وأهوجَ لاحى في عليٍّ وعابَهُ

بسفكِ دماءِ من رِجالٍ تَهَوَّدوا

He raged against the eminent, blaming him

For shedding the blood of men who had turned Jewish,

وتلك دماءُ المارقينَ وسفكُها

من اللهِ ميثاق عليهِ مؤكّدُ

Yet the blood of those apostates which he shed

Was by divine sanction binding upon him.

هم نَكثوا إيْمانَهم بِنِفاقهمْ

كما أبرقوا من قبل ذاكَ وأرعَدوا

They broke, by their hypocrisy, their plighted oath -

As they had earlier sinned, then raged and thundered.

أتَلْحى امرأ ما زال مذ هو يافعٌ

يُصلِّي ويُرضي ربَّه ويُوحِّدُ

How dare a man who, since first he reached manhood,

Had prayed and worshipped God in true unison,

وقد كانت الأوثانُ قبلَ صَلاتِه

يُطاف بها في كلِّ يومٍ وتُعبَدُ

When previously idols, ere he paid homage,

Were circumambulated daily and adored?