يَا صَفْوَةَ الأَجفانِ من عَبَراتِها

ومُدَّخَرَ الأَضلاعِ من زَفَرَاتِها

O essence of the most precious eyes whose tears

And whose sighs fill up the ribs to treasure

هلُمِّي إِلَى أُمِّ الرَّزَايا فأَسْعِدِي

نفوساً يضيقُ الدَّهْرُ عن حَسَراتِها

Come to the mother of calamities and bring joy

To souls whom time straitens with sorrow

لخطبٍ رمى فِي آلِ خَطَّابَ سَهْمَهُ

فَفُجِّعَتِ الدُّنيا بأَسْرى سَرَاتِها

For a misfortune that struck the house of Khattab

And caused the world to mourn its noble captives

فيَا عَبْرَةَ الأَيَّامِ بالقَمَرِ الَّذِي

بِهِ عاذَتِ الأَيَّامُ من عَبَراتِها

O tears of days for the moon that gave them

Shelter from tears with its light

ويا غَمْرَةً لِلْمَوْتِ غالَ حِمامُها

فتىً أَنْقَذَ الأَحرارَ من غَمَراتِها

O flood of death that drowned a youth who saved

The free from its overwhelming tides

ويا دَوْحَةَ العِزِّ الَّتِي قادَتِ المُنى

إِلَى باسِقِ الأَغصانِ من شَجَراتِها

O palm tree of glory that led destinies

To the tall branches of its trees

لَئِنْ فاتَني صَرْفُ الحِمامِ بِظِلِّها

لقد أَخْلَفَتْ لي من جَنى ثَمَرَاتِها

If I missed the shade of its doves

It left me the fruit of its yield

وإِن غاضَ عَيْنَيْ ماءِ دِجْلَةَ حَيْنُها

لقد أَغرقَتْ أَرْضَيَّ بَعْدَ فُرَاتِها

If the water of Dijlah deceived my eyes

It flooded my land after Euphrates’ waves