طالَ عَن آلِ زَينَبَ الإِعراضُ بي

حِذاراً وَما بِبا إِبغاضُ

Long has been my indifference to the family of Zainab

Beware, it is not out of hatred

وَوَليدَينِ كانَ عُلِّقَها القَل

بُ إِلى أَن عَلا الرُؤُسَ بَياضُ

And the two little ones whose hearts

Were attached until the heads turned white

حَبلُها عِندَنا مَتِينٌ وَحَبلي

عِندَها واهِنُ القُوى أَنقاضُ

Our covenant with them is strong, while my covenant with them

Is of weak strength, ruined

نَظَرَت يَومَ فَرعِ لَفتٍ إِلَينا

نَظَراً كانَ رَجعَهُ الإِيماضُ

She looked one day towards us

A look whose return was a glance

ثُمَّ قالَت لِمَوكِبٍ كَمَها الرَم

لِ أَطاعَت لَهُ النَباتَ الرِياضُ

Then she said to a procession whose steps

The gardens obeyed

عُجنَ نَعهَد إِلى الفَتى وَنُخَبِّر

هُ بِما تَكتُمُ القُلُوبُ المِراضُ

We will fulfill our promise to the youth and inform

Him of what the saddened hearts conceal

وَيُخَبَّر بِما تَضَمَّنَ مِنّا

إِذ خَلا اليَومَ لِلمَسيرِ المَراضُ

And inform him of what we incorporated

When the day cleared for the saddened departure

وَلَقَد كانَ في عَن تَبَعِ اللَه

وِ وَإِذا أَعرَضَ المُحِبُ اِعتِراضُ

And he had indeed in the past followed Allah

And when the lover turns away, there is objection