سِيرا إِذاُ لن تسيرا

عِيراً تُنَاقِل عِيرا

Visit them if you will not visit,

Carrying the camel litters of visitation,

محمَّلاتٍ ظهوراً

وَمُوقَراتٍ نُذورا

With backs laden,

And vows consecrated,

زورا بيثربَ قبراً

وبالعراقِ قبورا

Visit, though Bethlehem be but a grave,

And Iraq but graves,

زورا ولا تسأما ما

حُيِّيتما أَنْ تزوار

Visit, and do not cease to visit

As long as you are greeted

زورا النبيَّ وزورا

وصيَّه والوزيرا

Visit the Prophet and visit as well

His successor and the vizier,

زورا الشموسَ شموسَ ال

أيام زُورا البدورا

Visit the suns, suns of the days,

Visit the full moons.

محمداً وعليّاً

وشبَّراً وشبيرا

Muhammad and Ali,

Shabbar and Shabir,

صلَّى الإلهُ على من

أَتى بَشيراً نَذيرا

May God pray upon him who brought glad tidings and warnings,

And upon him who passed away, the seal of prophecy and the shining lamp,

ومن مضى خاتَم الرُّسْ

لِ والسراجَ المنيرا

And upon him by whom He brought good news of the blessed one of Quraysh,

And increased Fatima in purity each day.

ومن به بشَّر الرك

بَ من قريشٍ بحيرا

O eye, send comfort to them

And send them your early visitations,

وزاد فاطمةَ الطُّه

رَ كلَّ يومٍ طَهُورا

Send to Hamza or al-Abbas

A streaming visitation,

يا عينُ فيضي رَواحاً

لهمْ وفيضي بُكُورا

To their two uncles whom He clothed in light upon light

Quenchers of the heat of war without it and the blaze within it.

فيضي لحمزةَ أو لل

عبَاسِ فيضاً غزيرا

And I have not ceased since the affairs clashed around me

To be stirred by the memory of the day of the band

عَمَّيْه زادهما مَنْ

كساهما النورَ نورا

I say - and the saying remains -

After lifetimes, lifetimes,

المُطْفِئَيْنِ لظَى الحر

بِ دونه والسَّعيرا

The cycles of time and cycles

In which visitation was revived.

ولم أزلْ منذ خاضَتْ

بيَ الأُموُر أمورا

How many mountains you contained

And how many seas you contained!

يَهيجني ذكرُ يومِ الط

يّارِ حتى أطيرا

Guidance lies in tombs

Shut up within them.

أقولُ والقولُ يبقى

بعدَ الدهورِ دهورا

I have given the Fatimids

Sorrow and sighing,

دُورَ الغريِّ ودوراً

بالطفِّ حُيِّيتِ دُورا

The best in jihad

And the best supporters,

كم قد حويت جبالاً

وكم حويتِ بحورا

The fasting, praying purifiers

Bowed down in prayer;

أضحى الهُدَى في قبورٍ

ضُمِّنْتها مقبورا

Those who feed the orphan

And feed the prisoner;

مُلِّيت للفاطميي

ن لوعةً وزفيرا

The glorious people of the mantle,

Pulpit and bed;

الأفضلينَ جِهاداً

والأفضلينَ نصيرا

Those never left by Gabriel

As their protection and support;

الصائمينَ المصلِّي

ن طُهِّروا تَطْهيرا

My craving for them is the craving of a lion

My craving for them is that of eagles

والمنطوينَ بُطوناً

والمنحنينَ ظُهورا

An obstinate camel craved to harm them

A camel led by donkeys craved against them

والمطعمين يتيماً

والمطعمينَ أسيرا

And he was always deficient since he was

Deficient, maimed.

أَهلُ الكساءِ الأَجلّ

ينَ منبراً وسريرا

The day of Husayn for the faith

You were a harsh day.

من لم يزل جبرئيلٌ

ردءاً لهمْ وظهيرا

By God, Karbala, you filled hearts with agony.

As if I see the mill of war about to turn,

لهفي عليهم ليوثاً

لهفي عليهمْ صقورا

And the swords striking the Fatimids like birds,

And the Fatimid women slaughtered

بغى عليهمْ حمارٌ

باغٍ يسوسُ حميرا

With pouring tears,

A band who did not fear their God

وكان ينقصُ مذ كا

ن ناقصاً مَبْتُورا

To do wrong!

A band who did not heed His Book

يومَ الحسينِ على الدي

نِ كنتَ يوماً عسيرا

Written out straightforward!

Was not carrying Husayn's head

ملأتِ واللهِ كرباً

يا كربلاءُ الصٌّدورا

A grave thing?

Was depriving him of water

كأَنني بِرَحى الحر

بِ أوشكتْ أن تدورا

A small matter?

You who forbid Husayn the Euphrates water out of injustice

والفاطميّونَ تقري

همُ السيوفُ الطيورا

And give the camel drink!

Tomorrow you will wish you had never swum

والفاطمياتُ يُنْحَرْ

نَ بالدُّموعِ النُّحورا

In the Prophet's Pool.

O people what did the people gain by being destroyed?

يا عصبةً لم تًخفْ مِن

إلهها أَنْ تجورا

Was violating the sanctuary of Husayn a trivial thing?

Was beating his lips with a rod a little matter?

يا عصبةً لم تراقبْ

قرآنَهُ المسْطُورا

Glory to Him who through His patience holds back the earth from sinking down!

You committed against his father and grandfather

ألم يكنْ حملُ رأسِ ال

حسينِ خَطْباً كبيرا

A forbidden thing.

You took vengeance on the people of Badr

ألم يكنْ منعُهُ الما

ءَ كان شيئاً نكيرا

When you found the opportunity.

My soul, keep the love of Kullthum from evil and wickedness.

يا من يذودُ حسيناً

عن الفرات فجورا

If only her followers today were present

They would be crying aloud,

تذود عنه حسيناً

بغياً وتسقي البعيرا

And gaping wide their mouths,

And organizing against the enemies

غداً تطورُ بحوضِ ال

نبيِّ لا أَنْ تَطُورا

Raids at dawn and by night;

And slaughtering Yazid

يا قوم ماذا جنى القو

م دُمِّروا تدميرا

A slaughtering of stiff-necked ones.

أكان هتكُ حريمِ ال

حسينِ أمراً حقيرا

أكانَ قَرْعُ ثنايا

هُ بالقضيبِ يَسيرا

سبحانَ مَن يُمْسِكُ الأر

ضَ حِلْمُهُ أنْ تَمُورا

أبحتمُ من أبيه

وجدِّهِ محظورا

ثأرتمُ أهْلَ بدرٍ

لما وجدتمْ ثُؤورا

نفسي تقي أُمَّ كُلثو

مٍ الرَّدى والشُرورا

لو أَنَّ شيعتَها اليو

مَ أمسِ كانوا حُضورا

إِذنْ لظُّلوا يُضاهو

نَ بالزئيرِ الزئيرا

فيكلمونَ كُلوماً

وَيَثْغَرُونَ ثغورا

وينظمون نُحوراً

من العِدَى وَسُحورا

وينحرون يزيداً

نَحْرَ الحجيجِ الجَزُورا