وَقَولَةٍ لِعَلِيٍّ قالَها عُمَرٌ

أَكرِم بِسامِعِها أَعظِم بِمُلقيها

A saying of Umar to Ali, how magnificent in its speaker, how great in its utterer

I will burn down your house and leave nothing of it

حَرَقتُ دارَكَ لا أُبقي عَلَيكَ بِها

إِن لَم تُبايِع وَبِنتُ المُصطَفى فيها

If you do not pledge allegiance, with the daughter of Mustafa in it

None but Abu Hafs would dare say it

ما كانَ غَيرُ أَبي حَفصٍ يَفوهُ بِها

أَمامَ فارِسِ عَدنانٍ وَحاميها

Before the horseman of Adnan, and its protector

Both have resolved for the truth

كِلاهُما في سَبيلِ الحَقِّ عَزمَتُهُ

لا تَنثَني أَو يَكونَ الحَقُّ ثانيها

Neither to falter, nor for the truth to be secondary

So remember them both and have mercy whenever they are recalled

فَاِذكُرهُما وَتَرَحَّم كُلَّما ذَكَروا

أَعاظِماً أُلِّهوا في الكَونِ تَأليها

As the greatest of all, deified in creation by their veneration