قُلْ لِعَلِيٍّ نَالا

قُلْ لِعَلِيٍّ نَالا

مِنْ رَبِّهِ الإقْبالا

مِنْ رَبِّهِ الإقْبالا

Say to Ali, who has attained

favor from his Lord:

قَدْ فَتَحَ اللهُ لَهُ

قَدْ فَتَحَ اللهُ لَهُ

بالفَهْمِ ما أَعْضَلَه

بالفَهْمِ ما أَعْضَلَه

God has opened up for him,

through understanding, what had baffled him.

وفَتْحُ هَذا البَابِ

وفَتْحُ هَذا البَابِ

هُو هِبَةُ الوَهّابِ

هُو هِبَةُ الوَهّابِ

And the opening of this door

is the gift of the Bestower.

وَسَائِرُ العُلُومِ

وَسَائِرُ العُلُومِ

يَسيرةُ الْمَفْهُومِ

يَسيرةُ الْمَفْهُومِ

And the other branches of learning

are easy to comprehend.

فَبَعْدَ فَهْمِ النّحْوِ

فَبَعْدَ فَهْمِ النّحْوِ

لِكُلِّ عِلْمٍ يَحْوي

لِكُلِّ عِلْمٍ يَحْوي

For, after understanding grammar,

he masters every field of learning.

فَكَيْفَ لا وَقَدْ غَدا

فَكَيْفَ لا وَقَدْ غَدا

في غَيْرِهِ مُسَدّدا

في غَيْرِهِ مُسَدّدا

How could he not, when he has become

proficient in other fields?

في جُمْلَةِ الآلاتِ

في جُمْلَةِ الآلاتِ

قَدْ أنْفَقَ الساعاتِ

قَدْ أنْفَقَ الساعاتِ

On all the auxiliary disciplines

he has spent hours,

حَتّى غَدا مَذْكُرا

حَتّى غَدا مَذْكُرا

بما حَوَى مَشْهُورا

بما حَوَى مَشْهُورا

until he became well known,

famous for what he had mastered.

وَقَارَبَ الكَمالا

وَقَارَبَ الكَمالا

وزَاحَمَ الرِّجالا

وزَاحَمَ الرِّجالا

And he approached perfection,

and rivaled men of learning,

مَعَ صِفاتٍ فائِقَهْ

مَعَ صِفاتٍ فائِقَهْ

وَفي سِماتٍ رائِقَه

وَفي سِماتٍ رائِقَه

with outstanding qualities

and with pleasing traits:

نَجَابَةً ودِينا

نَجَابَةً ودِينا

وَهِمَّةً وَزَيْنا

وَهِمَّةً وَزَيْنا

nobility and piety,

and high resolve and grace.

وَصَارَ بَدْراً في العُلَى

وَصَارَ بَدْراً في العُلَى

وَزِينَةً بَيْنَ الْمَلا

وَزِينَةً بَيْنَ الْمَلا

And he became a full moon in the heights,

and an ornament among the assembly.

غَدَا عَلَيْهِ النَّومُ

غَدَا عَلَيْهِ النَّومُ

غَلا عَلَيْهِ السَّوْمُ

غَلا عَلَيْهِ السَّوْمُ

Sleep has become for him

a costly bargain.

ما هَذِهِ رُطُوبَهْ

ما هَذِهِ رُطُوبَهْ

بَلْ هَذِهِ أُعْجُوبَهْ

بَلْ هَذِهِ أُعْجُوبَهْ

This is no mere dampness;

rather, this is a marvel!

في غَالِبِ النَّهارِ

في غَالِبِ النَّهارِ

يَنامُ لا يُمَارِي

يَنامُ لا يُمَارِي

For most of the day

he sleeps, and does not deny it.

فَأَيْنَ أَيْنَ الهِمَّهْ

فَأَيْنَ أَيْنَ الهِمَّهْ

إنْ كانَ مِنْها شَمَّهْ

إنْ كانَ مِنْها شَمَّهْ

Where, then, where is his resolve,

if there is so much as a whiff of it?

وَهَلْ لَهُ من مثْل

وَهَلْ لَهُ من مثْل

في مِثْل هَذَا يَفْعَل

في مِثْل هَذَا يَفْعَل

And has he any equal

in doing the like of this?

وهَلْ لَهُ مِنْ عَزْمَهْ

وهَلْ لَهُ مِنْ عَزْمَهْ

يَكُونُ فيها خَيْثَمَه

يَكُونُ فيها خَيْثَمَه

And has he any firm resolve

in which he might be a Khaythamah?

فإنَّ ذا يَسْرِي إلَى

فإنَّ ذا يَسْرِي إلَى

فَسادِ عَقْلِ العُقَلا

فَسادِ عَقْلِ العُقَلا

For this leads to

corruption of the minds of the wise,

ويُنْحِلث الأَجْساما

ويُنْحِلث الأَجْساما

ويَبْعَثْ الآلاما

ويَبْعَثْ الآلاما

and wastes away bodies,

and brings on pains,

يُصَفّرُ الأَلْوانا

يُصَفّرُ الأَلْوانا

ويُمْرِضُ الأَبْدانا

ويُمْرِضُ الأَبْدانا

turns complexions yellow,

and makes bodies ill.

فَهَلْ يَبيعُ علْمَهُ

فَهَلْ يَبيعُ علْمَهُ

وعَقْلَهُ وجِسْمَهُ

وعَقْلَهُ وجِسْمَهُ

Will he, then, sell his knowledge,

and his mind and his body,

بِهَذِهِ الأُضْحوكهْ

بِهَذِهِ الأُضْحوكهْ

ومِثْلِ هَذي النَّوكهْ

ومِثْلِ هَذي النَّوكهْ

for this absurdity

and folly such as this?