ذاك قيمُ النارِ من قِيلُهُ

خُذي عدوّي وذَري ناصِري

That is the value of fire from its kindling,

Take my enemy and leave my supporter

ذاك علي بن أبي طالبٍ

صهرُ النبيّ المصطفى الطاهرِ

That is Ali ibn Abi Talib

The son-in-law of the Prophet Mustafa the Pure

حدّثنا وهبٌ وكان امرأ

يَصدق بالمنطقِ عن جابرِ

Wahb told us, and he was a man

Who spoke the truth with eloquence from Jabir

أنّ عليّاً عاينَ المصطفى

ذا الوحيِ من مُقتَد قادِرِ

That Ali saw the Chosen One

Receiving revelation from the All Powerful

عاينَه من جوعِه مُطِرقاً

صلّى عليه اللهُ من صابرِ

He saw him bowed from hunger

God's blessings be upon him, the steadfast

وظلَّ كالوالِه مّما رأى

بِصِهرِه ذي النسب الفاخرِ

And he remained like a devoted friend because of what he saw

Regarding his noble son-in-law

يجولُ إذْ مرّ بذي حائطٍ

يَسقي بدلوٍ غير مستأجِرِ

He was passing by someone with a wall

Watering without being hired

قال له ما أنتَ لي جاعلٌ

بكلّ دلوٍ مُترَعٍ ظاهرِ

He said to him, why do you make

Every bucket full that is apparent?

فقال ما عندي سوى تمرةٍ

بكلّ دلوٍ غيرَ ما غادرِ

So he said I only have a date

In every bucket that is not lacking

فأترع الدلَو إمامُ الهدى

يَسقي به الماءَ من الخاسرِ

So the Imam of Guidance made the bucket overflow

Watering with it from the well

حتى استقى عشرينَ دلواً على

عَشر بقولِ العالِمِ الخابِرِ

Until he drew twenty buckets

As the knowledgeable scholar said

ثم أتى بالتمرِ يَسعى به

إلى أخيه غيرَ مستأثِرِ

Then he came with the date, striving with it

To his brother, not withholding

فقال ما هذا الذي جئتَنا

به هداكَ اللهُ من زائرِ

So he said, what is this you brought us

May God guide you, visitor

فاقتصَّ ما قد كان من أمرِه

في عاجلِ الأمر وفي الآخر

So he told what had happened

In the immediate and later matter

فضمَّه ثم دعا ربَّه

له بخيرٍ دائمٍ ما طِرِ

Then he embraced him and supplicated his Lord

For him with lasting, untainted good