1. اللَهُ أَكبَرُ هَذا وَجهُ إِسحاقا

    هَذا الهِلالُ وَهَذا الشَمسُ إِشراقا

    God is greatest! This is the face of Ishaq.

    This is the crescent, and this is the sun in radiance.

  2. هَذا الإِمامُ الَّذي طابَت مَخابِرُهُ

    وَطابَ نَفساً وَأَغصاناً وَأَوراقا

    This is the imam whose inner qualities are noble,

    and who is noble in soul, in branches, and in leaves.

  3. هَذا الَّذي جيدَت الدُنيا بِنائِلِهِ

    وَأَورَقَ الصَخرُ مِن جَدواهُ إيراقا

    This is he whose bounty rained upon the world,

    and through whose generosity the rock burst into leaf.

  4. هَذا الَّذي أَمِنَ الفَجُّ العَميقُ بِهِ

    وَطَيَّرَ الرومَ وَالصُلبانَ إِشفاقا

    This is he through whom the distant pass became safe,

    and who put the Romans and the crosses to flight in fear.

  5. هَذا الَّذي هَجَرَ الأَوطانَ مُحتَسِباً

    في طاعَةِ اللَهِ يُفني العُمرَ إِنفاقا

    This is he who forsook his homelands, seeking God's reward,

    in obedience to God, spending his lifetime in giving.

  6. يا فَرحَةَ الثَغرِ بِالمَلِكِ المُؤَيَّدِ بَل

    يا فَرحَةَ الدينِ وَالدُنيا بِإِسحاقا

    O the frontier's joy in the aided king—nay,

    O the joy of faith and the world in Ishaq!

  7. لَمّا تَجَلّى رَأَتهُ عَينُ طاعَتِنا

    جَمراً فَأَعضاؤُنا قَد صِرنَ أَحداقا

    When he shone forth, the eye of our allegiance saw him

    as glowing embers; so our limbs became eyes.

  8. لَكِنَّما مُقلَتةُ الإِذفُنشِ قَد شَخَصَت

    فَما تُديرُ مِنَ الإِطراقِ حِملاقا

    But Alfonso's eye has become fixed in a stare,

    so, with his gaze lowered, it does not move an eyelid.

  9. في قَلبِهِ مِنكَ نيرانُ مُسَعَّرَةٌ

    تُفني الجَوانِحَ إِلهاباً وَإِحراقا

    In his heart, because of you, are fires set ablaze,

    consuming his ribs with scorching and burning.

  10. نَزلُ الجحيمِ أَتاهُ قَبلَ مَهلَكِهِ

    فَإِن تَمادى بِهِ كُفرٌ فَقَد ذاقا

    Hell's hospitality reached him before his death;

    and if unbelief persists in him, he has already tasted it.