غَلبتَ عَلى الخَلافَةِ مَن تَمَنّى

وَمَنّاهُ المُضِلُّ بِها الضَلولُ

You prevailed over the caliphate, he who wished for it

And he who the misguided one misled with it into misguidance

فَأهلَكَ نَفسَهُ سَفَهاً وَجُبناً

وَلَم يُقسَم لَهُ مِنها فَتيلُ

So he destroyed himself out of foolishness and cowardice

And no part of it was allotted to him

وَوازرَهُ ذَوُو طَمَعٍ فَكانوا

غُثاءَ السَيلِ يَجمَعُهُ السيولُ

And assisting him were the covetous so they were

Like flood-water foam gathered by torrents

دَعوا إِبليسَ إِذ كذَبوا وَجاروا

فَلَم يُصرِخهُمُ المُغوي الخَذولُ

They invoked Satan when they lied and transgressed

Yet the misguiding betrayer did not cry out to them

وَكانوا أَهلَ طاعتِهِ فَوَلّى

وَسارَ وَراءَهُ منهُم قَبيلُ

And they were people obedient to him so he turned

And a tribe among them walked in his footsteps

وَهُم لَم يُقصِروا فيها بحَقٍّ

عَلى أَثَرِ المُضِلِّ وَلَم يُطيلوا

And they did not fall short concerning it in truth

In the tracks of the misguided one, nor were they slow

وَما الناسُ اِحتَبَوكَ بِها وَلَكِن

حَباكَ بِذالِكَ المَلِكُ الجَليلُ

It was not the people's love of you with it, but

The Sublime King loved you for that

تُراثُ مَحمَّدٍ لَكُمُ وَكُنتُم

أُصولَ الحقِّ إِذ نُفِيَ الأُصولُ

The inheritance of Muhammad is for you and you were

The origins of truth when the origins were banished