Zayir Ali (Visitor of Ali)

زاير علي اسمي صار

My name has become: a visitor of Ali

ما توصل لجسمي النار

The Fire will never reach my body

علي الي ولي، كاتبها بالدم مستهل

Ali is my Wali, Its written in my blood since the beginning

ميت عدل صحت: حي على خير العمل

Dead or alive, I cry out: "Hasten to the best of deeds"

علي علي علي علي

Ali, Ali, Ali, Ali

اسمك بخت شفته

I saw good fortune in your name

زاير علي إنت

You are a visitor of Ali

أكبر شرف بگاع النجف زاير

The greatest honour on the soil of Najaf is to be a visitor

مثل العطش للماي

Like thirst longs for water

فضل الزيارة هواي

The merit of the ziyarah is immense

شأنه اعتله اليكصد إله زاير

The one who sets out to him as a visitor, his rank is raised

دگ باب حيدر بالشدد

Knock on Haydar's door in times of hardship

تلكاه إلك عون وسند

You will find him an aid and a support for you

بالدنيا ما تحتاج أحد إذا صحت: علي

In this world you will need no one if you cry: "Ali"

اسأل الناس الزارته

Ask the people who have visited him

كل الأمان بگبته

All safety is beneath his dome

تأمن عيون الشافته، اسمه أمان إلي

The eyes that have seen it find safety, his name is safety for me

أهل السما بگبره تشوف

At his grave you see the inhabitants of heaven

مو بس بشر يمه أطوف

It is not only human beings who circle beside him

بشر وملك سوه، ينطيه علي كلمن سأل

Human and angel alike, Ali gives to whoever asks him

ميت عدل صحت: حي على خير العمل

Dead or alive, I cried: "Hasten to the best of deeds"

علي علي علي علي

Ali, Ali, Ali, Ali

زاير علي اسمي صار

My name has become: a visitor of Ali

ما توصل لجسمي النار

The Fire will never reach my body

علي الي ولي، كاتبها بالدم مستهل

Ali is my Wali, Its written in my blood since the beginning

ميت عدل صحت: حي على خير العمل

Dead or alive, I cry out: "Hasten to the best of deeds"

علي علي علي علي

Ali, Ali, Ali, Ali

دار الكرم داره

His home of generosity is his home

زواره خطاره

His visitors are his guests

اسمه نعرف شيخ العرب حيدر

We know his name as the master of the Arabs, Haydar

كلمن إجه بهمّه

Whoever came carrying a worry

گول انقضت يمّه

Say that beside him, it was already resolved

گبل الهله يحلها إله حيدر

Before even saying "welcome", Haydar resolves it for him

اكصدله واندب: يا علي

Go to him and call: "O Ali"

يا بعد روحي وكل هلي

O you dearer than my soul and all my family

إنت أقرب من أمي إلي، تحن علي ردت

You are closer to me than my own mother, when I need you, you show me tenderness

يا رحمة الله اعله الأرض

O Mercy of Allah upon the earth

حبك علي أجمل فرض

Loving you, Ali, is the most beautiful obligation

شيخ الأرض طول بعرض، غيرك فلا شفت

Master of the earth in its entire length and width, I have seen none besides you

نص انذكر بالقرآن

A text about him is mentioned in the Qur'an

الما عنده حيدر خسران

Whoever does not have Haydar is at a loss

كلمن نكر علي، لا صومه لا حجه انقبل

Whoever denies Ali, neither his fasting nor his Hajj is accepted

ميت عدل صحت: حي على خير العمل

Dead or alive, I cried: "Hasten to the best of deeds"

علي علي علي علي

Ali Ali Ali Ali

زاير علي اسمي صار

My name has become: a visitor of Ali

ما توصل لجسمي النار

The Fire will never reach my body

علي الي ولي، كاتبها بالدم مستهل

Ali is my Wali, Its written in my blood since the beginning

ميت عدل صحت: حي على خير العمل

Dead or alive, I cry out: "Hasten to the best of deeds"

علي علي علي علي

Ali, Ali, Ali, Ali

جنة علي جنة

Ali is a Paradise, a Paradise

ما ينشبع منه

One can never have enough of him

أول بشر، فوگ البشر وصفه

The foremost of men, his description rises above mankind

الما دنگ ببابه

Whoever has not bowed at his door

ما نحسب حسابه

We do not even count him

تاج الزلم، باب العلم وصفه

The crown of men, the Gate of Knowledge, that is his description

والما يبايع حيدره

And whoever does not pledge allegiance to Haydar

خسران دنيا وآخرة

Has lost this world and the Hereafter

هذا الشعار نكرره، عهد لأبو الحسن

This is the slogan we repeat, a covenant to Abu al-Hasan

ما صحت، سولفت بهمس

You didn’t shout, you spoke in a soft whisper…

وردتلك بسرعة الشمس

Yet the sun returned for you with great speed

يا علي، الوادم ما تحس، علي سر الزمن

O Ali, most people do not perceive it, Ali is the secret of time

من عهد آدم لليوم

From the time of Adam until today

ما شفت مثلك مظلوم

I have never seen anyone as oppressed as you

واقع تره شفت، لذيچ الولاية إنت أهل

In truth I have seen it, you are the one worthy of that wilayah (guardianship)

ميت عدل صحت: حي على خير العمل

Dead or alive, I cried: "Hasten to the best of deeds"

علي علي علي علي

Ali Ali Ali Ali

زاير علي اسمي صار

My name has become: a visitor of Ali

ما توصل لجسمي النار

The Fire will never reach my body

علي الي ولي، كاتبها بالدم مستهل

Ali is my Wali, Its written in my blood since the beginning

ميت عدل صحت: حي على خير العمل

Dead or alive, I cry out: "Hasten to the best of deeds"

علي علي علي علي

Ali, Ali, Ali, Ali

گاع النجف درة

The land of Najaf is a pearl

حضرة بوسط حضرة

A sacred presence within a sacred presence

البيها سكن، گلبه اطمئن بيها

Whoever dwells within it, his heart finds peace there

چانت گبل آدم

It existed before Adam

تسبيحة للعالم

A glorification for the world

بذاك الزمن نوح اندفن بيها

And in (his) time, Nuh was buried within it

لمن تجي لگاع الغري

When you come to the land of al-Ghari (The Adorned Land)

تلكه الولاء الحيدري

You find the wilayah of Haydar

حارسها فارس هاشمي، أبا الحسن علي

Guarded by a Hashimi knight, the father of Hasan, Ali

طير السما إلها هتف

The birds of heaven sang out to it

گاع الشرف وأهل الشرف

The land of honour and people of honour

أجمل اسم اسم النجف، وطن تضل إلي

The most beautiful name is the name of Najaf, a homeland that will remain with me

شبر بأرض هاي الگاع

A single span of this land

بالذهب لا، ما تنباع

No, it cannot be sold for gold

شنو الذهب؟ گلت ما أبيعها لآخر أجل

What is gold? I said, I would not sell it until my final breath

ميت عدل صحت: حي على خير العمل

Dead or alive, I cried: "Hasten to the best of deeds"

علي علي علي علي

Ali Ali Ali Ali

زاير علي اسمي صار

My name has become: a visitor of Ali

ما توصل لجسمي النار

The Fire will never reach my body

علي الي ولي، كاتبها بالدم مستهل

Ali is my Wali, Its written in my blood since the beginning

ميت عدل صحت: حي على خير العمل

Dead or alive, I cry out: "Hasten to the best of deeds"

علي علي علي علي

Ali, Ali, Ali, Ali

إنت بعلي عالي

Through Ali, you are elevated

غالي، وإجه الغالي

Precious, and the precious one has arrived

بدربه انكتب: يسوه التعب عدنه

Upon his road it is written: the hardship is worth it to us

آخر عهد منه

Our final covenant with him

ما نفترك عنه

Is that we never part from him

هو النبض، حبه فرض عدنه

He is the heartbeat, loving him is an obligation upon us

واعدنه ونضل عالوعد

We promised him, and we remain upon the promise

ما نخلف لحيدر عهد

We do not break a covenant with Haydar

ماكو لعلي كفوا أحد، ولا يجي أخو

No one is a match for Ali, no brother can compare to his brotherhood

حتى النبي يشهد إله

Even the Prophet bears witness for him

نقطة علي بالبسملة

Ali is the dot in the Bismillah

حيدرنه راعي الأولة، كفو منه كفو؟

Our Haydar is the first protector, who could ever be his equal?

أرجع وأگول للزوار

I return and say to the visitors

إنتو أهل مو خطار

You are family, not guests

گلت ألف هله، حتى أربط أجمل مستهل

I say a thousand welcomes, tying it back to the most beautiful opening

ميت عدل صحت: حي على خير العمل

Dead or alive, I cried: "Hasten to the best of deeds"

علي علي علي علي

Ali Ali Ali Ali

زاير علي اسمي صار

My name has become: a visitor of Ali

ما توصل لجسمي النار

The Fire will never reach my body

علي الي ولي، كاتبها بالدم مستهل

Ali is my Wali, Its written in my blood since the beginning

ميت عدل صحت: حي على خير العمل

Dead or alive, I cry out: "Hasten to the best of deeds"

علي علي علي علي

Ali, Ali, Ali, Ali