حُبُّ عَلِيَّ عُلُوُّ هِمَّهْ

حُبُّ عَلِيَّ عُلُوُّ هِمَّهْ

لِأَنَّهُ سَيِّدُ الأَثِمَّهْ

لِأَنَّهُ سَيِّدُ الأَثِمَّهْ

Love of Ali is loftiness of purpose,

Love of Ali is lofty in its concern

For he is master of the imams (probable intended reading).

For he is the master of the faithful clan

فَتِّشْ مُحِبِّيْهِ هَلْ تَرَاهُمْ

فَتِّشْ مُحِبِّيْهِ هَلْ تَرَاهُمْ

إِلاَّ ذَوِي ثَرْوَةٍ وَنِعْمَهْ

إِلاَّ ذَوِي ثَرْوَةٍ وَنِعْمَهْ

Examine those who love him: do you find them

Search among his lovers, will you find

Other than people of wealth and blessing?

Except the wealthy and those blessed?

بِيْنَ رَئِيْسٍ إِلَى نَفِيْسٍ

بِيْنَ رَئِيْسٍ إِلَى نَفِيْسٍ

قَدْ أَكْمَلَ الظَّرْفَ وَاسْتَتَمَّهْ

قَدْ أَكْمَلَ الظَّرْفَ وَاسْتَتَمَّهْ

From a leader to a man of rare worth,

From chieftain down to commoner

Who has perfected refinement and brought it to completion,

Perfect in merit, complete in qualities

وَطَيِّبِ الأَصْلِ لَيْسَ فِيْهِ

وَطَيِّبِ الأَصْلِ لَيْسَ فِيْهِ

عِنْدَ امْتِحَانِ الأُصُولِ تُهْمَهْ

عِنْدَ امْتِحَانِ الأُصُولِ تُهْمَهْ

And one of pure descent, free from

Of good stock, no blemish can be found

Suspicion when lineages are examined.

When lineages are examined for flaws

وَهُمْ إِذَا فُضِّلُوا ضِيَاءٌ

وَهُمْ إِذَا فُضِّلُوا ضِيَاءٌ

وَالنَّصْبُ وَالنَّاصِبُونَ ظُلْمَهْ

وَالنَّصْبُ وَالنَّاصِبُونَ ظُلْمَهْ

And when they are preferred, they are light;

They are radiance when given precedence

And hostility to Ali and those hostile to him are darkness.

While rivalry and rivals are but darkness