بَنيّ المُصطَفى يا غاية القَصد وَالمُنى

نَزَلنا بِكُم إِذ مَسنا الضر وَالعَنا

O Family of Mustafa, O ultimate goal and desire

We have come to you when affliction and adversity touched us

نَقول وَخَطب الدَهر في الحال إِن دَنا

حسين إِذا ما ضاقَ رَحب مِن الدنا

We say, and the affairs of time are difficult right now

Hussein, whenever a vast plain becomes constricted

وَحَل بِنا لِلفادِحات نزول

بِجاهك عذنا وَالأُمور عَسيرة

And we were struck by grave calamities

Through your status may we be forgiven, though matters are difficult

فَما هِيَ إِلا فذة وَيَسيرة

وَإِن عرضت يَوماً خطوب خَطيرة

They are but a single tragedy, and an easy one

And if one day truly perilous afflictions occur

بِقَبرك لذنا وَالقُبور كَثيرة

وَلَكن من يَحمي النَزيل قَليل

Through your grave we seek forgiveness, though graves are many

But those who protect the visitor are few