مَن رامَ هَجوَ عَلِيٍّ
فَشِعرُهُ قَد هَجاهُ
Whoever aims to disparage Ali
His own poetry has disparaged him
لَو أَنَّهُ لِأَبيهِ
ما كانَ يَهجو أَباهُ
Had Ali been his father
He would not disparage his own father
مَن رامَ هَجوَ عَلِيٍّ
فَشِعرُهُ قَد هَجاهُ
Whoever aims to disparage Ali
His own poetry has disparaged him
لَو أَنَّهُ لِأَبيهِ
ما كانَ يَهجو أَباهُ
Had Ali been his father
He would not disparage his own father