جاؤوا مِنَ الشامِ المَشومَةِ أَهلُها

جاؤوا مِنَ الشامِ المَشومَةِ أَهلُها

بِالشُؤمِ يَقدُمُ جُندَهُم إِبليسُ

بِالشُؤمِ يَقدُمُ جُندَهُم إِبليسُ

They came from al-Sham, whose people are ill-omened,

They came from ill-omened Damascus, its people

with ill fortune, Iblis leading their army.

Led by Iblis with their army of misfortunes

لُعِنوا وَقَد لُعِنوا بِقَتلِ إِمامِهِم

لُعِنوا وَقَد لُعِنوا بِقَتلِ إِمامِهِم

تَرَكوهُ وَهوَ مُبَضَّعٌ مَحموسُ

تَرَكوهُ وَهوَ مُبَضَّعٌ مَحموسُ

Cursed were they—indeed cursed for killing their imam;

Cursed were they and again cursed for killing their Imam

they left him hacked to pieces and scorched.

Abandoning him, mutilated and bleeding

وَسَبَوا فَواحَزَني بَناتِ مُحَمَّدٍ

وَسَبَوا فَواحَزَني بَناتِ مُحَمَّدٍ

عَبرى حَواسِرَ ما لَهُنَّ لَبوسُ

عَبرى حَواسِرَ ما لَهُنَّ لَبوسُ

And they took captive—oh, my grief!—Muhammad's daughters,

They took the daughters of Muhammad captive

tearful, bareheaded, with no clothing to wear.

My tears flowing copiously, they had no clothing

تَبّاً لَكُم يا وَيلَكُم أَرَضيتُمُ

تَبّاً لَكُم يا وَيلَكُم أَرَضيتُمُ

بِالنارِ ذَلَّ هُنالِكَ المَحبوسُ

بِالنارِ ذَلَّ هُنالِكَ المَحبوسُ

Ruin upon you! Woe to you! Were you content

Woe unto you, oh how evil you are, you were satisfied

with the Fire? Abased there is the prisoner.

With hellfire, therein the imprisoned one

بِعتُم لِدُنيا غَيرِكُم جَهلاً لَكُم

بِعتُم لِدُنيا غَيرِكُم جَهلاً لَكُم

عِزَّ الحَياةِ وَإِنَّهُ لَنَفيسُ

عِزَّ الحَياةِ وَإِنَّهُ لَنَفيسُ

You sold, for others' worldly gain, in your ignorance,

You sold eternal life ignorantly for this world

the honor of life—and it is precious indeed.

How precious yet life is, though brief

أَخسِر بِها مِن بَيعَةٍ أَمَوِيَّةٍ

أَخسِر بِها مِن بَيعَةٍ أَمَوِيَّةٍ

لُعِنَت وَحَظُّ البايِعينَ خَسيسُ

لُعِنَت وَحَظُّ البايِعينَ خَسيسُ

How ruinous that Umayyad pledge of allegiance!

More losing than the pledge to the Umayyads

Cursed is it, and paltry is the sellers' share.

Cursed are they and the share of the pledgers is paltry

بُؤساً لِمَن بايَعتُمُ وَكَأَنَّني

بُؤساً لِمَن بايَعتُمُ وَكَأَنَّني

بِاِمامِكُم وَسطَ الجَحيمِ حَبيسُ

بِاِمامِكُم وَسطَ الجَحيمِ حَبيسُ

Misery upon the one you pledged allegiance to! And I seem to see

Wretched are those you pledged to, it's as if I

your imam a prisoner in the midst of Hell.

Were, amidst your Imam, in hell, captive

يا آلَ أَحمَدَ ما لَقيتُم بَعدَهُ

يا آلَ أَحمَدَ ما لَقيتُم بَعدَهُ

مِن عُصبَةٍ هُم في القِياسِ مَجوسُ

مِن عُصبَةٍ هُم في القِياسِ مَجوسُ

O family of Ahmad, what you endured after him

Oh House of Ahmad, none you met after him

from a band who are, by comparison, Magians!

Were a horde, by comparison Magians

كَم عَبرَةٍ فاضَت لَكُم وَتَقَطَّعَت

كَم عَبرَةٍ فاضَت لَكُم وَتَقَطَّعَت

يَومَ الطُفوفِ عَلى الحُسَينِ نُفوسُ

يَومَ الطُفوفِ عَلى الحُسَينِ نُفوسُ

How many tears flowed for you, and torn apart

How many tears spilled for you and souls

on the day of al-Tufuf were souls grieving for al-Husayn!

Were torn apart at Karbala over Hussein

واحَسرَتاهُ لَكُم جُسومٌ بِالعَرا

واحَسرَتاهُ لَكُم جُسومٌ بِالعَرا

فيها وَفَوقَ الذابِلاتِ رُؤوسُ

فيها وَفَوقَ الذابِلاتِ رُؤوسُ

Oh, my anguish! Your bodies lie in the open

Alas for you, bodies lying in the sands

there, while heads are atop the slender spears.

With severed heads atop the withered ones

صَبراً مَوالينا فَسَوفَ يُديلُكُم

صَبراً مَوالينا فَسَوفَ يُديلُكُم

يَومٌ عَلى آلِ اللَعينِ عَبوسُ

يَومٌ عَلى آلِ اللَعينِ عَبوسُ

Patience, our masters! Soon you will be granted victory

Patience, my loyal friends, soon there will come

by a day grim for the accursed one's family.

A day of frowns upon the accursed folk

ما زِلتُ مُتَّبِعاً لَكُم وَلِأَمرِكُم

ما زِلتُ مُتَّبِعاً لَكُم وَلِأَمرِكُم

وَعَلَيهِ نَفسي ما حَيِيتُ أَسوسُ

وَعَلَيهِ نَفسي ما حَيِيتُ أَسوسُ

I have never ceased to follow you and your command,

I persist following you and your order

and by it I govern my soul for as long as I live.

While I live my soul remains enchanted