أَعبُدِ اللَهَ لا تَظاهَر لِمَن جا

أَعبُدِ اللَهَ لا تَظاهَر لِمَن جا

وَرتَ يَوماً بِسُنَّةٍ أَو بِرَفضِ

وَرتَ يَوماً بِسُنَّةٍ أَو بِرَفضِ

Worship God; do not flaunt before anyone you have

Worship God, do not pretend with whoever came

ever lived beside either Sunnism or Shiism.

And once followed a doctrine or rejection

رُبَّ خَفضٍ أَتاكَ مِن بَعدِ بَأسا

رُبَّ خَفضٍ أَتاكَ مِن بَعدِ بَأسا

ءَ وَبوئسٍ لَقيتَهُ غِبَّ خَفضِ

ءَ وَبوئسٍ لَقيتَهُ غِبَّ خَفضِ

Many a spell of ease has come to you after adversity,

Many humblings came to you after might

and many a misery you have met in the wake of ease.

Oh how evil and wretched was the humbling you met unprepared

قَد نَفَضتُ السِهامَ أَبغي المَقايِي

قَد نَفَضتُ السِهامَ أَبغي المَقايِي

سَ فَلَم يُثبِتِ الرَميَّةَ نَفضي

سَ فَلَم يُثبِتِ الرَميَّةَ نَفضي

I have loosed the arrows, seeking standards,

I have shot the arrows seeking the targets

but my shooting did not bring down the quarry.

But my shooting did not steady the marks

أَيُّها الناظِرونَ هَذا قَضاءٌ

أَيُّها الناظِرونَ هَذا قَضاءٌ

هَل عَلِمتُم إِلى ما أَصبَحَ يُفضي

هَل عَلِمتُم إِلى ما أَصبَحَ يُفضي

O you who look on, this is fate:

O you who look, this is fate

have you learned where it now leads?

Have you known what it leads to in the end