1. Every day we have wailing and lament
And troubles that burden the mind and wear it down

2. I would weep if tears could bring back the dead
And I would wail if the grief-stricken's wailing avails

3. May Allah curse a fate whose turns
Are always long against us, and cry

4. Why, and for what reason, has fate befallen
The fighters, leaving me crying in lament?

5. And burdened me with troubles too great for me
When I am not a beast to bear burdens

6. With the death of a generous, glorious man and son of the glorious
To him belong honor and glory abode

7. A gallant lad whom on the day of battle spears obeyed
And the sharp sword went forth, while he was humble

8. Al-Qina the preacher wept for him, knowing
That he was captured while the noble ones were few

9. So who after him for the heights? And who after him
Among the rank breakers wanders?

10. And who after him for the sword, the guest, and the heights?
And who after him for gifts is guarantor?

11. A lord's foster son - time was miserly with his like
And every age is miserly with the generous

12. And when the mourner announced him dead, space was straitened for me
And my frozen tears began pouring down

13. Alas, women will never birth his equal
And none can take his place among men

14. I shall weep for you, O Ammar, as long as a bird laments
And as long as bereaved women are mourned after loss

15. My suffering for you, though long, falls short
And my tears for you, though many, are few

16. You have tread, and made me tread, sorrow in my innermost being
A path whose way excludes all other ways

17. For you today in my heart is a place of affection
And your friendship will reside in it as long as I live

18. If rainclouds were stingy in watering it
My eyelids' drainage would water you in pouring

19. Unto you, from me, greetings and peace of Allah
As long as the earth remains and time roams