1. Breaths ascending stand at the outpouring,
And tears shed by eyelids flow as blood.

2. Time changed and its hopes grew cold,
After its days broke their bond.

3. So every hour of intimacy bequeathed sorrow,
And every rest for the soul succeeded in pain.

4. Do not hoard any composure or tears for tomorrow,
What comes after this day is to be feared even if grand.

5. Has the story of the crown reached you when it fell,
And the throne collapsed when it wavered in Damascus?

6. Comfort the Prophet and lighten the sorrow of the Successor,
For sadness has dwelled in their hearts since that day.

7. And cool the rage of Abu Bakr and his companion,
And console Uthman in speeches that transgressed and were unjust.

8. Share with the clan of Shams what troubled them-
Their Marwan, their injustice, and their tyranny.

9. And heal those of the Abbasids who were rightly-guided,
And the rightly-guided ones, al-Mansur, and al-Mu'tasim.

10. How difficult is sadness when the grieved reveals it,
And how hot it is inside when suppressed!

11. Visit the palace courtyard, the king’s palace,
Where spilt tears flow copiously.

12. Its spaces are shuddered, for the gloom of separation
Has spread its clouds in its atmosphere.

13. Its deserted music chambers and residences
Have become either dilapidated or completely ruined.

14. And a stand where death’s humiliation loomed
Was where the minister smiled happily.

15. It assigns positions to the brave in its council,
From one descending a valley or ascending a summit.

16. It continued to put forth while the heroes submitted
Until death from it became a common occurrence.

17. It did not hesitate to prefer its fate
To when it was said: “the minister of war was defeated.”

18. In God’s protection are scattered limbs,
That plunged ardently into the fray.

19. They delivered their souls an excuse in their battles,
And one who delivers his soul is as one who surrenders.

20. Al-Alqami, even if his betrayal was exposed
And he was known between mankind for his treachery,

21. Is not like one who denies a people their rights
Or disbelieves in blessings he received.

22. The dinar blinded their eyes when
Their hearts and ears were sealed.

23. They almost destroyed their nation, but themselves-
They almost destroyed, had reason between them been known.

24. How can there be reason among people whose leader
Was marked above his neck by betrayal?

25. O roamer of the earth, are you pleased with what
Its children perpetrated, and those who transgressed or were unjust?

26. Then make their land subside with its storms
And fold the sun and scatter its stars around.

27. And make their waters a chasm for their injustice,
And withhold your sky or rain upon them revenge.

28. O Lord of the Throne, no storm concerns you
That blew upon it out of misfortune that caused gray hairs.

29. For the throne of Your kingdom, its foundations
In the heart of every devotee have been firmly established.

30. And the crown of Your kingdom does not cease to be drawn
As an emblem upon Your forehead for those who see.

31. There is no blemish in leaving the country when
"You are given two choices, composure is lost between them."