فَلا تَسأَلونا سَيفَكُم إِنَّ سَيفَكُم

أُضيعَ وَأَلقاهُ لَدى الرَوعِ صاحِبُه

So ask not for the sword that failed its lord,

And which the frightened cast aside in fear.

سَلوا أَهلَ مِصرٍ عِن سِلاحِ اِبنِ أُختِنا

فَهُم سَلَبوهُ سَيفَهُ وَحَرائِبُه

Ask you the folk of Egypt of the arms

Of our niece's son, which they robbed him of,

ومنا علي ذاك صاحب خيبر

وصاحب بدر يوم سالت كتائبه

His sword and mail coat. And think upon

The lord of Khaybar and Badr's day when fled

وَكانَ وَلِيُّ الأَمرِ بَعدَ مُحَمَّدٍ

عَلِيٌّ وَفي كُلِّ المَواطِنِ صاحِبُه

His columns; and the Prince of True Believers,

After Mohammed, was Ali, and ever by

وصي النبي المصطفى وابن عمه

وأول من صلى ومن لان جانبه

His side. The Prophet's heir, his cousin too,

The first to pray, whose stature none could match.

وصنو رسول اللَّه حقاً وجاره

فمن ذا يدانيه ومن ذا يقاربه

In truth, God's messenger's defender he,

His neighbor. Who contends or compares with him?

عَلِيُّ وَلِيُّ اللَهِ أَظهَرَ دينَهُ

وَأَنتَ مَعَ الأَشقَينَ فيما تُحارِبُه

Ali, God's regent, his religion spread,

While you the wretched fought him and opposed.

وَأَنتَ اِمرُؤٌ مِن أَهلِ صَفواءَ نازِحٌ

فَما لَكَ فينا مِن حَميمٍ تُعاتِبُه

An eager horseman of Safwan you came,

No friend or confidant to bandy words with.

وَقَد أَنزَلَ الرَحمَنُ أَنَّكَ فاسِقٌ

فَما لَكَ في الإِسلامِ سَهمٌ تُطالِبُه

The Compassionate revealed you were corrupt,

No part have you in Islam to dispute.

وَإِنّي لَمُجتابٌ إِلَيكُم بِجَحفَلٍ

يَصُمُّ السَميعَ جَرسَهُ وَجَلائِبُه

For I am come with squadrons, I am come

With trumpets braying and with mail coats gleaming.

وَشَبَّهتُهُ كِسرى وَما كانَ مِثلَهُ

شَبيهاً بِكِسرى هَديُهُ وَضَرائِبُه

To Kisra I compared you, yet not like

Kisra are you in temper or in deed!