1. إن كان لك نية فلي نيتين

    فاسمع لقولي يا ولد زين

    If you have one intention, I have two.

    So listen to my words, O good lad.

  2. واحمد لمن فعله جميل وزين

    وكن قرير الطرف والعين

    And praise Him whose deeds are beautiful and good.

    And be content, your gaze and eye at rest.

  3. ووحد المولى وبن كل بين

    واترك جميع الكذب والمين

    And affirm the Lord's oneness, and leave all separation behind.

    And abandon all lying and falsehood.

  4. وطهر القلب وتب تو بتين

    وما أرى الشنين بكفين

    And purify your heart, and repent twice.

    And I do not think two will suffice.

  5. واطلب من المولى ومد اليدين

    من خالص التو بات ألفين

    And ask the Lord, and stretch out both hands,

    For two thousand acts of sincere repentance.

  6. عسى بهن يغسل درن كل رين

    وتذهب الأدناس والشين

    May He, through them, wash away every taint of rust,

    And may impurities and disgrace disappear,

  7. وتنمحي التبعات مع كل دين

    حتى لنا الحسنات يبقين

    And may liabilities be erased, along with every debt,

    Until good deeds alone remain for us.

  8. فلا تقل يوم الجزاعيهوين

    ولا نقل أين المفراين

    So do not say, 'The Day of Recompense will be easy' [tentative reading].

    Nor let us say, 'Where is escape—where?'

  9. ببركة المختار جد الحسين

    صلى عليه الله لكين

    Through the blessing of the Chosen One, Husayn's grandfather:

    May God send upon him two hundred thousand blessings,

  10. مع السلام أضعافها مرتين

    تعداد ما الساعات يمضين

    Together with peace, their number multiplied twice over,

    As many times as the hours pass.