1. The vicissitudes of fate struck down a pillar,
So time was shaken with turmoil,

2. Do you know the calamities of death
When it twisted the neck of a flying eagle?

3. It threw down the crown from the head of the king of the world,
Leaving nothing but eagle feathers,

4. It bit off his fingers
To separate the meadows and water the plateaus,

5. And where the mother of death struck him
Each tomorrow became a day of affliction for his father,

6. It left the eyelids pouring out tears
For a beloved taken from us forcibly,

7. Indeed it destroyed some whites and broke some blacks,
And smashed a spring and beat down a blade,

8. It held back a downpour and lameda lion,
And shook a mountain and crumbled plateaus,

9. It took the one who could lift the veil of knowledge,
So who now can lift the veil of knowledge?

10. It closed the door of the Lord of bounty,
So who will now open the door of generosity?

11. Say to the guests: The fearsome protector passed
Whose presence banished all doubts,

12. A stranger it seems, O stranger of the land,
Despite glory, dying in exile,

13. So traveler who made my heart riven
When you traveled, roaming the rugged hills,

14. And O caravan left behind by the bereaved
Who cried in sorrow for a father who did not reply,

15. His bier would have answered them,
But what bier can reply?

16. Woe to the one who left
Humbled and exalted all who sought him,

17. And oh what adversities that whiten hearts
When a calamity befalls a youthful head,

18. And a vicissitude whose shadow darkened time
Giving out cold and striking the fangs,

19. It gathered to lead to the wastelands
An army of calamities to block horizons and meadows

20. Why O fate do you turn away the generous?
Indeed you have exhausted the most steadfast,

21. You broke the noble nose of Hashim
So it had to wrap itself in masks,

22. Who then can repel waves of afflictions
When they burst forth violently enraged?

23. And restrain the gushing mouth
That bites necks and yearns for slaughter?

24. Mourning the light of the world’s eye
Extinguishing a flame and covering a flame,

25. Mourning the best of the victorious clan
Whose loss to fate was a defeat,

26. Mourning for Hussein the breeze of morning
Blowing over him and moaning grievously,

27. Two leaders, each a sea of knowledge
To the brim with deep obscured knowledge,

28. Two oceans made sweet its springs,
And pure, refined ingots of silver melted down,

29. They adorned each ancestor’s pedigree,
As flawless gems and refined silver,

30. None compares but the grandson of the two sons,
The hero with the radiant forehead who revived the footsteps,

31. We knew through them the path of salvation,
Without them we would not have known the right way.

32. “Follow my family and the Quran,” said
The prophet of guidance, so we were guided.

33. Patience, my brothers, for God on high
Rewards the steadfast with abundant reward.

34. For the lion of the lair lies in the grave
Leaving in the jungle a cub and a lioness,

35. A pure, perfect one named for his perfection,
Adorning all necks like a precious necklace,

36. A face beaming when teeth are bared
For battle, tireless in striking blows,

37. When a insult stung, drawn like a sword
He almost reached the scabbard with his strike,

38. Ever inclined to pardon, tilting toward consent
Upon the grandson of the pleased one he poured himself forth,