هلا وفيت بأن قضيت كما وفي

صحب ابن فاطمة بشهر محرم

I have fulfilled my promise, as I promised

The companion of Fatima's son in the month of Muharram

قوم ترى لسيوفهم وأكفهم

في الخصم والعافين واضح ميسم

A people whose swords and palms

Are clearly marked on the enemy and the protected

من كل وضاح الفخار لهاشم

يعزى علاً ولآل غالبٍ ينتمي

From every bright clay pot for Hashim

Exalted and for the victorious family belonging

تخذ المواضي حلية وثباته

ثقةٌ له عن صارم أو لهذم

Taking the meadows as adornment and his firmness

As trust in him from a sharp or protection

يتسابقوان إذا دعوا لكريهةٍ

فكأن قرع البيض صوت منغم

They compete when called to battle

As if the clashing of eggs is a melodious sound

وإذا هم سمعوا الصريخ تواثبوا

ما بين سابق مهره أو ملجم

And when they heard the scream, they leapt up

Between the rider of his swift steed or the driver

نفر قضوا عطشاً ومن أيمانهم

ري العطاش بجنب نهر العلقمي

A group who died of thirst, and in their faith

The quencher of the thirsty by the river Al-Alqami

أسفي على تلك الجسوم تقسمت

بيد الظبا وغدت سهام الأسهم

I grieve over those bodies shared

By the hands of hyenas and became arrows of destiny

قد جل بأس ابن النبي لدى الوغى

عن أن يحيط به فم المتكلم

The might of the Prophet’s son was eminent in the fray

Beyond the capacity of the speech of speakers

إذ هد ركنهم بك مهندٍ

وأقام مائلهم بكل مقوم

When he straightened their pillar with you, O Mahnad

And set right their incline with all settlers

ينحو العدى فتفر عنه كأنهم

حمر تنافر عن زئير الضيغم

He charged the enemies, so they fled from him as if they were

Red hyenas fleeing from the roar of the wolf

ويسل أبيض في الهياج كأنه

صل تلوى في يمين غشمشم

And a white sword in the fray as if it were

A twisting viper in the right hand of one who crushes

وإذا العداة تنضدت فرسانها

في كل سطرٍ بالأسنة معجم

And when the enemies lined up, his horsemen

In every line with eloquent tongues

وافاهم فمحا صفاح صفاحهم

مسحاً بخط مقومٍ ومصمم

He reached them and erased the edges of their edges

With a straight, purposeful and determined wipe

قد كاد يفني جمعهم لولا الذي

قد خط في لوح القضاء المحكم

He almost destroyed their whole group, had it not been for He

Who ordained in the Preserved Tablet

حتى إذا ضاق الفضاء بعزمه

ألوى به للحشر غير مذمم

Until, when the space was too narrow for his resolve

He twisted it to the Gathering, with no blemish

سهم رمى أحشاك يا ابن المصطفى

سهم به كبد الهداية قد رمى

An arrow which pierced your entrails, O son of Al-Mustafa

An arrow which hit the heart of guidance has shot

يا أرض ميدي يا سماء تفطري

يا شمس غيبي يا جبال تقسم

O earth of Midi, O splitting sky

O disappearing sun, O cracking mountains

يا شم زولي يا صفاح تثلمي

يا فعم غوري يا رماح تحطم

O passing time, O darkening horizon

O bursting rope, O shattering spears

يا نفس ذوبي يا جفون تقرح

يا عين جودي يا مدامعنا اسجم

Oh melting soul, O ulcerating eyelids

O pouring eyes, our tears—flow

لم أنس زينب وهي تدعو بينهم

يا قوم ما في جمعكم من مسلم

I cannot forget Zainab while she calls among them

“O people, there is no Muslim among you”

إنا بنات المصطفى ووصيه

ومخدرات بني الحطيم وزمزم

“We are the daughters of Al-Mustafa and his successor

And the cherished ones of the sons of Hutaym and Zamzam

ما دار في خلدي مجاذبة العدى

مني رداي ولا جرى بتوهمي

I did not imagine the pulling of the enemies

Would make my shelter collapse or my imagining rave

قد أزعجوا أيتامنا قد أججوا

بخيامنا لهب السعير المضرم

They disturbed our orphans, they stirred up

With our tents the flames of raging fires