1. هل سبيلٌ إلى تقاصُرِ ليلٍ

    غابَ عني الحُسينُ فيه فَطَالا

    Is there a way to shorten a night

    In which al-Husayn was absent from me, and so it grew long?

  2. وصَلَتْني به طوارقُ هَمٍّ

    أَعدَمَتني من السرورِ مَنالا

    In it, night-visiting sorrows joined me—

    Depriving me of any share of joy—

  3. بنديمٍ يواصلُ الصَّمتَ لاَ يس

    ألُ عنَّا ولا يُجيبُ سؤالا

    To a boon companion who stays silent, never

    Asking after us or answering a question.

  4. فكأني مُنادِمٌ منه لولا

    حركاتٌ من جِسْمِه تِمثالا

    So I seem to be drinking with—were it not for

    His body's movements—a statue.