مَنْ ترَى غيرَ عليٍّ

كانَ صِنواً لِلنَّبيِّ

Who do you see other than Ali

Who was a protector of the Prophet

مَن ترى من بعد خير

الأنبيا خيرَ وصِيِّ

Who do you see after the best

Of prophets, the best successor

مَنْ تُرى ولاّه خير

الرُّسْلِ عنْ أمرِ العليِّ

Who do you see was appointed by the best

Of messengers, concerning the matter of Ali

مَنْ ترى السَّابق في دين

القَديمِ الأزليِّ

Who do you see foremost in the religion

Of the Eternal, the Ancient

مَنْ ترى قاتِلَ عَمْروٍ

ذي الثبات العامِريِّ

Who do you see killer of Amr

Of steadfastness, prosperous

مَنْ ترى آسر عمرو

عِندَ إحجامِ الكميّ

Who do you see defeated Amr

When the ambitious hesitated

مَنْ ترى رُدَّت لَه الشَّمْسُ

فتىً غير عَليّ

Who do you see the sun returned for

A youth other than Ali

مَنْ تراهُ حاط دينَ

المصْطفى بالمشرفيِّ

Who do you see protected the religion

Of the Chosen One in Mashrifi

أَبهِ الملّة حيطَتْ

أم بتَيْمٍ وعديِّ

O you whose doctrine surrounded

The community, not with Taym or Adi

قُلْ لَنا فالأمْرُ إنْ

أَنْصفتَنَا غيرُ خَفيِّ

Tell us, for the matter, if

You were just to us, is not obscure