1. Today the guide's crier sounded his call
Proclaiming the news, no cryptic hints

2. Mourning the martyr of al-Taff with his son
Al-Mahdi, patron of humanity and jinn

3. "Why is this roof so bright?" someone asked
When my contract on it was as black as pitch

4. I said, Al-Mahdi was so profoundly grieved
Weeping copiously for the martyr's end

5. That he was all eyes with crying
And so it turned bright white from his sorrow