إني أعيذ علاك يا برقوق

ممن يقول الخالق المخلوق

I seek protection for your eminence, O Barquq,

from anyone who says the Creator is the created being,

ويرى عبادة ربنا ما بينها

وعبادة الصخر الأصم فروق

and believes that between worship of our Lord

and worship of deaf stone there are no differences.

فمتى تجده وكلب سوء عاقرا

فاقتله دون الكب فهو حقيق

So whenever you find him beside a vicious, evil dog,

kill him rather than the dog, for he deserves it.

أيسب خالقنا ونحن نصونه

إنّا إذا لعبيد سوء موق

Shall he revile our Creator while we protect him?

Then we are indeed wicked, foolish servants.

كم للإِله وللنبي محمد

منن وكم لهما عليك حقوق

How many favors God and the Prophet Muhammad

have bestowed, and how many claims they have upon you!

جانب عدوهما ودعه فما امرؤ

والى عدوك واصطفاه صديق

Shun their enemy and leave him, for no man

who befriends your enemy and favors him is a friend.

شيطان كرمان عدو إلهنا

فاحذر يكون له إليك طريق

The devil of Kirman is the enemy of our God;

so beware lest he have a way to reach you.

فهو المشوم وما ألمّ بمعشر

إلا وشتت شملهم تفريق

For he is ill-omened, and never comes among a people

without division scattering their unity.

اذكر إلهك واستعذ من شره

مهما أتاك فإنه زنديق

Remember your God and seek refuge from that man's evil

whenever he comes to you, for he is a heretic.

والله والله العظيم قسامة

والله يعمل أنّني لصدوق

By God, by God the Great, I solemnly swear,

and God knows that I am indeed truthful.

إني لا بغضه لعلمي أنه

بالبغض من كل الإِنام خليق

I indeed hate him, knowing that he

deserves hatred from all humankind.

والله لولا كفره ونفاقه

ما كنت للبغضاء فيه أتوق

By God, were it not for his unbelief and hypocrisy,

I would not yearn for hatred toward him.

لو كان يحسن ظنه بإلهنا

ويعود عن طغيانه ويفيق

If he thought well of our God,

and turned back from his rebellion and came to his senses,

ما كان يبغضه بعلمك مسلم

من ذا لبغض المسلمين يطيق

no Muslim would hate him, as you know.

Who can bear the Muslims' hatred?