قُل لي سَميَّ أَمير المُؤمنين لما

قُل لي سَميَّ أَمير المُؤمنين لما

حَجبت عَنّا عَطاء اللَه يا أَملي

حَجبت عَنّا عَطاء اللَه يا أَملي

Tell me, O namesake of the Commander of the Faithful: why

Tell me, O namesake of the Commander of the Faithful: why

have you withheld God’s bounty from us, O my hope?

have you withheld God's bounty from us, O my hope?

وَلِم بخلت عَلَينا يا عَليُّ بِهِ

وَلِم بخلت عَلَينا يا عَليُّ بِهِ

ما كانَ يدعى بَخيلا بِالعَطاء علي

ما كانَ يدعى بَخيلا بِالعَطاء علي

And why have you begrudged it to us, O ʿAli?

And why have you been miserly with it toward us, O Ali?

ʿAli was never known as miserly in giving.

Ali was not called miserly in giving.