1. Gabriel lamented that the treacherous people
Shed the blood of the pious who swore devotion

2. He lamented and the universe was overturned in his grief
That the stony-hearted violated the rocky sanctum

3. He lamented and all creation was left in bewilderment
Not just confusion, but the confusion of Judgement Day

4. He lamented the one whose body's wounds
Inflicted wounds of sorrow that cannot be probed

5. He lamented that the soul of the universe gently departed
While the hand of death, bloody with victory, seized it

6. He lamented the pupil of Islam, so sorrow milked
The blood of grief's stars from the rocky earth

7. He lamented half the heart of the faith for the faith, so malice prevailed
And from his heart half mourns for the other half

8. He lamented the one who called the living to religion and guidance
While others called the living to paganism and blasphemy

9. He lamented a caller to God, alive and dead,
Crying out God's name even as swords struck him

10. He lamented one whose soul in prostration rose to God
His raised head severed while bowing in thanks

11. He lamented one who sacrificed himself beside God
Generously shedding his soul among swords and spears

12. He lamented one who lent God his precious life
And with it established a fire in his heart

13. He lamented a sacred being, God knows
Her actions were pure in secret and open

14. He lamented the tenth soul to nine souls
The five essential elements' father of intellect

15. He lamented the unique essence who in his affairs
Detached himself for the Merciful from the world of decree

16. He lamented the one of simple soul who never
Could be comprehended even by the ten faculties

17. He lamented God's chosen elite and His greatest grace
Upon creation in life and at Resurrection

18. He lamented the one who holds sway over humanity the day He created them
And the day the Resurrection arrives, authority of the Reckoning

19. He lamented the divine victory and aid for the guidance
Branded on the forehead of blasphemy by his sword

20. He lamented the best conveyed by mount
And most noble who walked straight on the dust

21. He lamented the feeder of the destitute, satisfying their poverty,
My brother of wintry nights and flaming summer heat

22. He lamented one who hosts beast and bird, his sword
And the army of death marching beneath his banner

23. He lamented the one who faced death with his rage
Turning death's heart between the claws of eagles

24. He lamented the one whose sword collaring necks
Was a torque or sash upon the waist

25. He lamented the son whose sword defended the frontiers
Pouring into them the blood of valour, not rain

26. He lamented that swords slit the throat
Of Fatima's son at the rocky place of God

27. He lamented the blood-letter who made the sky weep in remorse
Rightfully it should weep with its stars as tears

28. He lamented the one who wept not out of fear of enemies
But of pity for them against blasphemy

29. He lamented the martyr who gained martyrdom patiently
For patience in suffering earns selection