وارثُ السيف والعِمامةِ والرا

يةِ مطويّةً وذاتِ القيودِ

The heir of the sword, the turban, and the lofty banner

Folded, and the shackles,

منه والبلغةُ التي كان والحر

بُ عليها يَلقاه يومَ الوُفودِ

Inherited from him, and the eloquence that he had

And the war against which he met the day of delegations,

وكفاه بأنّه سبقَ النا

سَ بفضلِ الصلاةِ والتوحيدِ

It was enough for him that he preceded people

By virtue of prayer and monotheism,

حُججاً قبلَهم كواملَ سبعاً

بركوعٍ أو بسجودِ

Arguments before them, perfect sevenths

By bowing or prostrating.

وكفاه بألفِ ألف حديثٍ

قد وَعاهنّ من وحيٍّ مَجيدِ

It was enough for him with a thousand thousand hadiths

Which he memorized from a glorious revelation,

قد وَعاها في مجلس بمعاني

ها وأسبابِها ووقتِ الحُدودِ

He memorized them in a council with their meanings,

Their causes and the time of limits.

كان من قولِه ألا تعودوا

بعد موتي في رِدِّةِ وعُنودِ

It was from his words, do not relapse

After my death in rejection and obstinacy,

تَلقّحوا الحربَ بينكم فتصيروا

في فريقين قائدٍ ومَقودِ

Do not start war between yourselves and become

In two parties, a leader and led,

ولئن أنتمُ فُتنتم وخِلتم

في عَمىً حائلٍ وفي تَرديدِ

And if you are tried and deviated

In confusing blindness and hesitation,

لَتروني وفي يدي السيفُ صلتاً

وعليّاً في فيلقٍ كالأسودِ

You will see me, and in my hand the double-edged sword,

And Ali in a regiment like lions.

تحته بَغلتي ودرعي عليه

وحُسامي في كفِّهِ وعَمودي

Under him my she-camel and my armor upon him

And my sword in his grip and my pillar,

فوقَه رايتي تَطيرُ بها الري

حُ عليكم في يومِ نَحسٍ مبيدِ

Above him my banner which the wind makes fly

Upon you on an inauspicious day of annihilation.