تعزَّوا يابني حرب بصبر

فمن هذا الذي يرجوا الخلودا

Be patient, O sons of war with fortitude

For who is this who hopes for immortality

لعمرو مناخهنَّ ببطن جمع

لقد جهَّزتم ميتا فقيدا

The days have made their homes in the belly of evil

You have prepared a dead man, a loss

لقد وارى قليبكم بياناً

وحلماً لا كفاء له وجودا

Your hearts have been filled with eloquence

And dreams no equal existence can match

وجدناه بغيضاَ في الأعادي

حبيباً في رعيَّته حميدا

We found him hateful to the enemies

Beloved to his people, praiseworthy

أميناً مؤمناً لم يقض أمراً

فيوجد غبُّه إِلا رشيدا

A trustee, a true believer, he did not decide a matter

Except his absence was only wise

إماماً لا يجور كأنَّ فينا

به الصديقَ أوعمر الشهيدا

An imam who does not oppress, as if among us

Was As-Siddiq or Umar the martyr

يجود لهم بماملكت يداه

ويغفر ذنبهم إلا الحدودا

He gives them generously what his hands possess

And forgives their sins except the penal codes

يجود لهم بما ملكت يداه

ويغفر ذنبهم إلا الحدودا

He gives them generously what his hands possess

And forgives their sins except the penal codes

فقد أضحى العدو رخيَّ بال

وقد أمسى التقيُّ بها عميدا

So the enemy has become submissive

And the righteous through him became a pillar

فعاض الله أهل الدين منكم

وردَّ لنا خلافتكم جديدا

So may Allah make the people of religion among you prevail

And restore your caliphate to be new

مجانبة المحاق وكلَّ نحسٍ

مقارنة الأيامن والسعودا

Keep company with good omens and prosperity

And avoid bad omens and ill fate

خلافة ربكم حاموا عليها

إذا غمزت خُنَابسة أسودا

Protect the caliphate of your Lord

When the evildoers plot against the blessed

تعلّمها الكهول المردَ حتّى

تَذِلَّ به الأكفُّ وتستقيدا

Teach it to the elders and the youth alike

So that the weak and the strong may adhere to it

إذا ما قام ذو ثقةٍ تلقَّت

أخا ثقةٍ بها صَنَعاً مجيدا

If one with confidence arises, he will be met

By a brother with confidence, performing glorious deeds

تلقَّفها يزيد عن أبيه

وخذها يا معاوي عن يزيدا

Taken by Yazid from his father

And take it, O Mu'awiya, from Yazid

فإن عرفت لكم فتلقفوها

ولا ترموا بها الغرض البعيدا

So if you recognize it for yourselves, then take it

And do not cast the purpose far away

فإنَّ دنياكم بكم استقرَّت

فأولوا أهلها خلقاً سديدا

For your world through you has settled

Then treat its people with guidance

وإن ضجرت عليكم فاعصبوها

عصاباً تُستَدَر به شديدا

And if it wearies you, then gather it

With a bond that can control the severe