زادَ الشّريفُ عَلَيَّ أجَرةَ مَسْكني

زادَ الشّريفُ عَلَيَّ أجَرةَ مَسْكني

ظُلماً ومالي عَنْ ذراهُ مَحيدُ

ظُلماً ومالي عَنْ ذراهُ مَحيدُ

The sharif raised the rent of my dwelling on me,

The noble increased the rent on my dwelling

Unjustly, and I have no escape from his shelter.

Unjustly, while I have no means to pay it

فَلِذاكَ أهلُ البيتِ تشكو جَوْرَهُ

فَلِذاكَ أهلُ البيتِ تشكو جَوْرَهُ

أذناً لهم بأذاهُ وهو يَزيدُ

أذناً لهم بأذاهُ وهو يَزيدُ

Thus the people of the house complain of his oppression:

So the people of my house complain of his tyranny

Lend them an ear concerning his harm—and he is Yazid.

Yet he turns a deaf ear and increases it more