باتَ عَلِيٌّ وَأَباتَ صَحبَه

في سَوأَةٍ أَكثَرَ مِنها عَتبَه

Ali stayed up while his companions slept

Ali spent the night, and kept his comrades too,

In a place with more dust than a trail

In a shameful vice that garnered heavy blame,

بِشادِنٍ لا يَسأَمونَ قُربَه

قَد جَمَعوا آذانَهُ وَعَقبَه

With warriors who do not tire of his company

With a young gazelle whose nearness never tires;

They have gathered to listen and obey

They gathered up his ears to meet his heels.

لَم يَخشَ في شَهرِ الصِيامِ رَبَّه

يا رَبَّنا لا تَغفِرَنَّ ذَنبَه

He did not fear his Lord in the fasting month

He feared not his Lord in the month of the Fast—

Oh Lord do not forgive his sins

O Lord of ours, do not forgive his sin!