أَميرَ المُؤمِنينَ وَأَنتَ عَفوٌ

وَما لَكَ في الخَلائِقِ مِن ضَريبِ

Commander of the Faithful while you are forgiving

O Commander of the Faithful, vast is your pardon,

And you have no share in creations to collect tax

And in all creation, you stand without a peer;

عَلامَ وَأَنتَ ذو حَزمٍ وَرَأيٍ

تُصَيِّرُ أَمرَ مِصرَ إِلى الخَصيبِ

Why do you while having wisdom and opinion

Why then, when you are possessed of resolve and wisdom,

Make Egypt's command to el-Khasib

Do you consign the command of Egypt to Al-Khasib?

فَتىً ما دانَ لِلرَحمَنِ ديناً

وَما إِن زالَ يَسجُدُ لِلصَليبِ

A young man who never submitted to the Most Merciful

A knave who professes no creed to the All-Merciful,

And one who still bows to the cross

And who ceases not to prostrate before the Cross.