مِنَ الشَأمِ حَتّى باشَرَت أَهلَ بابِلٍ

مِنَ الشَأمِ حَتّى باشَرَت أَهلَ بابِلٍ

وَأَكذَبتَ مِمّا جَمَّعوا كُلَّ عائِفِ

وَأَكذَبتَ مِمّا جَمَّعوا كُلَّ عائِفِ

From Syria, until you encountered the people of Babylon,

From Syria to the people of Babylon

And proved every augur wrong about what they had mustered.

And you have denied all their superstitions

وَقَد أَبطَأَ الأَشياعُ حَتّى كَأَنَّما

وَقَد أَبطَأَ الأَشياعُ حَتّى كَأَنَّما

يُساقونَ سَوقَ المُثقَلاتِ الزَواحِفِ

يُساقونَ سَوقَ المُثقَلاتِ الزَواحِفِ

And the followers had lagged so long that it was as though

The Shia have been slow such that it seems

They were being driven like heavily laden camels crawling along.

They are driven like the heavily laden camels

لَعَمري لَقَد أَسرَيتَ لا لَيلَ عاجِزٍ

لَعَمري لَقَد أَسرَيتَ لا لَيلَ عاجِزٍ

وَما نِمتَ فيمَن نامَ تَحتَ القَطائِفِ

وَما نِمتَ فيمَن نامَ تَحتَ القَطائِفِ

By my life, you traveled by night—not as a weakling would—

By my life, you have travelled without resting by night

Nor did you sleep among those who slept beneath velvet coverlets.

And did not sleep among those who slept under awnings

فَجاؤوا وَقَد أَطفَأتَ نيرانَ فِتنَةٍ

فَجاؤوا وَقَد أَطفَأتَ نيرانَ فِتنَةٍ

وَسَكَّنتَ رَوعاتِ القُلوبِ الرَواجِفِ

وَسَكَّنتَ رَوعاتِ القُلوبِ الرَواجِفِ

So they came when you had already quenched the fires of strife

So they came when you had extinguished the fires of strife

And calmed the terrors of trembling hearts.

And calmed the trembling, fearful hearts