اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ هَذَا الْيَوْمَ الَّذِي شَرَّفْتَنَا فِيهِ بِوَلَايَةِ وَلِيِّكَ عَلِيٍّ صلوات لله عليه

O' my God! This is the day on which You honored us with the Mastery of Your Friend, Ali (God’s blessing be upon him)

وَ جَعَلْتَهُ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

made him the Commander of the Faithful

وَ أَمَرْتَنَا بِمُوَالاتِهِ وَ طَاعَتِهِ

ordered us to accept his Mastery and his orders

وَ أَنْ نَتَمَسَّكَ بِمَا يُقَرِّبُنَا إِلَيْكَ

and grab onto what brings us closer to You

وَ يُزْلِفُنَا لَدَيْكَ أَمْرُهُ وَ نَهْيُهُ

and accept his orders and admonitions that bring us close to You

اللَّهُمَّ قَدْ قَبِلْنَا أَمْرَكَ وَ نَهْيَكَ

O my God! We accept Your Orders and Your Admonitions

[وَ سَمِعْنَا] وَ أَطَعْنَا لِنَبِيِّكَ

We hear and obey Your Prophet

وَ سَلَّمْنَا وَ رَضِينَا

we submit and are satisfied

فَنَحْنُ مَوَالِي عَلِيٍّ صلوات لله عليه وَ أَوْلِيَائِهِ كَمَا أَمَرْتَ نُوَالِيهِ

We are the friends of Ali (God’s blessing be upon him) we make friends with his friends as You ordered

وَ نُعَادِي مَنْ يُعَادِيهِ

and are the enemy of his enemies

وَ نَبْرَأُ مِمَّنْ يَبْرَأُ مِنْهُ

We disown whomever he disowns

وَ نُبْغِضُ مَنْ أَبْغَضَهُ

despise whoever he despises

وَ نُحِبُّ مَنْ أَحَبَّهُ

and like whomever he likes as You said

وَ عَلِيٌّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ مَوْلَانَا كَمَا قُلْتَ وَ إِمَامُنَا بَعْدَ نَبِيِّنَا صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ كَمَا أَمَرْتَ

We follow him after the Prophet (blessings of God be upon him and his family) as You ordered.