يا ذا الَّذي يَطلُبُ مِنّي الوِترا

إِن كُنتَ تَبغي أَن تَزورَ القَبرا

O you who asks me for ruins

O you who seeks vengeance from me,

If you want to visit the grave

If you desire to visit the grave,

حَقّاً وَتُصلى بَعدَ ذاكَ الجَمرا

فَاِدنُ تَجِدني أَسَداً هِزَبرا

Truly, and pray after that ember

In truth, and thereafter be roasted in the embers,

Come near, you will find me a roaring lion

Then draw near; you will find me a ferocious lion,

أَسعَطُكَ اليَومَ زُعافاً مُرّاً

لا تَحسَبَنّي يا اِبنَ عاصٍ غَرّا

I will throw you down today battered and bitter

I will make you snort, this day, a bitter, lethal poison,

Do not think me, O son of ‘Aas,weak

Do not reckon me, O son of 'As, to be naive.