لاَ دَرَّ دَرُّ اللَيَالِي كَيَفَ تُضحِكُنَا

لاَ دَرَّ دَرُّ اللَيَالِي كَيَفَ تُضحِكُنَا

مِنْهَا خُطُوبٌ أعَاجِيبٌ وَتُبْكِينَا

مِنْهَا خُطُوبٌ أعَاجِيبٌ وَتُبْكِينَا

May no bounty flow from the nights! How we are made to laugh

The nights do not cease passing, making us laugh

by their astonishing calamities—and made to weep!

With wonders and mysteries or making us weep.

وَمِثْلُ مَا تُحْدِثُ الأيَامُ مِنْ غِيَرٍ

وَمِثْلُ مَا تُحْدِثُ الأيَامُ مِنْ غِيَرٍ

يَا ابْنَ الزُّبَيْره عَنِ الدُّنْيَا تُسَلِّينَا

يَا ابْنَ الزُّبَيْره عَنِ الدُّنْيَا تُسَلِّينَا

And such reversals as the days bring about

Just as the days bring about changes beyond expectations—

make us forget this world, O son of al-Zubayr.

O son of Zubayr, take us away from this life and console us!

كُنا نَجِيءُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ فَيَقْبِسنَا

كُنا نَجِيءُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ فَيَقْبِسنَا

عِلْماً وَيُكْسِبُنَا أجْراً وَيهْدِينَا

عِلْماً وَيُكْسِبُنَا أجْراً وَيهْدِينَا

We used to visit Ibn Abbas, and he would impart to us

We used to visit Ibn ‘Abbas and he would enlighten us

knowledge, earn us reward, and guide us.

With knowledge, reward us, and guide us.

وَلاَ يَزَالُ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ مُتْرَعَةً

وَلاَ يَزَالُ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ مُتْرَعَةً

جِفَانُهُ مُطْعِماً ضَيْفاً وَمِسْكِينَا

جِفَانُهُ مُطْعِماً ضَيْفاً وَمِسْكِينَا

And Ubayd Allah ever keeps brimful

And ‘Ubayd Allah's generosity never ceases—

his bowls, feeding guests and the poor.

His hands feeding guests and the poor.

فَالبِرُّ وَالدّينُ وَالدُّنْيَا بِدَارِهِمَا

فَالبِرُّ وَالدّينُ وَالدُّنْيَا بِدَارِهِمَا

ننَالُ مِنْهَا الَّذِي نَبْغِي إذَا شِينَا

ننَالُ مِنْهَا الَّذِي نَبْغِي إذَا شِينَا

So goodness, faith, and worldly goods are in their home;

Righteousness, religion and worldly things are in their homes.

from it we gain what we seek whenever we wish.

We obtain from them what we desire when we frequent them.

إن النَّبِي هُوَ النُّورُ الَّذِي كُشِفَتْ

إن النَّبِي هُوَ النُّورُ الَّذِي كُشِفَتْ

بِهِ عِمَايَاتُ بَاقِينَا وَمَاضِينَا

بِهِ عِمَايَاتُ بَاقِينَا وَمَاضِينَا

Indeed, the Prophet is the light by which was dispelled

The Prophet is the light by which the darknesses

the blindness of our living and our departed.

Of our past and future were dispelled.

وَرَهْطُهُ عِصْمَةٌ فِي دِينِنَا وَلَهُمْ

وَرَهْطُهُ عِصْمَةٌ فِي دِينِنَا وَلَهُمْ

فَضْلٌ عَلَيْنَا وَحَقُّ واجِبٌ فِينَا

فَضْلٌ عَلَيْنَا وَحَقُّ واجِبٌ فِينَا

And his clan is a safeguard in our faith, and they have

His tribe is our protection in religion. They have

eminence over us and a binding claim upon us.

Merit over us and rights incumbent upon us.

وَلَسْتَ فَاعْلَمْهُ أوْلَى مِنْهُمُ رَحِماً

وَلَسْتَ فَاعْلَمْهُ أوْلَى مِنْهُمُ رَحِماً

يَا ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ وَلاَ أوْلَى بِهِ دِينَا

يَا ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ وَلاَ أوْلَى بِهِ دِينَا

And you have—know this—no greater claim than they through kinship,

And you know, O son of Zubayr, none are closer to them in ties

O son of al-Zubayr, nor a greater claim to him through faith.

Of kinship nor precedent in religion than us.

فَفِيمَ تَمْنَعَهم عَنَّا وَتَمْنَعُنَا

فَفِيمَ تَمْنَعَهم عَنَّا وَتَمْنَعُنَا

مِنْهُمْ وَتُؤْذِيهِمُ فِينَا وَتُؤْذِينَا

مِنْهُمْ وَتُؤْذِيهِمُ فِينَا وَتُؤْذِينَا

Why, then, do you keep them from us and keep us

So why do you prevent them from us and prevent us from them?

from them, and hurt them on our account, and hurt us?

Why do you hurt them regarding us and hurt us?

لَنْ يُؤْتِيَ اللهُ مَنْ أخْزَى بِبُغْضِهِم

لَنْ يُؤْتِيَ اللهُ مَنْ أخْزَى بِبُغْضِهِم

فِي الدّينِ عِزا وَلاَ فِي الأرْضِ تَمْكِينَا

فِي الدّينِ عِزا وَلاَ فِي الأرْضِ تَمْكِينَا

God will never grant one He has disgraced for hating them

God will not grant victory or empowerment in the land

honor in religion, nor firm authority on earth.

To one who disgraces them out of hatred in religion.