أَمِن تَذَكُّرِ دَهرٍ غَير مَأمونُ

أَصبَحتَ مُكتَئِباً تَبكي كَمَحزونِ

With remembrance of an uncertain past, you've grown sad and weep in sorrow

Is it from remembering an age fraught with peril,

Or is it from recalling foolish people

That you have become despondent, weeping like the sorrowful?

أَمِّن تَذَكُّرِ أَقوامٍ ذَوي سَفَهٍ

يَغشَونَ بِالظُلمِ مَن يَدعو إِلى الدينِ

Who with injustice oppress those calling to the faith

Or from remembering a people of foolish nature,

Never ceasing lewdness if left unharmed

Who cover with oppression those who call to the Faith?

لا يَنتَهونَ عَن الفَحشاءِ ما سَلِموا

وَالغَدرُ فيهُم سَبيلٌ غَيرُ مَأمونِ

And treachery being their uncontrolled path

They do not cease from indecency so long as they remain safe,

Do you not see God has diminished your best

And treachery among them is a path offering no security.

أَلا تَرَونَ أَقَلَّ اللَهُ خَيرَكُمُ

أَنَّا غَضِبنا لِعُثمانَ بنَ مَظعونِ

For we grew angry at Uthman ibn Maz'oon

Do you not see—may God diminish your fortunes—

When they insult without fear of consequence

That we have risen in anger for the sake of Uthman ibn Maz'un?

إِذا يَلطُمونَ وَلا يَخشَونَ مُقلَتَهُ

طَعناً دراكاً وَضَرباً غَيرَ مَأفونِ

Stabbing, hitting, striking without remorse

When they strike his face, having no dread for his eye,

So He will repay them, if not killed first

With successive thrusts and blows that do not falter,

فَسَوفَ يَجزيهُمُ إِن لَم يَمُت عَجَلاً

كَيلاً بِكَيلٍ جَزاءً غَيرَ مَغبونِ

Measure for measure an uncheated recompense

For he shall repay them, if he does not die in haste,

Measure for measure, a retribution undiminished.