1. بَكَت عَيني وَحَقَّ لَها بُكاها

    وَما يُغني البُكاءُ وَلا العَويلُ

    My eye wept, and rightly did it weep;

    yet neither weeping nor wailing avails,

  2. عَلى أَسَدِ الإِلَهِ غَداةَ قالوا

    أَحَمزَةُ ذَلِكَ الرَجُلُ القَتيلُ

    for the Lion of God, on the morning they said:

    "Is that slain man Hamza?"

  3. أُصيبَ المُسلِمونَ بِهِ جَميعاً

    هُناكَ وَقَد أُصيبَ بِهِ الرَسولُ

    All the Muslims were stricken by his loss

    there, and the Messenger too was stricken by his loss.

  4. أَبا يَعلى لَكَ الأَركانُ هُدَّت

    وَأَنتَ الماجِدُ البَرُّ الوَصولُ

    O Abu Ya‘la, at your loss the pillars were shattered,

    and you are noble, righteous, and faithful to kin.

  5. عَلَيكَ سَلامُ رَبِّكَ في جِنانٍ

    مُخالِطُها نَعيمٌ لا يَزولُ

    Upon you be your Lord’s peace in gardens

    pervaded by bliss that never fades.