ما أَنْتِ مِنِّي ولاَ رَبْعَاكِ لي وَطَرُ

الهَمُّ أَمْلَكُ بِي والشّوْقُ والفِكَرُ

You're not for me, nor am I for you, though passion

And longing and thought have overcome me.

وَرَاعَها أَنَّ دَمْعاً فاضَ مُنْتَشِراً

لا أَوْ تَرَى كَبِدي للحُزْنِ تَنْتَثِرُ

She wept copiously when tears flowed

Uncontrolled, lest you see my liver scattered in grief.

أينَ الحُسَيْنُ وقَتْلَى مِنْ بني حَسَنٍ

وجَعْفَرٍ وعَقيلٍ غالَهم غَمِرُ

Where is al-Husayn and the martyrs among the sons of Hasan,

Ja'far, 'Aqil - sorrow has overwhelmed them?

قَتْلَى يَحِنُّ إليها البيتُ والحَجَرُ

شَوْقاً وتبكيهُمُ الآياتُ والسُّوَرُ

Martyrs for whom the House and stones yearn,

Yearning, and verses and surahs weep for them.

ماتَ الحُسَيْنُ بأيدٍ في مَغَائِظِها

طُولٌ عليه وفي إِشْفاقِها قِصَرُ

Al-Husayn died by hands in whose vengeance

Is length, though her compassion is brief.

لا دَرَّ دَرُّ الأَعادي عندما وَتَروا

ودَرَّ دَرُّكِ مَا تَحوينَ يا حُفَرُ

The enemies did not stop shedding blood when they attacked,

But your grave contains what it contains, O pit!

لَمّا رَأَوْا طُرُقَاتِ الصَّبرِ مُعْرِضَةً

إلى لِقَاءٍ ولُقْيا رَحْمَةٍ صَبَرُوا

When they saw the ways of patience were inclined

Towards a meeting and encounter with merciful patience, they were steadfast.

قالوا لأَنْفُسِهِمْ يا حَبّذَا نَهَلٌ

مُحَمّدٌ وعليٌّ بعدَهُ صَدَرُ

They said to themselves: O excellent descent -

Muhammad and Ali after him, excellent leader!

رِدُوا هَنيئاً مَرِيئاً آلَ فاطِمَةٍ

حَوضَ الرَّدَى فارْتَضُوا بالقَتْلِ واصْطَبِرُوا

Return delighted, splendid, Family of Fatima,

To the Spring of Abundance, so they chose killing and were steadfast.

الحوضُ حَوْضُهُمُ والجَدُّ جَدُّهُمُ

وعندَ رَبِّهِمُ في خَلْقِهِ غِيَرُ

The Spring is their spring, and the grandfather their grandfather,

And with their Lord they have no equal in His creation.

أبكيكُمُ يا بَني التّقْوَى وأُعوْلكُمْ

وأَشْرَبُ الصَّبْرَ وهوَ الصَّابُ والصَّبرُ

I cry for you, O sons of piety, and mourn you,

And I drink patience, which is the cup and patience itself.

أبكيكُمُ يا ابني بِنْتِ الرَّسُولِ ولا

عَفَتْ مَحَلّكُمُ الأَنْواءُ والمَطَرُ

I cry for you, O sons of the Messenger's daughter - the showers

And rains did not spare your places.

مالي فَراغٌ إلى عُثْمانَ أَنْدُبُهُ

ولا شَجاني أَبو بَكْرٍ ولا عُمَرُ

I have no time for Uthman - I lament him,

Nor does Abu Bakr or Umar wound me.

لَكُمْ عَدِيٌّ وتَيْمٌ بَلْ أَزيدُكُمُ

أُمَيّةً ولنا الأَعْلامُ والغُرَرُ

For you there is an enemy - and for us glories and treasures -

Umayya, while for us are the banners and the caves.

في كُلِّ يَومٍ لقَلْبِي مِنْ تَذكُّرِهِمْ

تَغْرِيبَةٌ ولدَمْعِي مِنْهُمُ سَفَرُ

Every day, remembering them brings me

Estrangement, and my tears flow abundantly for them.

مَوْتاً وقَتْلاً بهاماتٍ مُفَلَّقَةٍ

مِنْ هاشِمٍ غابَ عنها النّصرُ والظّفَرُ

Killing and death with split skulls

Among Hashim - victory and triumph failed them.

كَفَى بأَنَّ أَنَاةَ اللّهِ واقعةٌ

يوماًن وللّهِ في هذا الوَرى نَظَرُ

It is enough that God's respite will come one day,

And God sees all affairs in this world.

أَنْسَى عَليّاً وتَفْنيد الغُواةِ لَهُ

وفي غَدٍ يُعْرَفُ الأفّاكُ والأَشِرُ

Shall I forget Ali and the rebels' betrayal of him?

The wicked will be known tomorrow.

مَنْ ذا الذي كَلّمَتْهُ البيدُ والشّجَرُ

وسَلّمَ التُّرْبُ إذْ ناداهُ والحَجَرُ

Who was it the ruins and trees spoke to

And greeted as he called, and the stones saluted?

حتى إذا أَبْصَرَ الأَحياءُ مِنْ يَمَنٍ

بُرهانَهُ آمنوا مِنْ بَعدِ ما كَفَروا

When the living from Yemen saw

His proof, they believed after their disbelief.

أَمْ مَنْ حَوى قَصَباتِ السّبْقِ دوَنهُمُ

يومَ القَليبِ وفي أَعْناقِهِمْ زَوَرُ

Or he who gained precedence at the Camel,

While on their necks were falsehood and vanity?

أَمْ مَنْ رَسَا يومَ أُحْدٍ ثابتاً قَدَماً

وفي حُنَينٍ وسَلْعٍ بَعْدَمَا عَثَرُوا

Or he who stood firm at Uhud, foot planted,

And at Hunayn and Sal` after they stumbled?

أَمْ مَنْ غَدا داحِياً بابَ القُمُوصِ لَهُمْ

وفاتحاً خَيْبراً مِنْ بَعْدِما كُسِرُوا

Or he who attacked the fortresses for them,

Conquering Khaybar after they were broken?

أَلَيْسَ قامَ رسولُ اللّهِ يَخْطُبُهُمْ

وقالَ مولاكُمُ ذَا أَيُّها البَشَرُ

Did not the Messenger of God address them in a sermon:

"Your master - O people - is this man"?

أَضَبْعَ غَيرِ عليٍّ كانَ رَافِعَهُ

محمّدُ الخيرِ أَمْ لا تَعْقِلُ الحُمُرُ

Did Muhammad the Chosen raise the forelegs

Of anyone but Ali? Do donkeys understand?

دَعُوا التّخَبُّطَ في عَشْواءَ مُظْلِمَةٍ

لَمْ يَبْدُ لا كَوْكَبٌ فيها ولا قَمَرُ

Leave your groping in deep darkness

Where no star shines nor moon appears.

الحقُّ أَبْلَجُ والأَعْلامُ واضِحَةٌ

لَوْ آمنَتْ أَنْفُسُ الشّانينَ أَوْ نَظَرُوا

The truth is dazzling, and the signs clear,

If only the malicious souls believed, or they had discerned!