1. يا أَمير المُؤمِنينَ المُرتَضى

    اِن قَلبي عِندَكُم قَد وَقَفا

    O Commander of the Faithful, al-Murtada,

    Indeed, my heart has come to rest with you.

  2. كُلَّما جَدَّدتُ مَدحي فيكُمُ

    قالَ ذو النَصبِ نَسيتَ السَلَفا

    Whenever I renew my praise of you,

    the one bearing enmity says, "You have forgotten the forebears."

  3. مَن كَمَولايَ عَلَيٍّ زاهِد

    طَلَّق الدُنيا ثَلاثاً وَوَفى

    Who is an ascetic like my master Ali,

    who divorced the world three times and kept his word?

  4. مَن دُعي لِلطَيرِ اِذ يَأكُلُهُ

    وَلَنا في بَعض هذا مُكتَفى

    Who was summoned for the bird as he was eating it?

    And in part of this we have enough.

  5. مَن وَصيُّ المُصطَفى عِندَكُمُ

    وَوَصِيُّ المُصطَفى مَن يُصطَفى

    Who, in your view, is the Chosen One's appointed successor?

    And the Chosen One's appointed successor is the one chosen.

  6. سَورَةُ التَوبَةَ من وُلِيِّها

    بَيِّنوا الحقَّ وَمَن ذا صُرِفا

    The surah of Repentance—who was entrusted with it?

    Make the truth clear—and who was it that was dismissed?