أَلَم تَعلَمي يا أُمَّ عَمرَةَ أَنَّني

تَخاطَأَني رَيبُ الزَمانِ لِأَكبَرا

Did you not know, O mother of Amrah, that I

Was wronged by the vicissitudes of time when I grew old,

وَأَشهَدُ مِن عَوفٍ حُلولاً كَثيرَةً

يَحُجّونَ سَبَّ الزَبرَقانِ المُزَعفَرا

And I saw many pilgrims from Awif

Circumambulating the honorable, glorious Kaaba.

تَمَنّى حُصَينٌ أَن يَسودَ جِذاعَهُ

فَأَمسى حُصَينٌ قَد أَذَلَّ وَأَقهَرا

Husain wished that he would master his tribe,

Yet Husain was humbled and overpowered.

وَهُم أَهِلاتٌ حَولَ قَيسِ بنِ عاصِمٍ

إِذا أَدلَجوا بِاللَيلِ يَدعونَ كَوثَرا

And they were women of Qais ibn Aasim

Who prayed through the night invoking abundant good.