1. Did you not know, O mother of Amrah, that I
Was wronged by the vicissitudes of time when I grew old,
١. أَلَم تَعلَمي يا أُمَّ عَمرَةَ أَنَّني
تَخاطَأَني رَيبُ الزَمانِ لِأَكبَرا
2. And I saw many pilgrims from Awif
Circumambulating the honorable, glorious Kaaba.
٢. وَأَشهَدُ مِن عَوفٍ حُلولاً كَثيرَةً
يَحُجّونَ سَبَّ الزَبرَقانِ المُزَعفَرا
3. Husain wished that he would master his tribe,
Yet Husain was humbled and overpowered.
٣. تَمَنّى حُصَينٌ أَن يَسودَ جِذاعَهُ
فَأَمسى حُصَينٌ قَد أَذَلَّ وَأَقهَرا
4. And they were women of Qais ibn Aasim
Who prayed through the night invoking abundant good.
٤. وَهُم أَهِلاتٌ حَولَ قَيسِ بنِ عاصِمٍ
إِذا أَدلَجوا بِاللَيلِ يَدعونَ كَوثَرا