1. No sadness but I see it less than what I find,
Is one who lost his eyes like one deprived?

2. Let not a doomed one think I wished his doom,
As fiercely as a lion on its prey has pounced.

3. People cannot undo wrongs after their night,
When you cannot against your wronger raise a hand.

4. Had but my sword and mind about him been,
I would have wearied him, since none wearied him.

5. His death came while the eye was sleeping,
Would that death had come to him while the spear was seeking.

6. Would that his enemies had come openly,
While war was raging and heroes were resolute.

7. He fell proudly above the throne praising,
His kingdom did not protect him when his term was over.

8. His supporters had been guarding his territory,
But destiny for the young man was lying in wait.

9. And people were in disarray wondering about him,
A fallen lion, around which eagles circle.

10. Your swords were raised by those below whom there was no one,
And above you was none but the One, the Eternal.

11. They came great, happy with this world,
But they cracked because of that which they came, and were not happy.

12. Your women cried bitterly after power,
When they saw a noble cheek, upon which rests a body.

13. The martyr of the Abbasids is a lesson,
To everyone honored, upon whose head is a crown.

14. A caliph who attained what no one attained,
And no soul or body has been brought down like him.

15. How much froth flows in your skin,
Boiling over it from the insides.

16. If you cry, tears are condemned,
And if you eulogize, words fail.

17. We lost you until we have no patience,
And people died before you who were not missed.

18. I used to be extravagant with my money and some was left,
The nights have taught me how to economize.

19. When I thought you were merciless people,
You lost him who believed in you.

20. Had you bestowed your bounty upon the noble,
The mentioned chiefs would have protected you.

21. A people who are the essence and lineage unites them,
As well as glory, religion, dreams and homeland.

22. Slaves, when humiliated, are reformed,
And when honored, they are spoiled.

23. A slave has nothing for one who hopes in him,
And in war, no dependent is trusted.

24. So make your slaves firmly rooted stakes,
No house stands unless the peg is driven.

25. If Quraysh wanted to strengthen their kingdom
With other than Qahtan, no harmony would remain.

26. People were coupled then fell silent,
As if what we hoped for from them was right guidance.

27. Those destroyed themselves for glory,
And they do not care what they attained, if praised.