اِبكِ عَلى الحَجّاجِ عَولَكَ ما دَجا

لَيلٌ بِظُلمَتِهِ وَلاحَ نَهارُ

Cry over Al-Hajjaj, your hope in him has failed

The night is dark, and the day has not dawned

إِنَّ القَبائِلَ مِن نِزارٍ أَصبَهَت

وَقُلوبُها جَزَعاً عَلَيكَ حِرارُ

The tribes of Nizar certainly mourned you

Their hearts grieved for you, burning hot

لَهفي عَلَيكَ إِذا الطِعانُ بِمَأزِقٍ

تَرَكَ القَنا وَطِوالُهُنَّ قِصارُ

My longing for you when the slanderers were in dire straits

They left the spear behind, and their heights were made short

إِنَّ الرَزِيَّةَ مِن ثَقيفٍ هالِكٌ

تَرَكَ العُيونَ وَنَومُهُنَّ غِرارُ

Indeed the calamity from Thaqif is destruction

It left the eyes sleepless and their slumber disturbed