أيُّهذاO you الإمَامُthe Imam سَيفُكَyour sword مَاضٍsharp
أيُّهذا الإمَامُ سَيفُكَ مَاضٍ
وَبِكَفِّand in the hand of الوَلِيِّthe ally غَيرُnot كَهَامِblunt
وَبِكَفِّ الوَلِيِّ غَيرُ كَهَامِ
O Imam, your sword is sharp,
and in an ally’s hand it is not blunt.
فإذاso if ماever (emphatic) نَبَاfails to cut بِكَفٍّin a hand عَلِمنَاwe know
فإذا ما نَبَا بِكَفٍّ عَلِمنَا
أنَّهُthat it is كَفُّthe hand of مُبغِضٍone who hates للإمَامِthe Imam (object of hatred)
أنَّهُ كَفُّ مُبغِضٍ للإمَامِ
So if ever it fails to cut in a hand, we know
that it is the hand of one who hates the Imam.