جَزى اللّهُ شَرّاً قابضاً بِصَنِيعِهِ

وكُلّ امْرِىءٍ يُجْزى بما كانَ ساعِيا

May God reward evil upon the seizer for his deed,

And every man is rewarded for what he was seeking.

دعا قابِضاً والمُرْهَفاتُ يُرِدْنَهُ

فقُبِّحْتَ مَدْعُوّاً ولَبَّيكَ داعِيا

You invoked a seizer while the bereaved ones reject you,

So you are despised when called and obeyed when summoning.

فَلَيْتَ عُبَيْدَ اللّهِ كانَ مَكانَهُ

صَرِيعاً ولَمْ أَسْمَعْ لِتَوْبَةَ ناعِيا

If only Ubayd Allah were in his place, fallen,

And I did not hear the repentance of a lamenter.