وَقَولَةٍ لِعَلِيٍّ قالَها عُمَرٌ

وَقَولَةٍ لِعَلِيٍّ قالَها عُمَرٌ

أَكرِم بِسامِعِها أَعظِم بِمُلقيها

أَكرِم بِسامِعِها أَعظِم بِمُلقيها

And a saying that Umar spoke to Ali—

A saying of Umar to Ali, how magnificent in its speaker, how great in its utterer

How noble its hearer, how great its speaker!

I will burn down your house and leave nothing of it

حَرَقتُ دارَكَ لا أُبقي عَلَيكَ بِها

حَرَقتُ دارَكَ لا أُبقي عَلَيكَ بِها

إِن لَم تُبايِع وَبِنتُ المُصطَفى فيها

إِن لَم تُبايِع وَبِنتُ المُصطَفى فيها

“I will burn your house; I will not spare you within it,

If you do not pledge allegiance, with the daughter of Mustafa in it

if you do not pledge allegiance—even with the Chosen One's daughter inside.”

None but Abu Hafs would dare say it

ما كانَ غَيرُ أَبي حَفصٍ يَفوهُ بِها

ما كانَ غَيرُ أَبي حَفصٍ يَفوهُ بِها

أَمامَ فارِسِ عَدنانٍ وَحاميها

أَمامَ فارِسِ عَدنانٍ وَحاميها

None but Abu Hafs would utter those words

Before the horseman of Adnan, and its protector

before Adnan's knight and defender.

Both have resolved for the truth

كِلاهُما في سَبيلِ الحَقِّ عَزمَتُهُ

كِلاهُما في سَبيلِ الحَقِّ عَزمَتُهُ

لا تَنثَني أَو يَكونَ الحَقُّ ثانيها

لا تَنثَني أَو يَكونَ الحَقُّ ثانيها

Both have a resolve, in the cause of truth,

Neither to falter, nor for the truth to be secondary

that will not bend unless truth itself bends it.

So remember them both and have mercy whenever they are recalled

فَاِذكُرهُما وَتَرَحَّم كُلَّما ذَكَروا

فَاِذكُرهُما وَتَرَحَّم كُلَّما ذَكَروا

أَعاظِماً أُلِّهوا في الكَونِ تَأليها

أَعاظِماً أُلِّهوا في الكَونِ تَأليها

So remember them both, and pray for mercy upon them whenever people mention

As the greatest of all, deified in creation by their veneration

great men deified in this world.