1. وي كأن السماء تلطم بالعش

    ر بعشر المحرم الأفلاكا

    Alas, as though the sky slaps with its ten fingers

    the celestial spheres on the tenth of Muharram,

  2. حزناً للحسين فالسحب تبكي

    بخشوع أبكت به الأملاكا

    in grief for Husayn; so the clouds weep

    with reverence through which they have made the angels weep.