إِعلَم أَبا أَروى بِأَنَّكَ ماجِد

إِعلَم أَبا أَروى بِأَنَّكَ ماجِد

مِن صُلبِ شَيبَةَ فَاِنصُرَنَّ مُحَمَّدا

مِن صُلبِ شَيبَةَ فَاِنصُرَنَّ مُحَمَّدا

Know, Abu Arwa, that you are noble,

Know, O Abu Arwa, you are glorious

From Shaybah's loins; so be sure to support Muhammad.

Of the lineage of Shaybah, so aid Muhammad

لِلَّهِ دَرُّكَ إِن عَرَفتَ مَكانَهُ

لِلَّهِ دَرُّكَ إِن عَرَفتَ مَكانَهُ

في قَومِهِ وَوَهَبتَ مِنكَ لَهُ يَدا

في قَومِهِ وَوَهَبتَ مِنكَ لَهُ يَدا

God bless you, if you recognize his standing

May God bless you if you know his place

Among his people and offer him a helping hand of your own.

Among his people, and lend him your hand

أَمّا عَلِيٌّ فَاِرتَبَتهُ أُمُّهُ

أَمّا عَلِيٌّ فَاِرتَبَتهُ أُمُّهُ

وَنَشا عَلى مِقَةٍ لَهُ وَتَزَيَّدا

وَنَشا عَلى مِقَةٍ لَهُ وَتَزَيَّدا

As for Ali, his mother reared him,

As for Ali, his mother bore him

And he grew up loving him, his love ever increasing.

And he grew on her breast, nurtured and suckled

شَرُفَ القِيامَة وَالمَعاد بِنَصرِهِ

شَرُفَ القِيامَة وَالمَعاد بِنَصرِهِ

وَبِعاجِلِ الدُنيا يَحوزُ السُؤددا

وَبِعاجِلِ الدُنيا يَحوزُ السُؤددا

He gains honor at the Resurrection and the Return by supporting him,

The honor of Judgment Day and the hereafter is in aiding him

And in this present world he attains eminence.

And in this world’s bounty, he reaps rewards

أَكرِم بِمَن يُفضى إِلَيهِ بِأَمرِهِ

أَكرِم بِمَن يُفضى إِلَيهِ بِأَمرِهِ

نَفساً إِذا عدَّ النُفوسَ وَمَحتِدا

نَفساً إِذا عدَّ النُفوسَ وَمَحتِدا

How noble is he to whom one confides one's affairs,

Honor the one to whom leadership is yielded

In soul, when souls are reckoned, and in lineage,

A soul, when souls are counted and registered

وَخَلائِقاً شَرُفَت بِمَجدِ نِصابِهِ

وَخَلائِقاً شَرُفَت بِمَجدِ نِصابِهِ

يَكفيكَ مِنهُ اليَومَ ما تَرجو غَدا

يَكفيكَ مِنهُ اليَومَ ما تَرجو غَدا

And in character, ennobled by the glory of his ancestry.

And creations ennobled by the glory of his leadership

From him today you have enough of what you hope for tomorrow.

What you hope for tomorrow, today suffices you from him