كأنّ مُعَقِّرِي مُهَجٍ كرامٍ

هنالك يعقِرون بها العِباطا

As if those who stir up noble, honored men

Are there, stirring up strife among the tents

فَقلْ لبنِي زيادَ وآلِ حربٍ

ومَن خلطوا بغدرهمُ خِلاطا

So say to the clan of Ziyad and the family of Harb

And those who mixed their treachery with betrayal

دماؤكُمُ لكمْ ولهمْ دماءٌ

تُروِّيها سيوفُكُمُ البَلاطا

Your blood is for you and for them is blood

Quenched by your swords in the palace courtyard

كُلوها بعد غصبكُمُ عليها اِنْ

تِهاباً واِزدراداً واِستراطا

Drink it, after you seized it by force, if

You fear it, scorn it or excessively desire it

فما قُدِّمتُمُ إلّا سَفاهاً

وَلا أُمِّرتُمُ إلّا غِلاطا

You were not promoted except as fools

And you were not appointed as leaders except as wrongdoers

وَلا كانَت منَ الزّمن المُلَحَّى

مَراتبُكُم بِه إلّا سُفاطا

And your status in days gone by

Was nothing but lowliness

أَنحوَ بَني رَسولِ اللَّه فيكُمْ

تَقودون المسوَّمَةَ السِّلاطا

I care for the family of Allah's Messenger among you

As you lead the branded horses

تُثار كما أثَرْتَ إلى مَعينٍ

لتُكرعَ من جوانبِهِ الغطاطا

It is provoked as you provoked, to a spring

To drink from its rock pool sides

وَما أَبقَتْ بِها الرَّوحاتُ إلّا

ظهوراً أو ضلوعاً أو مِلاطا

And the souls left behind only

Backs, ribs or planks

وَفوقَ ظُهورها عُصَبٌ غضابٌ

إذا أرضيتهمْ زادوا اِختلاطا

And above their backs an angry band

If you please them, they increase in perversion

وَكلُّ مرفَّعٍ في الجوِّ طاطٍ

ترى أبداً على كَتِفيه طاطا

And everything prominent in the air hangs

You always see a tail on its shoulder

إِذا شَهدَ الكريهةَ لا يُبالي

أشاط على الصّوارم أم أشاطا

When it witnesses unpleasantness, it does not care

If it wipes swords or wipes excessively

وَما مَدّ القنا إلّا وَخِيلَتْ

على آذان خيلِهمُ قِراطا

And it did not stretch out the spear except and

On the ears of their horses it clinked bits

وكم نِعَمٍ لجدِّهِمُ عليكمْ

لقين بكمْ جُحوداً أو غِماطا

And how many blessings from their grandfather upon you

You met with ingratitude or resentment from them

هُمُ أتْكَوْا مرافقكمْ وأعطَوْا

جنوبَكُمُ النّمارقَ والنِّماطا

They propped up your resting places and gave

Your sides tents and carpets

وهمْ نَشَطوكُمُ من كلّ ذُلٍّ

حَلَلْتُمْ وسْطَ عَقْوتِهِ اِنتشاطا

And they encouraged you from every humiliation

You penetrated amid their strength cheerfully

وهُمْ سَدّوا مَخارمكمْ ومدّوا

على شجراتِ دوحكمُ اللِّياطا

And they dammed up your springs and extended

Upon the trees of your valley the vines

وَلَولا أنّهمْ حَدبوا عَليكمْ

لَما طلتُمْ وَلا حزتمْ ضِغاطا

And had they not inclined toward you

You would not have lasted long nor endured hardships

فما جازيتُمُ لهمُ جميلاً

ولا أَمضيتمُ لهمُ اِشتراطا

So you did not reward them with any kindness

Nor did you fulfill any condition for them

وَكيفَ جَحدتُمُ لهمُ حقوقاً

تَبين على رقابكُمُ اِختطاطا

And how did you deny rights for them

That were clear upon your necks, engraved

وَبينَ ضُلوعكم منهمْ تِراتٌ

كمَرْخِ القيظِ أُضرِمَ فاِستَشاطا

And between your ribs are covenants from them

Like the heat of summer kindled, so it blazed

وَوِتْرٌ كلّما عَمَدَتْ يمينٌ

لرقعِ خُروقِهِ زِدْن اِنعطاطا

And a bond, whenever a right hand

Stretched out to mend its tears, they multiplied

فَلا نَسبٌ لكمْ أبداً إليهمْ

وهل قُربى لمن قطع المناطا

So you will never have ancestry to them

And what kinship to one who cut ties?

فكمْ أجرى لَنا عاشورُ دمعاً

وقطّع من جوانحنا النِّياطا

How much did Ashura make our tears flow

And cut up the tendons of our breasts

وكم بِتْنَا به واللّيلُ داجٍ

نُمِيط من الجَوى ما لن يُماطا

And how we spent the dark night awake with him

Wiping from our burning anguish what cannot be wiped

يُسقِّينا تذكّرُهُ سِماماً

ويُولِجُنا توجّعُهُ الوِراطا

Remembering him gives us deadly poison to drink

And his pain inserts in us hot pokers

فلا حُدِيَت بكمْ أبداً ركابٌ

ولا رُفعتْ لكمْ أبداً سياطا

So feet were never bound captive with you

Nor were whips ever lifted for you

ولا رفع الزّمان لكم أديماً

وَلا اِزدَدتمْ به إِلّا اِنحِطاطا

Nor did time ever weave a robe for you

Except that through it you only declined more

وَلا عَرفت رؤوسُكُمُ اِرتفاعاً

ولا أَلِفَتْ قلوبُكُمُ اِغتباطا

Your heads never knew loftiness

Nor did your hearts ever know cheerfulness

وَلا غفرَ الإلهُ لكمْ ذنوباً

ولا جُزتمْ هنالِكمُ الصِّراطا

Nor did God ever forgive sins for you

Nor will you reach the path to paradise