ما بالُ عَينِكَ لا تَرقا مَدامِعُها

سَحّاً عَلى الصَدرِ مِثلَ اللُؤلُؤِ القَلِقِ

What ails your eye, that its tears will not cease,

pouring upon your breast like restless pearls?

عَلى خُبَيبٍ وَفي الرَحمَنِ مَصرَعُهُ

لا فاشِلٍ حينَ تَلقاهُ وَلا نَزِقِ

For Khubayb, whose death was for the All-Merciful—

neither one to falter when you met him, nor rash.

فَاِذهَب خُبَيبُ جَزاكَ اللَهُ طَيِّبَةً

وَجَنَّةَ الخُلدِ عِندَ الحورِ في الرُفُقِ

Go forth, Khubayb; may God reward you with a goodly reward,

and the eternal Garden, among the houris in gentle fellowship.

ماذا تَقولونَ إِن قالَ النَبِيُّ لَكُم

حينَ المَلائِكَةُ الأَبرارُ في الأُفُقِ

What will you say if the Prophet says to you,

while the righteous angels stand upon the horizon:

فيمَ قَتَلتُم شَهيدَ اللَهِ في رَجُلٍ

طاغٍ قَدِ اِوعَثَ في البُلدانِ وَالطُرُقِ

Why did you kill God’s martyr for the sake of a man—

a tyrant who had pressed through lands and roads?

أَبا إِهابٍ فَبَيِّن لي حَديثَكُمُ

أَينَ الغَزالُ مُحَلّى الدُرِّ وَالوَرِقِ

Abu Ihab, then tell me plainly of your affair:

where is the gazelle adorned with pearls and silver?

لا تَذكُرَنَّ إِذا ما كُنتَ مُفتَخِراً

أَبا كُثَيبَةَ قَد أَسرَفتَ في الحُمُقِ

Never mention, when you are boasting,

Abu Kutaybah; you have gone too far in folly—

وَلا عَزيزاً فَإِنَّ الغَدرَ مَنقَصَةٌ

إِنَّ عَزيزاً دَقيقُ النَفسِ وَالخُلُقِ

nor Aziz, for treachery is a dishonor;

Aziz is petty in spirit and character.