يا خيرَ مَنْ لبِسَ النُّبُ
وَّةَ مِن جميعِ الأنبياءِ
O best of those who donned prophethood
Of all the prophets combined
وَجدي على سِبطَيْكَ
وَجدٌ ليس يؤذِنُ بانقضاءِ
My devotion for your two grandsons
Is endless devotion that does not fade
هذا قتيلُ الأشقيا
ءِ وذا قتيلُ الأدعياءِ
This is the martyr of the wretched
And that is the martyr of the pretentious
يومَ الحُسينِ هرقْتَ دم
عَ الأرضِ بل دمعَ السَّماءِ
On the day of Hussein, you shed blood
On the earth, nay tears from the heavens
يومَ الحُسينِ تركتَ با
بَ العِزِّ مهجورَ الفِناءِ
On the day of Hussein, you left the gate
Of glory deserted and forsaken
يا كربلاء خُلقتِ من
كربٍ عليَّ ومن بَلاءِ
Oh Karbala, you were created from
Agony for me and from tribulation
كم فيكِ من وجهٍ تشَرَّ
بَ ماؤه ماءَ البَهاءِ
How many faces in you were saturated
With water like the water of splendor
نفسي فِداءُ المُصطَلي
نارَ الوغى أيَّ اصطِلاءِ
My soul is ransom for one ignited
By the fire of turmoil - what burning!
حيثُ الأسِنّةُ في الجَوا
شِنِ كالكواكبِ في السماءِ
Where tongues in the army are like
Stars in the sky during firmament
فاختارَ دِرع الصَّبرِ حيثُ
الصَّبرُ من لُبسِ السَّناءِ
So he chose the armor of patience where
Patience is the wearing of bliss
وأبى إِباءَ الأُسدِ إِنَّ
الأُسدَ صادقةُ الإِباءِ
And he refused refusal of lions, for
Lions are honest in refusal
وقضى كريماً إِذْ قَضى
ظمآنَ في نَفَرٍ ظِماءِ
And he passed away nobly when he passed
Thirsty among thirsty people
منَعوهُ طعمَ الماءِ لا
وَجَدوا لِماءٍ طعم ماءِ
They denied him the taste of water, not
Finding water that tasted like water
مَنْ ذا لِمَعقُورِ الجَوا
دِ مُمالِ أعوادِ الخِباءِ
Who is there for him sheltered under
Tent poles of tattered tents?
مَنْ للطَّريحِ الشّلْوِ عُر
ياناً مُخَلَّى بِالعَراءِ
Who is there for the paralyzed man
Lying bare and exposed in the desert?
مَنْ للمُحنّطِ بالتُّرا
بِ وللمُغسَّلِ بالدّماءِ
Who is there for the embalmed in dust
And the washed in blood?
مَن لابْنِ فاطِمةَ المُغيَّ
بِ عنَ عُيُونِ الأولياءِ
Who is there for Fatima's son, vanished
From the eyes of saints?
