ألا أيّها اللاَّحي عَليّاً دعِ الخِنا

فما أنتَ من تأنيبِه بِمَصُوَّبِ

O you who blames Ali, leave off your slander

For you cannot fault him, however you try

أتَلْحى وليَّ اللهِ بعد أَمينِهِ

وصاحبَ حوضٍ شُربُه خيرُ مَشْرَبِ

Would you blame the friend of God after his trustee

And the owner of a pool whose drink is the best drink

وحافاتُه دُرُّ ومِسكٌ تُرابُه

وقد حازَ ماءً من لُجينٍ مُذَهَّبِ

With banks of pearls and musk, its soil is ambergris

He attained water from Lujain gilded and embellished

متى ما يُرِدْ مولاهُ يَشربْ وإن يُرِدْ

عدُوٌّ له يَرجعْ بِخِزيٍ ويُضْربِ

Whenever his Master wills he may drink, but if an enemy wishes

He will return in disgrace, driven away and struck