1. خير عيدٍ بكلِّ خيرٍ يعود

    لك يا من لقاه للعيد عيد

    The finest feast returns with every blessing

    To you, O you whose meeting is a feast for the feast.

  2. قمْ لنحرِ العدى ونحر العطايا

    وابقَ تسعى إلى حماكَ الوفود

    Rise to slaughter foes and sacrifice gifts,

    And live on, while delegations hasten to your sanctuary.

  3. وعِدى الفضل ناقصون ولكن

    نحرهم جائز الضحايا مفيد

    And the enemies of excellence are deficient, yet

    Their slaughter is lawful as sacrifice, and beneficial.

  4. يا إماماً له علومٌ وجدْوى

    كاملٌ بحرها سريعٌ مديد

    O imam, endowed with learning and bounty,

    Perfect is their sea, swift and far-reaching.

  5. وجواداً لا عيبَ فيهِ سوى نع

    مى تعيد الأحرارَ وهي عبيد

    And a generous man, with no fault save boun-

    ty that sends free men back as slaves.

  6. لا عدمنا أطواق نعماك فيها

    كلّ وقتٍ بمدحِك التغريد

    May we never lack the collars of your bounty, in which

    There is birdsong in your praise at every moment.

  7. كلنا في محبَّة ابن عليّ

    يتوالى والجود منه يزيد

    All of us, in love for Ibn Ali,

    Follow one another, while his generosity grows.