إِذا اِستَنصَرَ المَرءُ اِمرَءاً لا يَدي لَهُ

فَناصِرُهُ وَالخاذِلونَ سَواءُ

When a man seeks help from one with no power to aid

Then his supporter and the cowardly are the same

أَنا اِبنُ الَّذي قَد تَعلَمونَ مَكانَهُ

وَلَيسَ عَلى الحَقِّ المُبينِ طَخاءُ

I am the son of the one whose standing you know

And falsehood cannot sully the brilliant truth

أَلَيسَ رَسولُ اللَهِ جَدّي وَوالِدي

أَنا البَدرُ إِن خَلا النُجوم خَفاءُ

Is not the Messenger of God my grandfather and father?

I am the full moon, though stars diminish and fade

يُنازِعُني وَاللَهُ بَيني وَبَينَهُ

يَزيدٌ وَلَيسَ الأَمرُ حَيثُ يَشاءُ

Yazid disputes with me, but by God, it is not up to him

I and him, this matter is not as he would have it swayed

فَيا نُصَحاءَ اللَهِ أَنتُم وُلاتُهُ

وَأَنتُم عَلى أَديانِهِ أُمَناءُ

So supporters of God, you are his trustees

And caretakers of his religion, stalwart and staid

بِأَيِّ كِتابٍ أَم بِأَيَّةِ سُنَّةٍ

تَناوَلَها عَن أَهلِها البُعَداءُ

By what book or practice of the Prophet

Have the transgressors taken this, tell me, I pray