يَقولُ أَميرٌ غادِرٌ جِدُّ غادِرٍ

يَقولُ أَميرٌ غادِرٌ جِدُّ غادِرٍ

أَلا كُنتَ قاتَلتَ الشَّهيدَ اِبنَ فاطِمَه

أَلا كُنتَ قاتَلتَ الشَّهيدَ اِبنَ فاطِمَه

A treacherous commander, utterly treacherous, says:

A treacherous prince of the treacherous says:

“Why did you not fight the martyr, Fatimah's son?”

If only you had killed the martyred son of Fatimah,

وَنَفسي عَلى خذلانِهِ وَاِعتِزالِهِ

وَنَفسي عَلى خذلانِهِ وَاِعتِزالِهِ

وَبَيعَةِ هَذا الناكِثِ العَهد لائِمَه

وَبَيعَةِ هَذا الناكِثِ العَهد لائِمَه

And my soul, for abandoning him and withdrawing from him,

And my soul is anguished at his abandonment and seclusion,

and pledging allegiance to this covenant-breaker, reproaches me.

And the pledge of allegiance to this covenant-breaking blamer.

فَوا نَدَمي أَلا أَكونَ نَصَرتُهُ

فَوا نَدَمي أَلا أَكونَ نَصَرتُهُ

أَلا كُلُّ نَفسٍ لا تُسَدَّدُ نادِمَه

أَلا كُلُّ نَفسٍ لا تُسَدَّدُ نادِمَه

Oh, how I regret not having come to his aid!

Oh how I regret that I did not support him!

Indeed, every soul not guided aright is remorseful.

Every soul filled with regret did not guide it.

وَإِنّي لأَنّي لَم أَكُن مِن حُماتِهِ

وَإِنّي لأَنّي لَم أَكُن مِن حُماتِهِ

لذو حسرَةٍ ما إِن تُفارِق لازِمَه

لذو حسرَةٍ ما إِن تُفارِق لازِمَه

And I, because I was not among his defenders,

I wish I was among his defenders,

truly bear a lasting grief that never leaves me.

Full of sorrow that does not leave its companion.

سَقى اللَّهُ أَرواحَ الَّذينَ تَأَزَّروا

سَقى اللَّهُ أَرواحَ الَّذينَ تَأَزَّروا

عَلى نَصرِهِ سُقيا مِنَ الغَيثِ دائِمَه

عَلى نَصرِهِ سُقيا مِنَ الغَيثِ دائِمَه

May God water the souls of those who girded themselves

May God water the souls of those who donned

to aid him, with everlasting showers of rain.

His support with continuous rainwater.

وَقَفتُ عَلى أَجداثِهِم وَمَجالِهِم

وَقَفتُ عَلى أَجداثِهِم وَمَجالِهِم

فَكادَ الحَشا يَنقَضُّ وَالعَينُ ساجِمَه

فَكادَ الحَشا يَنقَضُّ وَالعَينُ ساجِمَه

I stood at their graves and where they had fought;

I stood at their graves and places,

then my heart almost burst, and my eye streamed with tears.

The eyes almost bursting and the tears flowing.

لَعَمري لَقَد كانوا مَصاليتَ في الوَغى

لَعَمري لَقَد كانوا مَصاليتَ في الوَغى

سِراعاً إِلى الهَيجا حُماةً خَضارِمَه

سِراعاً إِلى الهَيجا حُماةً خَضارِمَه

By my life, they were indeed dauntless warriors in battle,

By my life, they were in battle my aid,

swift into the fray, great-hearted defenders.

Quickly rushing to the fray, protectors with shining swords.

تَآسَوا عَلى نَصرِ اِبنِ بِنتِ نَبِيِّهِم

تَآسَوا عَلى نَصرِ اِبنِ بِنتِ نَبِيِّهِم

بِأَسيافِهِم آسادَ غيلٍ ضَراغِمَه

بِأَسيافِهِم آسادَ غيلٍ ضَراغِمَه

They supported one another in aiding the son of their Prophet's daughter,

They aided the son of the Prophet's daughter

with their swords—lions of the thicket, fierce lions.

With their swords, lions in fierce attacks.

فَإِن يُقتَلوا فَكُلُّ نَفسٍ تَقِيَّةٍ

فَإِن يُقتَلوا فَكُلُّ نَفسٍ تَقِيَّةٍ

عَلى الأَرضِ قَد أَضحَت لِذَلِكَ واجِمَه

عَلى الأَرضِ قَد أَضحَت لِذَلِكَ واجِمَه

For if they are slain, then every devout soul

If they are killed, every cautious soul

on earth has fallen silent with grief because of that.

On earth has become, for that, tearful.

وَما إِن رَأى الراؤونَ أَفضَلَ مِنهُم

وَما إِن رَأى الراؤونَ أَفضَلَ مِنهُم

لَدى المَوتِ ساداتٍ وَزهراً قماقِمَه

لَدى المَوتِ ساداتٍ وَزهراً قماقِمَه

And no beholder has ever seen anyone better than them

None who saw them at death

in the face of death—lords, radiant men, mighty chiefs.

Were nobler than them, a blossoming society.

أَتَقتُلُهُم ظُلماً وَتَرجو وِدادَنا

أَتَقتُلُهُم ظُلماً وَتَرجو وِدادَنا

فَدَع خُطَّةً لَيسَت لَنا بِمُلائِمَه

فَدَع خُطَّةً لَيسَت لَنا بِمُلائِمَه

Do you kill them unjustly and hope for our affection?

You kill them unjustly and still desire our affection!

So abandon a course that is not acceptable to us.

Leave off a plan that does not suit us.

لَعَمري لَقَد راغَمتُمُونا بِقَتلِهِم

لَعَمري لَقَد راغَمتُمُونا بِقَتلِهِم

فَكَم ناقِمٍ مِنّا عَلَيكُم وَناقِمَه

فَكَم ناقِمٍ مِنّا عَلَيكُم وَناقِمَه

By my life, you have indeed affronted us by killing them.

By my life, you have opposed us by killing them,

So many men and women among us bear you a grudge!

So many resentful ones among us resentful.

أَهمُّ مراراً أَن أَسيرَ بِجَحفَلٍ

أَهمُّ مراراً أَن أَسيرَ بِجَحفَلٍ

إِلى فِئَةٍ زاغَت عَنِ الحَقِّ ظالِمَه

إِلى فِئَةٍ زاغَت عَنِ الحَقِّ ظالِمَه

Time and again I intend to march with a vast army

I am bitter to march in an army

toward an unjust faction that has strayed from the truth.

To a group that deviated from truth unjustly.

فَكُفّوا وَإِلا زُرتُكُم في كَتائِبٍ

فَكُفّوا وَإِلا زُرتُكُم في كَتائِبٍ

أَشَدَّ عَلَيكُم مِن زُحوفِ الدَّيالِمَه

أَشَدَّ عَلَيكُم مِن زُحوفِ الدَّيالِمَه

So desist, or else I shall visit you amid battalions

Refrain, or I will visit you in battalions

fiercer against you than the advancing hosts of the Daylamites.

More severe upon you than charging horses.