1. أَنا الحُسَينُ بنُ عَلِيّ بنُ أَبي

    طالِب البَدر بِأَرضِ العَرَبِ

    I am al-Husayn, son of Ali, son of Abu

    Talib, the full moon in the land of the Arabs.

  2. أَلَم تَرَوا وَتَعلَموا أَنَّ أَبي

    قاتِلُ عَمرٍو وَمُبير مرحَبِ

    Have you not seen and known that my father

    Is the slayer of Amr and the destroyer of Marhab?

  3. وَلَم يَزَل قَبلَ كُشوفِ الكَربِ

    مُجَلِّياً ذَلِكَ عَن وَجهِ النَبِي

    And he never ceased, before distress was dispelled,

    Clearing it from the Prophet’s face.

  4. أَلَيسَ مِن أَعجَبِ عَجَبِ العَجَبِ

    أَن يَطلُبَ الأَبعَدُ ميراثَ النَبِي

    Is it not among the strangest wonders of wonders

    That the more distant one should seek the Prophet’s inheritance,

  5. وَاللَهُ قَد أَوصى بِحِفظِ الأَقرَبِ

    Though God has indeed enjoined safeguarding the nearer one?