أَأَسبَلتَ دَمعَ العَينِ بِالعَبَراتِ

أَأَسبَلتَ دَمعَ العَينِ بِالعَبَراتِ

وَبِتَّ تُقاسي شِدَّةَ الزَفَراتِ

وَبِتَّ تُقاسي شِدَّةَ الزَفَراتِ

Have you let your eye's tears flow in weeping,

Have you shed tears, crying with sobs,

And spent the night enduring the anguish of deep sighs?

And crying at night, enduring sighs?

وَتَبكي لِآثارٍ لِآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

وَتَبكي لِآثارٍ لِآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

فَقَد ضاقَ مِنكَ الصَدرُ بِالحَسَراتِ

فَقَد ضاقَ مِنكَ الصَدرُ بِالحَسَراتِ

And you weep for the traces of Muhammad's family,

You cry for the Family of Muhammad,

For your breast has grown tight with sorrow.

With a heart tightened by grief.

أَلا فَاِبكِهِم حَقّاً وَأَجرِ عَلَيهِمُ

أَلا فَاِبكِهِم حَقّاً وَأَجرِ عَلَيهِمُ

عُيوناً لِرَيبِ الدَهرِ مُنسَكِباتِ

عُيوناً لِرَيبِ الدَهرِ مُنسَكِباتِ

Ah, weep for them truly, and let flow over them

Oh yes, cry for them sincerely and be rewarded,

Eyes streaming at the calamities of time.

With eyes pouring for the calamities of fate.

وَلا تَنسَ في يَومِ الطُفوفِ مُصابَهُم

وَلا تَنسَ في يَومِ الطُفوفِ مُصابَهُم

وَداهِيَةً مِن أَعظَمِ النَكَباتِ

وَداهِيَةً مِن أَعظَمِ النَكَباتِ

And do not forget their affliction on the day of al-Tufuf,

And do not forget their afflictions on the day of Ghadeer,

And a catastrophe among the greatest calamities.

And the immense tragedy among the greatest tragedies.

سَقى اللَهُ أَجداثاً عَلى أَرضِ كَربَلا

سَقى اللَهُ أَجداثاً عَلى أَرضِ كَربَلا

مَرابِعَ أَمطارٍ مِنَ المُزُناتِ

مَرابِعَ أَمطارٍ مِنَ المُزُناتِ

May God water the graves upon the land of Karbala

Allah watered the land of Karbala,

With spring rains from the rainclouds.

With heavy rains of sorrows.

وَصَلّي عَلى روحِ الحُسَينِ وَجِسمِهِ

وَصَلّي عَلى روحِ الحُسَينِ وَجِسمِهِ

طَريحاً لَدى النَهرَينِ بِالفَلَواتِ

طَريحاً لَدى النَهرَينِ بِالفَلَواتِ

And invoke blessings upon Husayn's soul and his body,

And pray upon the soul and body of Hussein,

Lying prostrate beside the two rivers in the wilderness,

Lying slain in the desert by the two rivers.

قَتيلاً بِلا جُرمٍ يُنادي لِنُصرَهٍ

قَتيلاً بِلا جُرمٍ يُنادي لِنُصرَهٍ

فَريداً وَحيداً أَينَ أَينَ حُماتي

فَريداً وَحيداً أَينَ أَينَ حُماتي

Slain without a crime, calling for aid,

Killed unjustly, calling out for help,

Solitary, alone: 'Where, where are my defenders?'

Alone and friendless, "Where are my supporters?"

أَأَنسى وَهَذا النَهرُ يَطفَحُ ظامِئاً

أَأَنسى وَهَذا النَهرُ يَطفَحُ ظامِئاً

قَتيلاً وَمَظلوماً بِغَيرِ تِراتِ

قَتيلاً وَمَظلوماً بِغَيرِ تِراتِ

Shall I forget a thirsty man, while this river overflows,

Can I forget, and here is the river overflowing thirsty,

Slain and wronged, with no blood-debts upon him?

For a slain and oppressed man without guilt?

وَقَد رَفَعوا رَأسَ الحُسَينِ عَلى القَنا

وَقَد رَفَعوا رَأسَ الحُسَينِ عَلى القَنا

وَساقوا نِساهُ حُسَّراً وَلِهاتِ

وَساقوا نِساهُ حُسَّراً وَلِهاتِ

And indeed they raised Husayn's head upon the spears,

They raised the head of Hussein on a spear,

And drove his women onward, bareheaded and distraught.

And drove his women captives, crying and wailing.

فَقُل لِاِبنِ سَعدٍ عَذَّبَ اللَهُ روحَهُ

فَقُل لِاِبنِ سَعدٍ عَذَّبَ اللَهُ روحَهُ

سَتَلقى عَذابَ النارِ وَاللَعَناتِ

سَتَلقى عَذابَ النارِ وَاللَعَناتِ

So tell Ibn Sa'd (may God torment his soul):

So say to the son of Saad, may Allah torment his soul,

'You will face the torment of the Fire and curses.'

He will suffer the punishment of hellfire and curses.

سَأَقنُتُ طولَ الدَهرِ ما هَبَّتِ الصِبا

سَأَقنُتُ طولَ الدَهرِ ما هَبَّتِ الصِبا

وَأَقنُتُ بِالآصالِ وَالغُدُواتِ

وَأَقنُتُ بِالآصالِ وَالغُدُواتِ

I shall offer supplication for all time, as long as the east wind blows,

I will pray forever as long as the wind blows,

And supplicate in the evenings and early mornings,

And pray at dawn and dusk.

عَلى مَعشَرٍ ضَلّوا جَميعاً عَنِ الهُدى

عَلى مَعشَرٍ ضَلّوا جَميعاً عَنِ الهُدى

وَأَلقَوا رَسولَ اللَهِ في الكَرَباتِ

وَأَلقَوا رَسولَ اللَهِ في الكَرَباتِ

Against a people who all strayed from guidance,

For the group who all went astray from guidance,

And cast God's Messenger into anguish.

And threw the Messenger of Allah into afflictions.