إمامُنا حيدرةٌ أفضَلُ

إمامُنا حيدرةٌ أفضَلُ

الأمةِ أُخْراها وأُوْلاَهَا

الأمةِ أُخْراها وأُوْلاَهَا

Our imam, Haydara, is the best

Our Imam Haydar is the best

of the community, its last and its first.

Of the nation, its last and its first

أحقُّها من بَعدِ خير الورى

أحقُّها من بَعدِ خير الورى

بالسَّبق في الفَضْل وأَوْلاَها

بالسَّبق في الفَضْل وأَوْلاَها

After the best of creation, he has the strongest claim

The most deserving after the best of mankind

to precedence in virtue, and is the worthiest of them.

In virtue and precedence from the start

وآله أكرمْ بهمْ عُترةً

وآله أكرمْ بهمْ عُترةً

شرَفَها الله وأعلاها

شرَفَها الله وأعلاها

And his family—how noble a kindred they are!

And his family, ennobled through them

God has honored and exalted it.

Honored by God and raised on high

يا لائِمي لا تَلْحُ في زُمرةٍ

يا لائِمي لا تَلْحُ في زُمرةٍ

من الهدى أن أتولاّها

من الهدى أن أتولاّها

O my reproacher, do not blame me over a company

O you who blame me, do not persist

of the rightly guided, for being loyal to them.

In a group that strays from guidance if I follow them

مَحَبَّةُ الآلِ حَياتي فَما

مَحَبَّةُ الآلِ حَياتي فَما

أَلَذَّها عندي وأَحْلاها

أَلَذَّها عندي وأَحْلاها

Love for the family is my life—how

Love of the family is my life, so what

delightful it is to me, and how sweet!

Is sweeter to me or more beautiful?

فضلٌ مِن الله حَبَاني بِهِ

فضلٌ مِن الله حَبَاني بِهِ

فَلا تَلُمْنِي ولُمِ اللهَ

فَلا تَلُمْنِي ولُمِ اللهَ

A favor from God, which He bestowed upon me;

A grace from God has granted me this

so do not blame me; blame God.

So do not blame me, but blame God