1. Stand still, let us weep as the clouds pour down,
And ask where the virtuous have their abode,

2. And which land was generously watered
By the blood of the noble martyrs.

3. And where can their mention be found beneath the valleys,
The greatest resting places for them.

4. And how have the hands of death unjustly seized
A delicate, gentle doe.

5. And if your finest auction is extended
With sins, there lie the meadows.

6. Al-Husain's fingers have become covered with dust
In order to grasp the reins of help for the oppressed.

7. Taking refuge by the side of a hillock
With the well-known, high-minded generosity.

8. There lies the neighbour protected from harm;
There lies the shepherd with blossoming youth;

9. There lies the radiant face and the efforts
Of the generous who help the needy.

10. Stand still and call out, perhaps a voice
Will awake or make moan for the worshippers.

11. And say: how did you become desolate, O joy of the sands,
While you were not robbed by the bowmen?

12. Who was it that snatched the reins of glory from you,
From that position of yours, with those sharp swords?

13. By the life of those who nocturnally visit thee,
Truly the brother of righteous nights has died!

14. And what an excellent enemy of Malik you were to them!
And the harvest of the seekers and the gainers!

15. And an abode for every victim who
Is threatened by dangers on all sides!

16. When there are horses sniffing the ground for the battle,
And horsemen reposing because of the attacks,

17. And there are chambers and arcades, vast courtyards
Where all sorts of goodness are gathered.

18. And who, for the righteous, has such odes
Whose wings make the reciters fly?

19. And who shall draw days for me from the time
Which has launched toward me its evil wares?

20. And will pull the advancing days away from me
Toward the time which has passed on and is lifeless?

21. And where is he who says "Take it or leave it!"
When I say "This is it!" or "Bring that here!"

22. And I have no consolation, now that
A life has ceased through which my own life breathes.

23. You excite within me feelings with which
I admonish my grief and rouse my determination.

24. I cried over you in anguish, and when they said
"He is dead," I wished they had said, "He exists still!"

25. The sword falls heavily upon a sword
While you lie along the banks of the Euphrates.

26. So it is still those terrifying blows
That surrendered you to a terrifying fate.

27. The locks of my family have been severed from me,
My brothers of my ties, my protectors.

28. Destinies have deceived me concerning the companions,
So I delighted in some mixed up lines of poetry.

29. I was advised in the assembly concerning you, foolishly,
And tricked into being absent from the battle!

30. O most distant one! Yet I peer morning and eve
At your grave, and my prayers follow my prayers for you.

31. You have kept me company a lifetime,
So why should I not attend to you at your death?

32. Perhaps one day we shall meet again
When the caller fulfils his promises!

33. If I am distressed, all the past is gone,
And if I show endurance, the future will come.