صَرَمت حَبلَكَ الغَداةَ نَوارُ

إِنَّ صَرماً لِكُلِّ حَبلٍ قُصارُ

Nawār severed your bond this morning.

Surely severance is every bond’s final end.

مَن يَكُن سائِلاً فَإِنَّ يَزيداً

مَلِكٌ مِن عَطائِهِ الإِكثارُ

If anyone should ask, then Yazīd indeed

is a king profuse in his giving.

عَمَّ مَعروفُهُ فَعَزَّ بِهِ الدِيـ

ـنُ وَذَلَّت لِمُلكِهِ الكُفّارُ

His beneficence spread everywhere; through him reli—

—gion grew mighty, while unbelievers were humbled beneath his rule.

وَأَقامَ الصِراطَ فابتَهَجَ الـ

ـحَقُّ مُنيراً كَما أَنارَ النَهارُ

He established the Path, and the—

—Truth rejoiced, radiant as daylight shines.

بَشَرٌ لَو يَدبُّ ذَرٌّ عَلَيهِ

كانَ فيهِ مِن مَشيهِ آثارُ

A mortal—were the tiniest ant to crawl upon him,

the traces of its steps would remain upon him.

إِنَّ أَروى إِذا تَذَكَّرَ أَروى

قَلبُهُ كادَ قَلبُهُ يُستَطارُ

Indeed, Arwā—whenever his heart remembers Arwā,

his heart—his very heart—is almost sent flying.