أَبلِغا عَنّي الحُسَينَ أَلوكاً

أَبلِغا عَنّي الحُسَينَ أَلوكاً

إِنَّ ذا الطَودَ بَعدَ عَهدِكَ ساخا

إِنَّ ذا الطَودَ بَعدَ عَهدِكَ ساخا

You two, convey a message from me to al-Husayn:

Convey my greetings to Hussein though far,

Truly, this mountain has sunk since you last knew it.

After you left, loneliness prevail Mount Ohod so bleak.

وَالشَهابَ الَّذي اِصطَلَيتَ لَظاهُ

وَالشَهابَ الَّذي اِصطَلَيتَ لَظاهُ

عَكَسَت ضَوءَهُ الخُطوبُ فَباخا

عَكَسَت ضَوءَهُ الخُطوبُ فَباخا

And the flame whose blaze you warmed yourself by—

The meteor whose light you sought,

calamities turned back its light, so it died out.

Its glow reversed by calamities so dark.

وَالفَنيقَ الَّذي تَدَرَّعَ طولَ ال

وَالفَنيقَ الَّذي تَدَرَّعَ طولَ ال

أَرضِ خَوّى بِهِ الرَدى فَأَناخا

أَرضِ خَوّى بِهِ الرَدى فَأَناخا

And the prized camel that clothed itself in the length of the

The towering phoenix armed with might,

earth—Death brought it low and made it kneel.

Laid barren by time without a mark.

إِن تَرِد مَورِدَ القَذى وَهوَ راضٍ

إِن تَرِد مَورِدَ القَذى وَهوَ راضٍ

فَبِما يَكرَعُ الزَلالَ النُقاخا

فَبِما يَكرَعُ الزَلالَ النُقاخا

If you reach the turbid watering-place while he is content,

If you come to the valley serene at peace,

it is because he drinks water clear and pure.

For what the brisk ripples once evoke.

وَالعُقابُ الشَغواءُ أَهبَطَها الني

وَالعُقابُ الشَغواءُ أَهبَطَها الني

قُ وَقَد أَرعَتِ النُجومَ سِماخا

قُ وَقَد أَرعَتِ النُجومَ سِماخا

And the hooked-beaked eagle was brought down by the crag,

The ferocious eagle brought down in defeat,

though she had lent the stars her ear.

After the stars in the sky it bespoke.

أَعجَلتَها المَنونُ عَنّا وَلكِن

أَعجَلتَها المَنونُ عَنّا وَلكِن

خَلَّفَت في دِيارِنا أَفراخا

خَلَّفَت في دِيارِنا أَفراخا

Death snatched her from us, and yet

Death hastened and took you away from us,

she left fledglings in our homes.

But in our dwellings it left your flock.

وَعَلّى ذَلِكَ الزَمانِ بِهِم عا

وَعَلّى ذَلِكَ الزَمانِ بِهِم عا

دَ غُلاماً مِن بَعدِ ما كانَ شاخا

دَ غُلاماً مِن بَعدِ ما كانَ شاخا

And despite that, through them Time has returned

And after you turned old and meek,

as a youth, after it had grown old.

Upon that time returned a lad so slick.