1. My neighbor lamented when she saw my white hair
And considered forbearance to be an unforgivable sin

2. She longs for youth after her locks have greyed
And time has flowed freely in the arena of old age

3. My neighbor, the white hair of my head has burdened me
With thoughts of the hereafter and reconciled me to fate

4. Had I clung to this world and its adornments
I would have wept for those of my comrades now passed

5. Time has been harsh to my family and shattered them
Like a wineskin smashed by the blow of a stone

6. Some remain while others departed
At the call of death and the rest follow in their tracks

7. As for those who remain, I fear their leaving me
And I do not hope for the return of those who have turned away

8. I have come to speak of my family and my children
Like a dreamer relating a vision after contemplation

9. Had I not been preoccupied with the Ahlulbayt
I would not have found solace after their loss

10. And in your dependents, O sorrowful one, lies occupation
To prevent your spending the night weeping over the lost

11. How many arms of theirs with bangles lie exposed
And forearms emerging from the dust, broken

12. Shall I forget Husayn and his family's tragedy
As they cry "This is the master of all mankind"?

13. O wicked nation, how you recompensed Ahmad
For his excellent delivery of the Quran and Surahs

14. When he passed, you succeeded him
With the caliphate of the wolf among cattle

15. Of those alive today, we know of none
From the tribes of Yemen, Bakr and Mudar

16. Except they shared in their blood
As partners, upon islands

17. Killing, captivity, burning, plundering
Did the invaders in the lands of Rome and Khazar

18. I see the Umayyads as excused if they killed
But I see no excuse for the Abbasids

19. The sons of Harb, Marwan and their ilk
The clan of Mu'ayt, wardens of rancor and hatred

20. A people who killed the pioneers of Islam
Until when empowered, they rewarded unbelief

21. Four domes erected over the pious one's grave
Do you claim any religion with insolence?

22. Two graves in Tus - the best of mankind entire
And the grave of their worst, a lesson

23. Of no benefit to the filth is the pious one's proximity
Nor any harm upon the pious one from the filth's nearness

24. Alas, every person is hostage to what his hands reaped
So take what you will or leave it be