خَفْ يا محمدُ فالقَ الأَصباحِ

خَفْ يا محمدُ فالقَ الأَصباحِ

وأزِلْ فسادَ الدينِ بالإِصلاح

وأزِلْ فسادَ الدينِ بالإِصلاح

O Muhammad, fear the Cleaver of dawns,

Tread softly, O Muhammad, for dawn has arrived,

And remove religion’s corruption through reform.

And remove the corruption of religion through reform.

أَتَسُبُّ صِنوَ محمدٍ ووصيَّه

أَتَسُبُّ صِنوَ محمدٍ ووصيَّه

تَرجو بذاك الفوزَ بالإنجاحِ

تَرجو بذاك الفوزَ بالإنجاحِ

Do you revile Muhammad’s brother and his appointed successor,

Do you revile the breastplate of Muhammad and his successor,

Hoping thereby for triumph and success?

Hoping for success through this? Never!

هيهاتَ قد بَعُدا عليك وقرَّبا

هيهاتَ قد بَعُدا عليك وقرَّبا

منكَ العذابَ وقابضَ الأرواحِ

منكَ العذابَ وقابضَ الأرواحِ

Far from it! Both have receded from you and drawn

Far from you they drew near and brought you closer

Torment and the taker of souls close to you.

To torment and the seizure of souls.

أوصى النبيُّ له بخيرِ وصيّةٍ

أوصى النبيُّ له بخيرِ وصيّةٍ

ويومَ الغدير بأبينِ الإفصاحِ

ويومَ الغدير بأبينِ الإفصاحِ

The Prophet made the finest testament in his favor,

The Prophet enjoined the best covenant upon him

And on the day of al-Ghadir declared most plainly:

On the day of Ghadir with the clearest proclamation:

من كنتُ مولاهُ فهذا فاعلموا

من كنتُ مولاهُ فهذا فاعلموا

مولاهُ قولُ إشاعةٍ وصرُاحِ

مولاهُ قولُ إشاعةٍ وصرُاحِ

“Whoever has me as his master, this man—know this—

"For whoever I am his master, this one, know,

Is his master”—a public and explicit declaration.

Is his master," an open and direct word.

قاضي الديونِ ومرشدٌ لكمُ كما

قاضي الديونِ ومرشدٌ لكمُ كما

قد كنتُ أُرشَدُ من هُدًى وفَلاحِ

قد كنتُ أُرشَدُ من هُدًى وفَلاحِ

A payer of debts and a guide for you, just as

The settler of debts and your guide just as

I was indeed guided by guidance and success.

I used to guide with guidance and success.

أغويتَ أمّي وهي جِدُّ ضعيفةٍ

أغويتَ أمّي وهي جِدُّ ضعيفةٍ

فَجَرَتْ بقاعِ الغَيِّ جَريَ جِماحِ

فَجَرَتْ بقاعِ الغَيِّ جَريَ جِماحِ

You led my mother astray, and she was very weak;

You have misled my mother, though she is the root of the weak,

So she ran across the plain of error in an unbridled rush,

So she flowed into the lands of misguidance like a swooping eagle

بالشتم للَعلَمِ الإمامِ ومَن له

بالشتم للَعلَمِ الإمامِ ومَن له

إرثُ النبيِّ بأوكَدِ الإيضاحِ

إرثُ النبيِّ بأوكَدِ الإيضاحِ

By reviling the beacon, the Imam, and the one who holds

With insult upon the flag of the Imam and the one for whom

The Prophet’s inheritance, as most emphatically made clear.

Is the inheritance of the Prophet in the firmest evidence.

إنّي أخافُ عليكما سُخطَ الذي

إنّي أخافُ عليكما سُخطَ الذي

أرسى الجبالَ بسببٍ صَحصاحِ

أرسى الجبالَ بسببٍ صَحصاحِ

Indeed, I fear for you both the wrath of Him who

I fear for you two the wrath of the One

Set the mountains firm by a clear means.

Who made firm the mountains with mere reverberation.

أبويّ فاتقيا الإله وأذعِنا

أبويّ فاتقيا الإله وأذعِنا

للحقِّ تَعتَصِما بحبلِ نَجاحِ

للحقِّ تَعتَصِما بحبلِ نَجاحِ

My parents, then fear God and submit

My parents, fear God and submit

To the truth, so you both may hold fast to a cord of success.

To the truth, adhering to the rope of salvation.