1. And after Al-Mustafa's stance you had a position
In which the companions parted when their guide was absent

2. You pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr and he pledged
To the caliphate, both its near and far inhabitants

3. And an ordeal was extinguished, without you it would have raged
Among the tribes, and its snakes would have crept

4. The Prophet was laid to rest in his chamber
While you agonized, its blood still oozing

5. You wandered among the clamor of people in shock
From news that had spread across the land rampant

6. You shouted, "The soul of Al-Mustafa has been taken!"
"I will avenge him with the sword," you cried defiant

7. Your love of Taha made you forget he was but human
Subject to the laws of creation that all obey diligent

8. And that he was destined, as is compulsory
For death, from which no water-bearer will save repentant

9. You forgot, regarding Taha, a verse revealed
Though verses may remind the forgetful penitent

10. One day you were confused and chaos spread
But your sanity returned and its darkness absent

11. Thus the Saqifah has a day with you its master
In which the caliphate erected its pillars permanent

12. The Aws offered a hand to take it
So the Khazraj stretched out hands competing

13. And each group thought its companion
Was worthier of it, and discord came to them fervent

14. Until you came forth, so their greedy hopes receded
And Abu Bakr became brother to its occupants