1. ويلَكُم إنَّهُ الدليلُ على اللَ

    هِ وداعيهِ للهُدَى وأمينُه

    Woe to you! He is the guide to God,

    and His caller to guidance, and His trusted one;

  2. وابنُ عمِّ النبيِّ قد عَلِمَ النا

    سُ جميعاً وصنوُهُ وخدينُه

    and the Prophet's cousin—as the people well know,

    all of them—and his counterpart and his close companion.

  3. كُلُّ خيرٍ يزينهُم هُوَ فيهِ

    ولَهُ دونَهُم خِصالٌ يَزينُه

    Every virtue that adorns them is found in him,

    and he alone has qualities that adorn him.

  4. ثُمَّ ويلٌ لِمَن يُبارِزُ في الرَّو

    عِ إذا ضَمَّتِ الحُسامَ يَمينُه

    Then woe to whoever duels amid battle's terror,

    when his right hand grips the keen sword.

  5. ثُمَّ نادى أنا أبو الحسنِ القَر

    مُ فلا بُدَّ أن يَطيحَ قَرينُه

    Then he cried, 'I am Abu al-Hasan, the chieftain!'

    So his opponent must fall.