إذا ما عدُّوك في القول زاد

إذا ما عدُّوك في القول زاد

على ما جرى مثلما قد يُريدُ

على ما جرى مثلما قد يُريدُ

If your enemy adds, in his telling,

If they count you in speech more

To what happened, just as he may wish,

Than what has occurred, as they might intend,

فلا غرو أن زاد ما لم يقع

فلا غرو أن زاد ما لم يقع

فإنّ عدُوّ الحسين يزيدُ

فإنّ عدُوّ الحسين يزيدُ

Then no wonder he adds what never occurred,

Then do not wonder if they add what did not happen,

For Husayn's enemy is Yazid.

For the enemy of al-Husayn is Yazid.