1. قولا لِمَن أَبدى بِلا سَبَبٍ

    حَربي وَقَطَّعَ بِالجَفا حَبلي

    Say, you two, to the one who, without cause, declared

    War on me and severed my cord through estrangement:

  2. أَورَدتَني وِردَ السِقامِ فَلِم

    حَلَّأتَني عَن بارِدِ الوَصلِ

    You brought me to sickness's watering place; why, then,

    Did you drive me from the cool waters of union?

  3. يا قاتِلي فَاجهَد لِما بِكَ بي

    كَفّارَةً لِجَريمَةِ القَتلِ

    O my slayer, seek, for what I suffer through you,

    Atonement for the crime of killing.

  4. فَلَقَد جَعَلتُكَ مِن حَرامِ دَمي

    إِن زُرتَني في أَوسَعِ الحِلِّ

    For I have granted you, concerning my inviolable blood,

    If you visit me, the fullest absolution.

  5. يا صاحِبي في كُلِّ نائِبَةٍ

    وَمُشارِكي في الكُثرِ وَالقُلِّ

    O my companion in every calamity,

    And my partner in plenty and scarcity,

  6. ناشَدتُكَ الوُدَّ الصَريحِ إِذا

    وُسِدتُ في جَدَثٍ مِنَ الرَملِ

    I adjure you by true affection: when

    I am pillowed in a grave of sand,

  7. وَنَوَيتُ بِالبَيداءِ مُنفَرِداً

    نَأياً عَنِ الخُلَطاءِ وَالأَهلِ

    And, alone in the wasteland, I have chosen

    Distance from companions and family,

  8. فَأَذِل عَلى قَبري الدُموعَ وَقُل

    هَذا صَريعُ الأَعيُنِ النُجلِ

    Then shed tears upon my grave and say:

    This is one slain by wide eyes.