يا جَفنَةَ كَالنَضيحِ الحَوضِ قَد كُفِئتَ

يا جَفنَةَ كَالنَضيحِ الحَوضِ قَد كُفِئتَ

بِثَنيِ صَفَّينِ يَعلو فَوقَها القَترُ

بِثَنيِ صَفَّينِ يَعلو فَوقَها القَترُ

O serving bowl, like a brimming basin, you have been overturned

At the bend of Siffin, where dust rises above it.