1. كل يوم نرى ونسمع مهدي

    ياً ينادي في قومه اتبعوني

    Every day we see and hear a Mahdi

    calling out among his people, “Follow me,”

  2. موهماً أنه رسول من الل

    ه أتى يستعيد مجد الدين

    deluding them into believing he is a messenger from God,

    come to restore the glory of the faith.

  3. وهو خالٍ من التجارب والقو

    وة والعلم والهدى واليقين

    Yet he lacks experience and strength,

    knowledge, guidance, and certainty.

  4. فإذا التف حوله الناس أغرا

    هم بإيقاد كل شر كمين

    When people gather around him, he incites

    them to kindle every lurking evil,

  5. وادعى أنه بذلك مأمو

    ر من الوحي كالنبي الأمين

    and claims that he is commanded to do so

    by revelation, like the trustworthy Prophet.

  6. ومتى قام في جماعته يط

    لب إعلان سره المكنون

    Whenever he rises among his followers, seeking

    to proclaim his hidden secret,

  7. صدمته من الأعادي جموع

    وسقته في الحرب كأس المنون

    hosts of enemies strike him

    and make him drink in battle the cup of death.

  8. فمضى مورثاً عشيرته كل

    لَ بلاء مر وذكر مهين

    So he passes away, bequeathing to his clan every

    bitter affliction and a humiliating reputation.

  9. وهي ذكرى للمسلمين فهلا

    خذلوا كل كاذب مفتون

    And this is a lesson for Muslims—why, then,

    have they not forsaken every deluded liar

  10. ورأوا أن دينهم في غنى عن

    دعوة من مضلل مجنون

    and seen that their faith has no need

    of a call from a madman who leads others astray?