عَلِيُّ تَرْعَاكَ عُيُونُ العَلِي
أَنْتَ رَجَاءُ الزَّمَنِ المُقْبِلِ
Ali, the exalted eyes of the lofty one look to you
You are the hope of the coming age
مَا يَبْلُغُ الإِطْرَاءُ مِنْ سَيِّدٍ
فَوْقَ الثُّرَيَّا قَدْرُهُ مُعْتَلِي
No flattery can reach a lord
Whose worth transcends the Pleiades
قَدْ أَمَّنَ المُلْكُ عَلَى عَهْدِهِ
بِأْنِجبِ الأبْنَاءِ وَالأفْضَل
The kingdom has been secured in his era
With the best and noblest of sons
بِأَرْبَطِ الإقْيَالِ فِي المُلْتَقَى
جَاْشَاً وَبِالإفَصَحِ فِي المَحْفِلِ
With the firmest determination in gatherings
Fervent and most eloquent in assemblies
حُرُّ السَّجَايَا زَانَهُ رَبَّهُ
فِي خُلْقِهِ بِالخُلُقِ الأمْثَلِ
The free man whom his Lord adorned
With the finest traits and character
أَيُّ مَقَامٍ لِلنَّدَى وَالهُدى
لَيْسَ عَلِيٌّ فِيهِ بِالأوَّلِ
What station of guidance and virtue
Where Ali is not the forefront
مُعْتَصِمٌ بِالخَيْرِ مَا اسْطَاعَهُ
وَلَيْسَ لِلشَّرِّ بِمُسْتَنْزِلِ
Holding fast to good as long as he could
With no place for evil in his abode
بَادِي انْتِسَابٍ بِسُمُوِّ الحِجَى
إِلى نَبِيِّ العَرَبِ المُرْسَل
His lineage rising with exalted dignity
To the Messenger of Arabs, the Prophet
إِنْ وَأَلَ القَوْمُ فَمِنْ بَأْسِهِ
يَأْوَوْنَ فِي الضَّيْمِ إِلَى مُؤْئِلِ
If a people face adversity, by his might
They find refuge from harm in his shelter
لاَ يَأْتَلِي عَنْ سَعْيِه لِلْعُلَى
وَلَوْ شَاءَ كَيْوَانَ لَمْ يَأْتَلِ
He does not tire from striving for the sublime
Even if he wished, no weariness would hinder him
أَكْرِمْ بِهِ فِي السِّلْمِ مِنْ ذِي يَدٍ
تَصُوبُ صَوبَ العَارِضِ المُسْبَلِ
Honor him in peace, for his is an open hand
That flows towards the needy and helpless
أَعْظِمْ بِهِ فِي الحَرْبِ مِنْ قائِدٍ
يَفْتُكُ بِالرَّأْيِ وَبِالمُنْصَل
Exalt him in war, for he is a commander
Who strikes with wisdom and sharp blades
إِذَا مَشَى بِالجَيْشِ صَوْبَ العِدَى
فَقَدْ مَشَى جَيْشَانِ فِي جَحْفَلِ
When he marched with the army towards enemies
It was as if two armies marched in formation
فَيَا وَلِيَّ العَهْدِ فِي دَوْلَة
مَكْلُؤَةٍ بِالمُصْحَفِ المُنْزَلِ
So O heir in a state
Bound by the revelation descended
