1. أهوَى عَلِياً أمِيرَ المُؤمِنِينَ وَلاَ

    أرضَى بِشِتمِ أَبِي بَكرٍ وَلاَ عُمَرَا

    I love Ali, Commander of the Faithful, and do not

    approve of reviling Abu Bakr or Umar.

  2. ولا أَقُولُ وإن لَم يُعطِيَا فَدَكاً

    بِنتَ الرَّسُولِ ولا مِيراثَهُ كَفَرَا

    Nor do I say—even though they did not give Fadak

    to the Messenger’s daughter, or his inheritance—that they disbelieved.

  3. اللهُ يَعلَمُ ماذا يَأتِيَانِ بِهِ

    يَومَ القِيَامَةِ من عُذرٍ إذا اعتَذَرَا

    God knows what they will bring

    on the Day of Resurrection as an excuse, when they make their plea.

  4. إنَّ الرَّسُولَ رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ لَنَا

    إنَّ الوَلِيَّ عليٌّ غَيرَ ما هَجَرَا

    Indeed, the Messenger, the Messenger of God, said to us:

    “Indeed, the guardian is Ali”—he was not speaking deliriously—

  5. في مَوقِفَ اللهُ النَّبِيَ بِهِ

    لم يُعطِهِ قَبلَهُ من خَلقِهِ بَشَرَا

    at a station where God [placed] the Prophet,

    which He had granted to no human being among His creation before him.

  6. هُوَ الإِمَامُ إِمامُ الحَقِّ نَعرِفُهُ

    لا كاللَّذَينِ استَزَلاّنَا بِمَا ائتَمَرَا

    He is the imam, the imam of truth—we know him—

    not like the two who made us stumble through what they devised.

  7. مَن كَانَ يُرغِمُه رُغمَاً فَدَامَ لَهُ

    حَتَّى يَرَى أنفَهُ بالتُّربِ مُنعَفِرَا

    Whoever is vexed by him—may that vexation endure for him,

    until he sees his nose smeared with dust.