إِن صَحَّ ما قالوا وَما أَرجَفوا

إِن صَحَّ ما قالوا وَما أَرجَفوا

وَأَلصَقوا زوراً بِدينِ العَميد

وَأَلصَقوا زوراً بِدينِ العَميد

If true is what they said and spread as rumor

If what they said proves true, and what they trumpeted,

and falsely ascribed to the Dean’s faith,

And falsely pinned upon the creed of Al-'Amīd,

فَكُفرُ طَهَ عِندَ دَيّانِهِ

فَكُفرُ طَهَ عِندَ دَيّانِهِ

أَحَبُّ مِن إِسلامِ عَبدِ الحَميد

أَحَبُّ مِن إِسلامِ عَبدِ الحَميد

then Taha’s unbelief, in his Judge’s eyes,

Then the disbelief of Ṭāhā in his Lord's view

is dearer than Abd al-Hamid’s Islam.

Is dearer than the Islam of 'Abd al-Ḥamīd.