مِنَ الشَأمِ حَتّى باشَرَت أَهلَ بابِلٍ

وَأَكذَبتَ مِمّا جَمَّعوا كُلَّ عائِفِ

From Syria to the people of Babylon

And you have denied all their superstitions

وَقَد أَبطَأَ الأَشياعُ حَتّى كَأَنَّما

يُساقونَ سَوقَ المُثقَلاتِ الزَواحِفِ

The Shia have been slow such that it seems

They are driven like the heavily laden camels

لَعَمري لَقَد أَسرَيتَ لا لَيلَ عاجِزٍ

وَما نِمتَ فيمَن نامَ تَحتَ القَطائِفِ

By my life, you have travelled without resting by night

And did not sleep among those who slept under awnings

فَجاؤوا وَقَد أَطفَأتَ نيرانَ فِتنَةٍ

وَسَكَّنتَ رَوعاتِ القُلوبِ الرَواجِفِ

So they came when you had extinguished the fires of strife

And calmed the trembling, fearful hearts