ألم يصلّ عليٌّ قبلَهم حِججاً

ووحّدَ الله ربَّ الشمسِ والقمرِ

Did not Ali pray before them all

And profess God as Lord of sun and star?

وهؤلاء ومن في حزبِ دينهمِ

قومٌ صلاتُهم للعودِ والحَجَرِ

Yet this people and their partisan throng

Worship but wood and stone that will not stir