خُمِرتَ مِنَ الخُمارِ وَذاكَ نِجسٌ

وَأَمّا مِن خِمارِكَ فَهوَ سَعدُ

You were fermented from wine, and that is impure,

But as for from your fermentation, it is blissful.

وَنَفسُكَ ظَبيَةٌ رَتَعَت بِقَفرٍ

يُراقِبُ أَخذَها المِغوارُ جَعدُ

Your soul is a wild gazelle that grazed in the desert,

The curly-haired hunter watches to catch her.

وَزَينَبُ إِن أَصابَتها المَنايا

فَهِندٌ مِن وَسائِقِها وَدَعدُ

If calamities befell Zainab,

She would be protected by her guides and supporters.

جَرَت عاداتُنا بِسُقوطِ غَيثٍ

تَدُلُّ عَلَيهِ بارِقَةٌ وَرَعدُ

Our traditions flowed like rain pouring down,

Indicated by lightning and thunder.

شُرورُ الدَهرِ أَكثَرُ مِن بَنيهِ

فَقَبلُ سَطَت عَلى أُمَمٍ وَبَعدُ

Evils of fate are more than its children,

So before, they stretched over nations, and after.

تَعَجَّلَ مَيِّتٌ بِالهُلكِ نَقداً

فَمَرَّ وَعِندَهُ لِلبَعثِ وَعدُ

A person hastened to destruction immediately,

Yet for him the promise of resurrection remained.