لحانا الناسُ فيكَ وفَنّدونا

لحانا الناسُ فيكَ وفَنّدونا

وبادونا العداوةَ والخِصاما

وبادونا العداوةَ والخِصاما

People reproached us over you and called us foolish.

The people have abandoned us and betrayed us

And confronted us with hostility and strife.

And sowed the seeds of enmity and conflict

فقالوا والمقالُ لهمْ عريضٌ

فقالوا والمقالُ لهمْ عريضٌ

أترجون أمراً لقيَ الحِماما

أترجون أمراً لقيَ الحِماما

So they said—and their speech was lengthy—

They said - and their words were very harsh -

Do you pin your hopes on a man who has met his death,

Do you expect something that would face destruction?

وظلّ مجاورِاً والناسُ أُكلّ

وظلّ مجاورِاً والناسُ أُكلّ

لِرَيْبِ الدهرِ أصداءً وَهاما

لِرَيْبِ الدهرِ أصداءً وَهاما

And has remained in residence, while people are prey

The neighbor stayed and people were consumed

To Time's vicissitudes, left as corpses and skulls?

By the calamities of fate like fearful beasts

فأعييناهمُ إلاّ امتِساكاً

فأعييناهمُ إلاّ امتِساكاً

بحبكَ يا بنَ خولةَ واعتِصاما

بحبكَ يا بنَ خولةَ واعتِصاما

So we baffled them, doing nothing but holding fast

We remained steadfast, holding onto nothing

To love of you, O son of Khawla, and clinging to it.

Except love for you, O son of Khawla, as our support

فكانَ جوابُنا لهمُ جَهِلْتُم

فكانَ جوابُنا لهمُ جَهِلْتُم

وخبتمْ والذي خَلَق الأَناما

وخبتمْ والذي خَلَق الأَناما

So our answer to them was: You have shown ignorance,

Our reply to them was - You are ignorant

And you have failed, by Him who created all beings!

And ruined, by He who created mankind

لقد أمسى المجاورُ شِعبَ رَضوى

لقد أمسى المجاورُ شِعبَ رَضوى

تُراجِعُه الملائكةُ الكَلاما

تُراجِعُه الملائكةُ الكَلاما

Indeed, the dweller in Radwa's ravine is now

The neighbor has become the courtyards of Ridwa

Exchanging words with the angels.

Where angels come to speak with him

ألا حيِّ المقيمَ بشِعب رَضوى

ألا حيِّ المقيمَ بشِعب رَضوى

وأهدِ له بمنزلِهِ السّلاما

وأهدِ له بمنزلِهِ السّلاما

Come, greet the dweller in Radwa's ravine,

Greet the resident of the courtyards of Ridwa

And offer him greetings of peace at his abode.

And send peace unto his dwelling

وقل يا ابنَ الوصيِّ فدتكَ نَفسي

وقل يا ابنَ الوصيِّ فدتكَ نَفسي

أطلتَ بذلكَ الجَبَلِ المُقاما

أطلتَ بذلكَ الجَبَلِ المُقاما

And say: O son of the designated successor, may my soul ransom you!

Say, O son of the successor, I ransom you with my soul

You have prolonged your stay on that mountain.

You have stayed long on that mountain

أضرّ بمعشرٍ والوك مِنّا

أضرّ بمعشرٍ والوك مِنّا

وسمَّوكَ الخليفةَ والإماما

وسمَّوكَ الخليفةَ والإماما

Harm has come to a band among us who were loyal to you,

They have harmed a group of us who follow you

And called you the caliph and the imam,

And called you the Caliph and Imam

وعادوا فيكَ أهلَ الأرضِ طُرّاً

وعادوا فيكَ أهلَ الأرضِ طُرّاً

مُقامك عنهمُ سَبعين عاما

مُقامك عنهمُ سَبعين عاما

And for your sake opposed all the people of the earth—

They have turned the people of the earth against you

From your staying away from them for seventy years.

You have stayed away from them for seventy years

لقد أمسى بمورِقِ شِعب رَضوى

لقد أمسى بمورِقِ شِعب رَضوى

إمامٌ عادلٌ يَتلو إماما

إمامٌ عادلٌ يَتلو إماما

Indeed, in the leafy reaches of Radwa's ravine now dwells

There is now in the meadows of Ridwa

A just imam who follows an imam.

A just Imam who follows the Imams before him

وما ذاقَ ابنُ خولةَ طعمَ موتٍ

وما ذاقَ ابنُ خولةَ طعمَ موتٍ

ولا وارَتْ له أرضٌ عِظاما

ولا وارَتْ له أرضٌ عِظاما

And the son of Khawla has not tasted death,

The son of Khawla has not tasted death

Nor has the earth covered his bones.

No earth has covered his bones

وإنَّ له به لمقيلَ صدقٍ

وإنَّ له به لمقيلَ صدقٍ

وأنديةً تُحدِّثُهُ كِراما

وأنديةً تُحدِّثُهُ كِراما

And surely there he has a fine noonday resting place,

He has with him truthful companions

And noble assemblies that converse with him.

And noble spirits who speak to him

هدانا الله إذ جُرتم لأمرٍ

هدانا الله إذ جُرتم لأمرٍ

بهِ وعليهِ نَلتمس التَّماما

بهِ وعليهِ نَلتمس التَّماما

God guided us, when you went astray, to a cause

God has guided us when we followed a matter

Through it and in adherence to it we seek fulfillment—

In which lies perfection and completeness

تمامَ مودّةِ المهديِّ حتى

تمامَ مودّةِ المهديِّ حتى

تَروا راياتِنا تَترى نِظاما

تَروا راياتِنا تَترى نِظاما

The fulfillment of love for the Mahdi, until

The complete love of Al-Mahdi until

You see our banners following one another in ordered array.

We see our flags flying orderly

تَرى راياتِه بالشامِ سُوداً

تَرى راياتِه بالشامِ سُوداً

وبين النَّقعِ تَحسبها قَتاما

وبين النَّقعِ تَحسبها قَتاما

You see his banners in al-Sham, black,

We see his black flags in Damascus

And amid the dust you take them for a dark dust cloud.

And between An-Naqah you'd think them obscurity

فيهدمُ ما بنى الأحزابُ فيه

فيهدمُ ما بنى الأحزابُ فيه

ويَلقى أهلُه منه غَراما

ويَلقى أهلُه منه غَراما

Then he demolishes what the factions built there,

He will destroy what the confederates have built

And its people suffer torment from him,

And his followers will face destruction from it

جزاءً بالذي عَمِلوا وتَفنى

جزاءً بالذي عَمِلوا وتَفنى

جبَابِرُهُم وتنتقِمُ انتقاما

جبَابِرُهُم وتنتقِمُ انتقاما

In recompense for what they did; and there shall perish

A punishment for what they have done, and the tyrants will perish

Their tyrants, and you shall exact vengeance indeed.

And vengeance will be taken from them