1. What can his tongue do if it disobeys him?
Tears are more eloquent when his speech fails.

2. These tears are a poem that flows
From the eyelids of those who shed their blood.

3. Their breasts surged with the burning anguish
In his heart, and its streams are their melodies.

4. Today (Al-Hussein) at Karbala reminded us
Of women wailing over him bitterly.

5. And (Uthman) the martyr returned
Drenched in his blood, with the Quran crying for him.

6. By my father and mother who sacrificed their souls
From every steadfast pillar of calamities, their heavens.

7. I ransom them with my blood though my blood falls short
Of their merit, it is but a small gratitude.

8. The journey of the cause has long been oblivious
Until their blood inscribed its title.

9. Indeed, the martyr atop the trunks is nobler than
Khosrow when his palace embraced him.

10. My homeland, its independence sanctified in existence
Our martyrs and their blood are its sacrifice.

11. Its atmosphere was fragrant with their souls
And its plains were stained with their blood.

12. The tears of the bereaved were pearls in its crown
And the blood of those we mourn, its coral.

13. And I wondered at those who attempt to demolish it
When its pillars were built on skulls.

14. If some gray hair falls from its locks
Then its youth will wash away their disgrace.

15. A homeland whose pillars (Abu Al-Hafs) erected
However much the means to heaven built its structure.

16. (Saifullah) was one of its swords,
And (Abu Ubaidah) the trustee was its safety.

17. Watered with the blood of the honorable, its roots
Why should its branches not flourish?

18. O sham, did you give fatwas, and who but you
When the sun of time shone on us and strengthened its flags?

19. In your hands, the liberation of countries is a trust,
Upon you and none other lies its guarantee.