الإمامِ ومَن له
إرثُ النبيِّ بأوكَدِ الإيضاحِ

9. I fear for you two the wrath of the One
Who made firm the mountains with mere reverberation.

٩. إنّي أخافُ عليكما سُخطَ الذي
أرسى الجبالَ بسببٍ صَحصاحِ

10. My parents, fear God and submit
To the truth, adhering to the rope of salvation.

١٠. أبويّ فاتقيا الإله وأذعِنا
للحقِّ تَعتَصِما بحبلِ نَجاحِ