1. O sister of the mourner, son of Samah
I fear for you, if my sons seek revenge for my blood

2. They will not accept blood money, and will not rest
Until they see loyalty from me, though they'll never see it from my sons

3. So death is more comforting than a life like this
If you've gotten nothing good from me

4. Are you going back healthy and sound
To my paralyzed sons and their divided father?

5. I've been stingy toward women, yet I see
No one stings me like you, mother of Haytham

6. How can I be safe after you orphaned me
And left my heart like the heart of the one-eyed man?

7. You tore up my soul - would you not come gently?
And left me sheltered in Great Iraq

8. Truly, you shot at me the shots of a killer
With your eyelashes and eyebrows as arrows

9. So you struck the innermost love of a lover from my liver
And killed me with the weapons of an unspoken word

10. So if you swear there that you are innocent of my blood
Absolve yourself, do not sin

11. And if I swear by your hand, I swear
By a truer oath than your oath, solemnly sworn

12. By Allah, Lord of those who raise up pilgrims
Between al-Hatim and the basins of Zamzam

13. You killed me through the crevice of the litter
As we were atop the towering camel

14. As you approached, with deceitful eyes
And the cheeks of Umm Aghanna, no twin