1. يا أُمَّةً قَتَلَت حُسَناً عَنوَةً

    لَم تَرعَ حَقَّ اللَهِ فيهِ فَتَهتَدي

    O nation that killed Hasan by force,

    You did not honor God's right concerning him, that you might be guided.

  2. قَتَلوهُ يَومَ الطَفِّ طَعناً بِالقَنا

    سَلباً وَهَبراً بِالحُسامِ المُقصِدِ

    They killed him on the day of al-Taff, stabbing him with spears,

    Despoiling him and hacking him with the death-dealing sword.

  3. وَلَطالَما ناداهُمُ بِكَلامِهِ

    جَدّي النَبِيِّ خَصيمُكُم في المَوعِدِ

    And how often he called out to them with his words:

    "My grandfather, the Prophet, is your adversary at the appointed meeting.

  4. جَدّي النَبِيِّ وَأَبي عَلِيٌّ فَاِعلَموا

    وَالفَخرُ فاطِمَةُ الزَكِيَّةُ مَحتِدي

    My grandfather is the Prophet, and my father is Ali—so know this!

    And my glory is Fatimah the pure, the source of my lineage.

  5. يا قَومُ إِنَّ الماءَ يَلمَعُ بَينَكُم

    وَأَموتُ ظَمآنَ الحَشا بِتَوَقُّدِ

    O people, the water gleams among you,

    Yet I die, my innards parched and burning.

  6. قَد شَفَّني عَطَشي وَأَقلَقَني الَّذي

    أَنا فيهِ مِن ثِقَلِ الحَديدِ المُجهِدِ

    My thirst has wasted me, and I am troubled by

    The exhausting weight of iron that I bear."

  7. قالوا لَهُ هَذا عَلَيكَ مُحَرَّمٌ

    حَتّى تُبايِعَ لِلغَبِيِّ الأَسوَدِ

    They said to him, "This is forbidden to you

    Until you pledge allegiance to the black fool."

  8. فَأَتاهُ سَهمٌ مِن يَدٍ مَشؤومَةٍ

    مِن قَوسِ مَلعونٍ خَبيثِ المَولِدِ

    Then an arrow came to him from an ill-omened hand,

    From the bow of an accursed man of vile birth.

  9. يا عَينُ جودي بِالدُموعِ وَاِهمُلي

    وَاِبكي الحُسَينَ السَيِّدَ اِبنَ السَيِّدِ

    O eye, be generous with tears and let them flow,

    And weep for Husayn, the lord, son of the lord.