1. عشر المحرم عشر حزن رعشه

    في كل قلبٍ من بني الهادي سكن

    The ten days of Muharram are ten days of grief, whose tremor

    Has settled in every heart among the descendants of al-Hadi.

  2. حزن عظيم لو تنزل عشره

    فوق النهار لصار كالليل السكن

    A mighty grief—if a tenth of it descended

    Upon the day, it would become like the restful night.

  3. لا بدع ذا عشر بلية حزنه

    فقد الحسين ابن البتول أخي الحسن

    No wonder—this is a ten-day span of affliction; its grief is

    The loss of al-Husayn, son of al-Batul, brother of al-Hasan.