1. أيُّها السائلُ قَد بَيَّن

    تُ عن كنتَ ذكيّا

    O questioner, I have made it clear—

    [If] you are discerning.

  2. أحمدُ اللَه كثيراً

    بأياديه عَلَيَّا

    I praise God abundantly

    for His favors bestowed upon me,

  3. شاهداً أن لا إلهَ

    غيره ما دمتُ حيَّا

    bearing witness that there is no god

    other than Him, as long as I live,

  4. وعلى أحمدَ بالصِّد

    قِ رَسُولاً ونبيّا

    and that Ahmad is, in truth,

    a messenger and a prophet.

  5. ومَنحتُ الودَّ قُربا

    هُ وواليتُ الوَصِيّا

    And I bestowed affection on his kin,

    and gave my allegiance to the legatee.

  6. وأتاني خَبَرٌ مُط

    طرحٌ لم يَكُ شيَّا

    And a report reached me, cast

    aside, amounting to nothing:

  7. أن على غيرَ اجتماعٍ

    عَقَدُوا الأمرَ بَديّا

    that, without agreement,

    they settled the matter at the outset.

  8. فوقفتُ القومَ تيماً

    وعدياً وأميّا

    So I withheld judgment on the people—Taym,

    and Adi, and Umayya—

  9. غيرَ شتامٍ ولكني

    توليت عليَّا

    without reviling; but I

    gave my allegiance to Ali.