أبا الحُسينِ الفَضلُ في أهلِهِ

وَكانَ لَولاكَ بِلا أَهلِ

The merit is due to al-Husayn's family

And were it not for you, they would have no family

فَما لِهَذا الدَّهرِ لا تَعتَدي

صُروفُهُ إِلا عَلَى مِثلي

So why does time not cease its tyranny against me

Its calamities fall only on the likes of me

ما بَرِحَت عَنِّي تَباريحُهُ

حتَّى تَسوَّقتُ منَ الرَّحلِ

Its afflictions never left me

Until I was driven from camp to camp