1. أَما رَأَيتَ الدَمعَ مسجوما

    يُظهِرُ ما قَد كانَ مَكتوما

    Have you not seen the tears streaming,

    revealing what had been concealed?

  2. وَالشَيبُ قَد لامَكَ اِقبالُهُ

    وَلَم يَزَل لَومُ الهَوى لوما

    And the coming of gray hair has rebuked you,

    and reproach for passion has never ceased to be reproach.

  3. هذا وَما تَقصرُ عَن عثرَةٍ

    تَركُض فيها الدَهرَ مَحموما

    Despite this, you do not desist from a misstep,

    racing within it, feverish, all your days.

  4. قَدكَ من اللَذّاتِ لا تَنهَمِك

    من قبلِ لا تُحشَرُ مَذموما

    Enough of pleasures—do not become engrossed;

    take heed beforehand, lest you be gathered for judgment in disgrace.

  5. أَعصِم بِحَبلِ اللَهِ ذا رِفعَةٍ

    عَلَّكَ أَن تَلقاهُ مَرحوما

    Hold fast to God's rope, exalted in rank,

    that perhaps you may meet Him as one granted mercy.

  6. ثُم عَلَيَّ بنَ أَبي طالِبٍ

    خيرَ امامٍ عاشَ مَظلوما

    Then hold fast to Ali, son of Abu Talib,

    the best imam, who lived wronged,

  7. وَآلَهُ الصَفوةَ صيدَ الوَرى

    لِتَبلغَ الآمالَ مَخموما

    and his family, the elect, the noble chiefs of humankind,

    so you may attain your hopes, pure-hearted.

  8. هُمُ عمادي وَهُمُ حجَّتي

    وَفِرحَتي ان بِتُّ مَغموما

    They are my support, and they are my proof,

    and my joy if I spend the night in sorrow.

  9. يا سادَتي من آلِ طه وَيا

    أَزهُرَ دينٍ ظلَّ مَشموما

    O my masters from the family of Ta-Ha, and O

    blossoms of a faith whose fragrance is still inhaled!

  10. اِنَّ ابنَ عَبّادٍ بكم فائِز

    يَتركُ جيشَ النُصبِ مَهزوما

    Indeed, Ibn Abbad is victorious through you;

    he leaves the army of hostility defeated.