1. My long night refused me sleep
Bearing the most terrible news

2. The death of my cousin Amro's son
Slain, so why am I not in anguish?

3. Afflicted am I by the grief of this age
With sorrows that rend the heart

4. For one I loved, eyes weep
And those not hurt are hurt the most

5. A brother he was, whom no friend would blame
Nor traveling folk in hunger's throes

6. In war he'd shudder amidst the fray
As the well-groomed horse with docked tail shook

7. And I and fate with its blows
Swallowing grief as it deals them out