صاح إن ضامك الزمانُ فيمّم

ثغرَ عكا فإنّها خير وُجهَهْ

Cry out! If time obscures you, direct

your mouth to Acre, for it is the best of its faces

ربّما تسعف الحظوظُ وتحظى

بعليٍّ مَن كرّم الله وَجههْ

Perhaps good fortune will help and you will be blessed

with an Alī whose face God has honored