ألا لا خلْقَ أشجع من حسينٍ

وأطعن بالقنا منه النحورا

None braver than Hussein there is,

Truly, no creature is braver than Husayn,

And none who spears the necks like his,

Nor more fierce at thrusting lances into the throat;

يفرّ عن الرماح إذا التقينا

ويبلعها إذا كانت أيورا

From spears he turns when we collide,

He flees from the spears when we meet in the fray,

Yet gulps them down when by his side.

But swallows them whole if they happen to be cocks.