1. أواه من عشر المحرم أنه

    عشر به غير البكاء محرم

    Alas for the ten-day span of Muharram, for it is

    a ten-day span in which all but weeping is forbidden.

  2. قتل الحسين ابن الرسول محمد

    فيه وذاق الذل وهو مكرم

    Husayn, son of the Messenger Muhammad, was slain

    therein, and tasted humiliation, though he was honored.