يا خَليلَيَّ قَرِّبا لي رِكابي

وَاِستُرا ذاكُما غَداً عَن صِحابي

O my two friends, prepare for me my mount

And tomorrow hide that from my companions

وَاِقرَآ مِنّي السَلامَ عَلى الرَس

مِ الَّذي مِن مِنىً بِجَنبِ الحِصابِ

Convey my greetings to the messenger

From Mina, next to the rock piles

وَاِعلَما أَنَّني أُصِبتُ بِداءٍ

داخِلٍ في الضُلوعِ دونَ الحِجابِ

And let him know that I have fallen ill

With an ailment piercing my ribs beneath the cloak

ثُمَّ صَدَّت بِوَجهِها عَمدَ عَينٍ

زَينَبٌ لِلقَضاءِ أُمُّ الحُبابِ

Then Zainab averted with her face intentionally

For fate, mother of all loved ones

فَرَأى ذاكَ صاحِبايَ فَقالا

مَنطِقاً خابَ لَم يَكُن مِن جَوابي

So my two companions saw that and said

Words that were mistaken, no response from me

إِنَّ مِنّي الفُؤادَ ذا اللُبِّ فيما

قَد يُرى ظاهِراً لَعينِ مُصابِ

That my heart, the one with sense, in what

May be seen outwardly by the eye of the afflicted

فَرَدَدتُ الَّذي مِنَ الجَهلِ قالا

بِمَقالٍ قَد قُلتُهُ بِصَوابِ

So I turned back what was said ignorantly

With words I had spoken rightfully

إِن تَكونا كَتَمتُما اليَومَ دائي

فَذَراني فَقَد كَفاني ما بي

If you've concealed my illness today

Then leave me, for what is in me is enough

غَيرَ أَنّي وَدَدتُ أَنَّ عَذاباً

صُبَّ يَوماً عَلَيكُما مِن عَذابي

Except that I wished torment

Would be poured upon you one day from my torment

فَتَذوقانِ بَعضَ ما ذُقتُ مِنها

أَو تَدابانِ حِقبَةً مِثلَ دابي

So you would taste some of what I tasted

Or live a period like my living

لا تَنالانِ ذَلِكَ الوَصلَ مِنها

أَو تَنالا السَماءَ بِالأَسبابِ

You won't attain that union with her

Or attain the sky with causes