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علي إن يشاء ما غادر العمرَIf Ali willed it, he would not have departed this life,
لكن شاهد الصديقة الكبرىbut he beheld the Greatest Truthful Lady,
دعت مشتاقةً عجل أنا الزهراءlongingly calling out: "Hasten, I am al-Zahra!
وهذا محسنٌ ناداك فاصبرا (2x)And here is Muhsin calling you: suffice with patience!"
عد يا علي لا لا تخيب فاطمة يا موئليReturn, O Ali, do not disappoint Fatima, O my refuge!
امسح دموعاً ساجمةWipe away her flowing tears.
عد يا علي لا لا تخيب فاطمة يا موئليReturn, O Ali, do not disappoint Fatima, O my refuge!
امسح دموعي ساجماWipe away my pouring tears.
من أصبرHow can I bear it?
وحيدرا وحيدراO Haydar! O Haydar!
السيف بالسيف انطبرThe sword struck through his head,
هل يا ترى يمضي عليcould it really be that Ali is departing,
يا قدرٌ إن كبُرO fate, how immense this calamity is!
جميعاً وحيدراAll together: O Haydar!
السيف بالسيف انطبرThe sword struck through his head,
هل يا ترى يمضي عليcould it really be that Ali is departing,
يا قدرٌ إن كبُرO fate, how immense this calamity is!
وحيدرا علي باسمه تمت رسالاتO Haydar! Ali, in his name divine messages reached completion,
تجلت فيه للهِ مرآةin him was manifested a mirror reflecting God.
علي باسمه تمت رسالاتAli, in his name divine messages reached completion,
تجلت فيه للهِ مرآةin him was manifested a mirror reflecting God.
علي كل عِرق فيه آياتAli, every vein in him holds divine signs:
فقرآن وإنجيل وتوراة (2x)Quran, Gospel, and Torah.
البسملة ناحت سحّ الأدمع فالزلزلةThe Basmala, wept as tears poured down, and in an earthquake,
جبريل في العلياء نعى البسملةGabriel cried the death knell in the heavens, The Basmala,
ناحت سحّ الأدمعwept as tears poured down,
زلزلة جبريل في العليا نعىan earthquake, Gabriel cried the death knell in the heavens:
خير الورى"The best of mankind!"
وحيدره وحيدرهO Haydar! O Haydar!
السيف بالسيف انطبرThe sword struck through his head,
هل يا ترى يمضي عليcould it really be that Ali is departing,
يا قدرٌ إن كبراO fate, how immense this calamity is!
وحيدرة وحيدرةO Haydar! O Haydar!
السيف بالسيف انطبر هل يا ترىThe sword was struck by a sword, will he truly leave?
يمضي علي يا قدر ان كبراWill Ali depart, O immense decree?
عجيب كم أحب المرتضى ربهWondrous is how deeply al-Murtada loved his Lord,
لذا قد أوجب الباري بنا حبهAnd so the Creator made loving him obligatory upon us.
كفاه رتبة ما بعدها رتبةSufficient for him is a station above which none exists:
علي وحده من أمه الكعبة (2x)Ali alone is he whose mother is the Kaaba,
اليوم تبكي ابنها فالصرخةToday she weeps for her son, and the cry—
قد فزت سقطت أذنها الكعبة“I have triumphed!” struck the ears of the Kaaba.
اليوم تبكي ابنها فالصرخةToday she weeps for her son, and the cry—
قد فزت سقطت أذنها“I have triumphed!” struck her ears.
تدمي القرىIt bleeds across all lands,
وحيدرة علي وحيدرةO Haydar! Ali, O Haydar!
السيف بالسيف انطبر هل يا ترىThe sword was struck by a sword, will he truly leave?
مكبرا أرى الأيتام عند الباب في ذعرGlorifying God! I see the orphans at the door in terrified dread,
عجيب لم تجبهم سورة الدهرStrange that Surah al-Dahr does not answer them!
وكل قام يدعو كاشف الضرEach one stands praying to the Remover of harm:
إلهي اشف من يوفون بالنذر (2x)“O my God, heal the one who fulfills his vows!
ارحمهم وانهض يا كف الزمنHave mercy on them and rise, O support of all time!
وانظرهم مدوا الأيادي باللبنLook at them, extending their hands with bowls of milk,
ارحمهم وانهض يا كف الزمنHave mercy on them and rise, O support of all time!
وانظرهم مدوا الأيادي باللبنLook at them, extending their hands with bowls of milk,
كي تبراSo that you may heal,
وحيدرة وحيدرةO Haydar! O Haydar!
السيف بالسيف انطبر هل يا ترىThe sword was struck by a sword, will he truly leave?
يا علي يا قدر ان كبراO Ali, O immense decree?
وحيدرة وحيدرةO Haydar! O Haydar!
السيف بالسيف انطبر هل يا ترىThe sword was struck by a sword, will he truly leave?
يمضي علي يا قدر كبر وحيدراDoes Ali pass away, O decree, as he cried Allahu Akbar? O Haidar!
Transcribed automatically; some words may be inaccurate.