يَضطَرِبُ الخَوفُ وَالرَجاءُ إِذا

حَرَّكَ موسى القَضيبَ أَو فَكَّر

Fear and hope are stirred when

Moses moves his staff or ponders

ما أَبَينَ الفَضلَ في مُغَيَّبِ ما

أَورَدَ مِن رَأيِهِ وَما أَصدَر

How clear is the excellence in the unseen of

What his opinion brought and what he issued

فَكَم تَرى عَزَّ عِندَ ذَلِكَ مِن

مَعشَرِ قَومٍ وَذَلَّ مِن مَعشَر

So how many do you see honored at that

From a group of people and humbled from a group

يُثمِرُ مِن مَسِّهِ القَضيبُ وَلَو

يَمَسُّهُ غَيرُهُ لَما أَثمَر

The staff bears fruit from his touch even if

Another touched it, it would not have borne fruit

مَن مِثلُ موسى وَمِثلُ والِدِهِ ال

مَهدِيِّ أَو جَدِّهِ أَبي جَعفَر

Who is like Moses and who like his father the

Mahdi or his grandfather Abu Ja’far