1. حسين إعلم أن الشيطنه قد لها ناس

    قد لها ناس قاموا في بناها على ساس

    Husayn, know that devilry already has its people.

    It already has people who set about building it on a foundation.

  2. احكموها ولا بالواعلى الرجل والراس

    دابهم في بحور الشر من كاس إلى كاس

    They perfected it, caring nothing for foot or head.

    Their habit is to move through seas of evil, from cup to cup.

  3. ماهم إلا لهم في غية الظلم

    خلها فكها وانذق بها فوق الأنجاس

    They are bent on nothing but the wayward pursuit of oppression.

    Leave it, let it go, and fling it upon the filthy ones.

  4. مانواتي ولا نأنى لخير بمقياس

    ماهي إلا تحب إلا الضرر والتعكاس

    It neither helps nor leads to good by any measure.

    It loves nothing but harm and contrariness,

  5. والذنوب العظيمة والخزا والتنكاس

    تركت المشي بالأرجل وتمشي على الرأس

    and grievous sins, disgrace, and downfall.

    It has abandoned walking on feet and walks on its head,

  6. في الخفا والنجاسة والخساسه والأردجاس

    معدن الغم والغفلة ووسواس خناس

    in secrecy, impurity, baseness, and defilement.

    A mine of grief and heedlessness, and a whisperer that slinks away.

  7. كلها الأخرج ماشي بها ما به بأس

    طهر القلب منها وارمها كن لها ناس

    It is all [unclear term]; nothing in it is free of harm.

    Cleanse your heart of it and cast it away, for it has its own people.

  8. لم تواتي علي المرتضى خيرة الناس

    في زمانه ووقته ذاق منها تمراس

    It did not favor Ali al-Murtada, the best of people.

    In his day and his time, he tasted strife from it.

  9. خذ نصيحة خبير عسس الوقت عساس

    جرب الوقت وأهله مارس الوقت مرأس

    Take the advice of an expert who kept vigilant watch over the times.

    He tested the times and their people, and grappled hard with the times.

  10. شاف أشيا فزيله للعقول والاحساس

    فاعتزل بعد لما شيبوا منه بالرأس

    He saw things appalling to minds and senses.

    Then he withdrew after they had turned his head gray.

  11. وامتثل ما أني عمن دعي لابن عباس

    فده أحسن وأسلم من ظنون أو تجساس

    And follow what has come down from the one called Ibn Abbas.

    For this is better and safer than conjectures or spying.

  12. رب سلم وكن لي في حياتي والأرماس

    وأصلح أهلي ومن لي به تعلق وامساس

    Lord, keep me safe and be there for me in my life and in the graves.

    And set right my family and all with whom I have bonds and contact.

  13. واختم العمر بالخيرات يا خالق الناس

    والصلاة على خير الورى عدد الأنفاس

    And end my life with good deeds, O Creator of humankind.

    And blessings upon the best of creation, as numerous as breaths.