1. قُلْ لِلشَّريفِ المُسْتَجا

    رِ بهِ إِذا عَدم المَطَرْ

    Tell the nobleman whose protection

    is sought when rain is lacking,

  2. وابْنِ الأَئمَّة مِنْ قُرَيْ

    شٍ والمَيامين الغُرَرْ

    and the son of the imams of Quray-

    sh and of the blessed, illustrious ones:

  3. أَقْسَمْتُ بِالرَّيْحانِ والنْ

    نغَمِ المُضاعَفِ والوَتَرْ

    I have sworn by sweet basil and the

    doubled melody and the string:

  4. لَئِن الشَّريف مَضَى ولَمْ

    يُنْعِمْ بعَبْدَيْهِ النَّظَرْ

    if the nobleman departs and does not

    give his two servants attentive regard,

  5. لَنُشارِكَنَّ بَني أُمَيْ

    يةَ في الضَّلالِ المُشْتَهِرْ

    we shall surely join the sons of Umay-

    ya in their well-known error;

  6. ونَقولُ لَمْ يَغْصِبْ أَبو

    بَكْرٍ ولَمْ يَظْلِمْ عُمَرْ

    and say: no usurpation did Abu

    Bakr commit, nor did Umar act unjustly;

  7. ونَرى مُعاويةَ إِما

    ماً مَنْ يُخالِفُهُ كَفَرْ

    and deem Muawiya an im-

    am—whoever opposes him has disbelieved;

  8. ونَقولُ إِنَّ يَزيد ما

    قَتَلَ الحُسَيْنَ ولا أَمَرْ

    and say that Yazid did not

    kill Husayn, nor give the order;

  9. ونَعُدُّ طّلْحَةَ والزُّبَيْ

    رَ مِنْ المَيامين الغُرَرْ

    and count Talha and al-Zubay-

    r among the blessed, illustrious ones;

  10. ويَكون في عُنُقِ الشَّري

    فِ دُخولُ عَبْدَيْهِ سَقَرْ

    and upon the noble-

    man's neck will rest his two servants' entry into Saqar.