يَقولُ الأَرذَلونَ بَنو قُشَيرٍ

يَقولُ الأَرذَلونَ بَنو قُشَيرٍ

طَوالَ الدَهرِ لا تَنسى عَليّا

طَوالَ الدَهرِ لا تَنسى عَليّا

The basest men, Banu Qushayr, say:

The lowly say, O clan of Qushayr

“Through all the years, you never forget Ali.”

Do not forget Ali throughout time

فَقُلتُ لَهُم وَكَيفَ يَكونُ تَركي

فَقُلتُ لَهُم وَكَيفَ يَكونُ تَركي

مِنَ الأَعمالِ ما يُقضى عَلَيّا

مِنَ الأَعمالِ ما يُقضى عَلَيّا

So I said to them: How could I forsake

I said to them, how can I neglect

the deeds that are enjoined upon me?

Deeds that will be judged over me

أُحِبُّ مُحَمَّداً حُبّاً شَديداً

أُحِبُّ مُحَمَّداً حُبّاً شَديداً

وَعَبّاساً وَحَمزَةَ وَالوصِيّا

وَعَبّاساً وَحَمزَةَ وَالوصِيّا

I love Muhammad with an intense love,

I love Muhammad with ardent love

and Abbas, and Hamza, and the appointed successor,

And Abbas, Hamza and the Successor

وَجَعفَرَ إِنَّ جَعفَرَ خَيرَ سِبطٍ

وَجَعفَرَ إِنَّ جَعفَرَ خَيرَ سِبطٍ

شَهيداً في الجِنانِ مُهاجِرِيّا

شَهيداً في الجِنانِ مُهاجِرِيّا

and Ja'far—indeed, Ja'far is the finest scion,

And Ja'far - Ja'far is the best grandson

a martyr in Paradise’s gardens, an Emigrant.

A martyr in gardens, an emigrant

وَما أَنسى الَّذي لاقى حُسَينٌ

وَما أَنسى الَّذي لاقى حُسَينٌ

وَلا حَسَنٌ بِأَهَوَنِهِم عَلَيّا

وَلا حَسَنٌ بِأَهَوَنِهِم عَلَيّا

Nor do I forget what Husayn endured,

I do not forget the one Hussein met

nor is Hasan the least dear of them to me.

Nor Hasan with lesser than them over me

بَنو عَمِّ النَبِيِّ وَأَقرَبوهُ

بَنو عَمِّ النَبِيِّ وَأَقرَبوهُ

أَحَبُّ الناسِ كُلِّهِمُ إِلَيّا

أَحَبُّ الناسِ كُلِّهِمُ إِلَيّا

The Prophet’s paternal cousins and his close kin

The Prophet’s cousins who were closest to him

are the dearest of all people to me.

Are the most beloved of people to me

فَإِن يَكُ حُبُّهُم رُشداً أُصِبهُ

فَإِن يَكُ حُبُّهُم رُشداً أُصِبهُ

وَفيهِم أُسوَةٌ إِن كانَ غَيّا

وَفيهِم أُسوَةٌ إِن كانَ غَيّا

So if loving them is right guidance, I attain it;

If loving them is righteousness, I attain it

and in them I have an example, if it be misguidance.

In them is my example, if it is misguided

فَكَم رَشداً أَصَبتُ وَحُزتُ مَجداً

فَكَم رَشداً أَصَبتُ وَحُزتُ مَجداً

تَقاصَرَ دونَهُ هامُ الثُرَيّا

تَقاصَرَ دونَهُ هامُ الثُرَيّا

How much right guidance I have gained, and glory won,

So how much righteousness have I attained and glory

beyond the reach of the heads of the Pleiades!

Beyond which the ambitions of the lofty fall short

هُمُ أَهلُ النَصيحَةِ مِن لَدُنّي

هُمُ أَهلُ النَصيحَةِ مِن لَدُنّي

وَأَهلُ مَوَدَّتي ما دُمتُ حَيّا

وَأَهلُ مَوَدَّتي ما دُمتُ حَيّا

They are worthy of sincere goodwill from me,

They are the people of sincerity from me

and of my affection as long as I live:

And people of my affection as long as I live

هَوىً أُعطيتُهُ لَمّا اِستَدارَت

هَوىً أُعطيتُهُ لَمّا اِستَدارَت

رَحى الإِسلامِ لَم يَعدِل سَويّا

رَحى الإِسلامِ لَم يَعدِل سَويّا

a love bestowed on me when there turned

An inclination I gave when the mill

the millstone of Islam—a love that had no equal.

Of Islam turned, none equalling it

أُحِبُّهُمُ لِحُبِّ اللَهِ حَتّى

أُحِبُّهُمُ لِحُبِّ اللَهِ حَتّى

أَجيءَ إِذا بُعِثتُ عَلى هَوِيّا

أَجيءَ إِذا بُعِثتُ عَلى هَوِيّا

I love them for love of God, until

I love them for the love of God until

I come, when resurrected, still holding to my love.

I come when resurrected true to my passion

رَأَيتُ اللَهَ خالِقَ كُلِّ شَيءٍ

رَأَيتُ اللَهَ خالِقَ كُلِّ شَيءٍ

هَداهُم واِجتَبى مِنهُم نَبِيّا

هَداهُم واِجتَبى مِنهُم نَبِيّا

I have seen that God, Creator of all things,

I saw God, Creator of all things

guided them and chose a prophet from among them,

Guide them and from them select a Prophet

وَلَم يَخصُص بِها أَحَداً سِواهُم

وَلَم يَخصُص بِها أَحَداً سِواهُم

هَنيئاً ما اصطَفاهُ لَهُم مَرِيّا

هَنيئاً ما اصطَفاهُ لَهُم مَرِيّا

and singled out no one but them for it.

He did not reserve it for anyone but them

May what He chose for them be pleasant and wholesome!

Congratulations for what He chose for them

هُمُ آسَوا رَسولَ اللَهِ حَتّى

هُمُ آسَوا رَسولَ اللَهِ حَتّى

تَرَبَّعَ أَمرُهُ أَمراً قَوِيّا

تَرَبَّعَ أَمرُهُ أَمراً قَوِيّا

They stood by the Messenger of God until

They supported God's Messenger until

his cause became firmly established and strong.

His command took hold, strong

وَأَقواماً أَجابوا اللَهَ خَوفاً

وَأَقواماً أَجابوا اللَهَ خَوفاً

لَهُ لا يَجعَلونَ لَهُ سَمِيّا

لَهُ لا يَجعَلونَ لَهُ سَمِيّا

And I love peoples who answered God in fear

And a people who obeyed God in fear

of Him, setting up no equal to Him.

Not making for Him an equal

مُزَينَةُ مِنهُمُ وَبَنو غِفارٍ

مُزَينَةُ مِنهُمُ وَبَنو غِفارٍ

وَأَسلَمُ أُضعِفوا مَعَهُ بَلِيّا

وَأَسلَمُ أُضعِفوا مَعَهُ بَلِيّا

Among them are Muzayna and Banu Ghifar,

Adorned by them and the clan of Giffar

and Aslam—doubled alongside him—and Baliyy [syntax unclear].

And Aslam, weakened with him distressed

يَقودونَ الجيادَ مُسَوَّماتٍ

يَقودونَ الجيادَ مُسَوَّماتٍ

عَلَيهِنَّ السَوابِغُ والمَطِيّا

عَلَيهِنَّ السَوابِغُ والمَطِيّا

They lead the marked steeds,

Riding thoroughbred horses marked

with full coats of mail upon them—and they lead riding camels.

Upon them damasks and finely bred