1. وصيتي يا علي

    إليك ارم القيود

    My counsel, O Ali,

    To you: cast off the shackles.

  2. واسلك سبيل التقى

    ولا تعدى الحدود

    And follow the path of piety,

    And do not overstep the bounds.

  3. بادر وسر يا علي

    من قبل سكنى اللحود

    Hasten and journey on, O Ali,

    Before dwelling in the graves.

  4. وسامع كلام الوجيه

    كلام أهل الشهود

    And heed the words of the honored one—

    The words of those with spiritual vision:

  5. الصالحين الخيار

    الراكعين السجود

    The righteous, the best,

    Who bow and prostrate.

  6. يابخت من حبهم

    عليه أثرهم يعود

    How fortunate is whoever loves them!

    Their influence reaches him in turn.

  7. بذكرهم تنزل الرحمه

    ويكفي الحسود

    At their mention, mercy descends,

    And the envious are kept at bay.

  8. سرفى طريق لهم

    إلى الكريم والودود

    Walk a path of theirs,

    To the Generous and All-Loving One.

  9. عسى عسى يا علي

    نرد ذاك الورود

    Perhaps, perhaps, O Ali,

    We shall reach that watering place.

  10. فإن نذق بلة

    فذاك يوم السعود

    And if we taste a drop,

    Then that is a day of good fortune.

  11. فذكرهم حجة

    على الفؤاد الشرود

    For remembering them is proof

    Against the wayward heart,

  12. المدعي للصلاح

    وللعيوب جحود

    Which claims righteousness

    And stubbornly denies its faults.

  13. يظهر له كذبه

    في نزله والصعود

    Its falsehood becomes plain to it

    In its descent and ascent.

  14. طوبى لرائيهم

    لو مرة في الوجود

    Blessed is the one who sees them,

    Even once in this world.

  15. فذاك عبد سعيد

    وذاك حقا يسود

    For that is a fortunate servant,

    And he truly rises to eminence.

  16. ثم ادع لي يا علي

    إني صحائفي سود

    Then pray for me, O Ali:

    Indeed, my pages are black.

  17. عسى عسى توبة

    بها إلهي يجود

    Perhaps, perhaps, repentance

    My God will graciously bestow,

  18. تغفر بها زلتي

    وفي معادي أسود

    Through which my lapse may be forgiven,

    And at my return I may attain honor.

  19. بجاه طه الرسول

    وآله والجدود

    By the honored rank of Ta-Ha, the Messenger,

    And his family and forefathers.

  20. عليه صلى الإله

    مازار زائر زرود

    May God send blessings upon him,

    As long as a visitor visits Zarud.