يا كاذباً فيما تقل قد زلزلت

الأرض مما قلته زلزالها

O you who lie in what you say, you have shaken

The earth with what you said, shaking it

لو نادت الأكوان من ذا العلا

ربا لسادت ربها بهالها

If the universes called from this loftiness

Lord, their lords would have faded in their halo

هذي المقالة افتراء بلا امترا

تبت يدا يا ربنا من قالها

This speech is pure slander without hesitation

May our Lord's hand perish, the one who said it

أي المعالي نالها بها لكم

كلا هو المشهور من جهالها

O highness, which of you attained it with this

No, he is the famous one because of his ignorance

لا دين يردعه ولا علم له

إلا رويعي شاتها وإبالها

He has neither a religion that holds him back, nor knowledge

Except his own self-conceit and absurdity

لو جادت الزهراء بعض فعاله

لنفته حقاً لم يكن من آلها

If Al-Zahra’ had shown some of her deeds

She would have denied him the right, he was not of her family

ان قيل هذا في الوغا بطل فقل

لا ذا من الأبطال بل بطالها

If it is said that this is about Al-Wathiq, say

No, this one is not of the heroes, but his own absurdity

قل أينه في وقت ما اشتدّ الوغا

وحمى الوطيس بخيلها ورجالها

Say where was he when Al-Wathiq’s situation intensified

And the turmoil burned with his horses and men

واعتم مولانا وقام بنفسه

أنا عامر ربّ العلا وأنالها

And our Master stood with himself

I am the builder of the Highest Lord, and I attain it

وعطف بكلّ جنوده وآلاته

قهرا فهو ربّ العلا وجمالها

And he rallied all his troops and tools

Conquering, he is the Lord of the Highest and its beauty

هذا الإمام اللوذعي الأسد الذي

وقت الهزاهز لا يخاف أهوالها

This is the courageous imam, the lion who

At times of tremors does not fear its horrors

بالحلم والدين الحنيفي والندى

وفي الشدائد حامل أثقالها

With wisdom, the true religion, and clarity

And in adversities, bearing its burdens

هيهات ما مثل الإمام الظافري

بزماننا في سهلها وجبالها

Alas, there is no one like the victorious Imam

In our time, in its plains and mountains

روحي الفدا لأمل في كفه

قد عمّ كل الخافقين نوالها

My soul is sacrificed for the hope in his grip

Which has encompassed all pulsating hearts with its bliss

ما في السياسة والرياسة يا فتى

من مثله بقرومها وأقيالها

O lad, in politics and leadership

There is none like him with its she-camels and studs

أو في البراعة والشجاعة يا فتى

من مثله بملوكها وأبطالها

Or in skill and courage, o lad

There is none like him among its kings and heroes

هذا لبيت المال يصرف دائماً

وفتا كم نهب النفوس ومالها

This one spends the public treasury constantly

Opening widely, how many souls and money it has looted

لو قدّر اللَه العلي تنطق لنا

نادت بأعلا صوتها ومقالها

If God had allowed the Sublime to speak to us

It would have called out loudly with its speech and words

حكمت بأن الظافري هو تاجها

وابن الحسين على الصحيح نعالها

It would have ruled that the Victorious one is its crown

And the son of Hussein, truly, is its slippers

أو قدّر اللَه الأسود تغافلت

تاهت بطول قرونها أوعالها

Or if God had allowed the Dark Horse, it would have neglected

Wandering in the length of its periods and resting places

أو قدّر اللَه الجواد كبت به

حال السباق تقدّمته بغالها

Or if God had allowed the Generous, he would have held back

The pace of the race, his mare would have preceded with its horses

إن الحروب سجال في حكم القضا

لا بدّ أن تلقى عليك سجالها

Wars are skirmishes in the judgment of fate

You must encounter its skirmishes

لا بدّ ما يا ابن الحسين تذوق ما

لم ذقته من شرّها ونكالها

O son of Hussein, you must taste what

You have not tasted of its evil and agony

صبراً قليلاً إن دولتكم لنا

قد آذن الرحمن لي بزوالها

Have a little patience, your state will be ours

The Most Merciful has given me the news of its demise

باللَه يا ربّ السموات العلا

يا رافع الدرجات يا متعالها

By God, O Lord of the Highest Heavens

O Raiser of Ranks, O Most High

عجل لطائفة الفساد هلاكها

فلقد تزايد ظلمها وضلالها

Hasten the demise of the faction of corruption

For its injustice and misguidance have increased