1. أَنتَ إِمامُ الحَقِّ لَسنا نَمتَري

    أَنتَ الَّذي نَرضى بِهِ وَنرتَجي

    You are the imam of truth; we do not doubt.

    You are the one we are pleased with and in whom we place our hope.

  2. أَنتَ اِبنُ خيرِ الناسِ مِن بَعد النبي

    يا اِبنَ عَليَّ سِر وَمَن مِثلُ عَلي

    You are the son of the best of people after the Prophet.

    O son of Ali, go forth—and who is like Ali?

  3. حَتى تَحلَّ أَرضَ كَلَبٍ وَبلي

    ما مِتُ يا مَهديُّ يا اِبنَ المُهتَدي

    Until you alight in the land of Kalb and Bali.

    I have not died, O Mahdi, O son of the rightly guided one.

  4. أَنتَ الَّذي نَرضى بِهِ وَنرتَجي

    أَنتَ اِبنُ خيرِ الناسِ مِن بَعد النبي

    You are the one we are pleased with and in whom we place our hope.

    You are the son of the best of people after the Prophet.

  5. أَنتَ إِمامُ الحَقِّ لَسنا نَمتَري

    يا اِبنَ عَليَّ سِر وَمَن مِثلُ عَلي

    You are the imam of truth; we do not doubt.

    O son of Ali, go forth—and who is like Ali?

  6. سِر بنا مُصاحِباً لا تَنثَني

    حَتى نُحاذي أَرضَ كَلَبٍ وَبلى

    Go forth with us as a companion; do not turn back.

    Until we come alongside the land of Kalb and Bali.

  7. ثَمتَ أَقبل جارُكَ الله العلي

    بين لَنا وَاِنصَح لَنا يا اِبن الوصي

    There, come forward; may God Most High be your protector.

    Explain to us and counsel us, O son of the designated successor.

  8. بَيِّن لَنا مِن دينِنا ما نَبتَغي

    Make clear to us what we seek in our religion.