حَدِّثاني عن عليّ حَدثاني

ودَعَاني عَنْ فلانٍ وفلانِ

Tell me about Ali, tell me of him

And dissuade me of so-and-so and so-and-so

وانظرا هَلْ تَرَيا مَا عِشْتما

غيرَه لِلْمصْطَفى المختارِ ثاني

And look, did you ever see in your lives

Anyone other than him as the Chosen One's successor?

كيفَ أُخفي حبِّهُ وهو الّذي

قرنَ الباري تعالَى بالقُرانِ

How can I hide my love for him when he is the one

Whom the Exalted Creator paired with the Quran?

إنّ دِيني واعْتقادي حُبُّه

ونَجَاني يومَ حَشْري وأماني

Indeed my religion and belief is loving him

He saved me on the Day of Gathering and granted my wishes

أيّها السَّائِلُ عَنّي جاهِلاً

أنا مَنْ قد عَلِمَ الناسُ مكاني

O questioner, ignorant of me

I am the one whose status all people know

قَسَماً لو لم يكنْ لي مَفْخَرٌ

غير حُبّي لِعَليٍّ لَكَفاني

By God, if I had no pride

Other than my love for Ali, that would suffice me

مَعَ أنّي في أَعَالي ذروةٍ

كلَّ عَن غاياتها مَرْمَى العِيان

Despite my being at the pinnacle of glory

All fall short of its heights in estimation

أَنَا مَنْ أخوالُه مِنْ هاشِمِ

ضُمَّر الْحَلْبَةِ في يوم الرِّهانِ

I am the one whose uncles are Hashim's

Tucked into a nook on the day of the wager

أنجبتْهُ سادةً مِنْ حميرٍ

يَنثَني عن فخْرِهم كلُّ مُداني

Nobles of Hudhayl bore him

Each lowly one falls short of their pride

أهلَ بيتِ المصْطفى ودّي لكُم

دونَ أهلِ الأرضِ من قاصٍ وداني

O People of the Prophet's House, my love to you

Above all people, near or far

لاَمَني قومٌ على مَدْحي لكم

وبه أحوي فراديسَ الجِنان

A people blamed me for praising you

And through it I gained the gardens of Paradise

إن يكنْ مدحُ عليٍّ مُنكِراً

فَمَنِ الأَوْلى بأبكارِ المعاني

If praising Ali is a denial

Then who is most worthy of the finest poems?

سوفَ أرعَى ما اسْتطالَ العُمر مِن

حُبّهِ ما أَبوايَ استودعاني

I will tend, as long as my life lasts

My love for him, which my parents entrusted me with

سَأُوَالي مِدَحي فيه وفي

آله ما مَلك النّطْقَ لِساني

I will ally my praise of him and of

His family, for as long as my tongue can speak