1. قضى حسينُ وهل حزنٌ بلا سببِ

    والصقر صيد فيا للقوم للعجبِ

    Husayn has passed away—and is sorrow ever without a cause?

    And the falcon was caught—O people, how astonishing!

  2. وشخصه غاب في هذا الثرى وثوى

    وقدُره بين أهل الفضل لم يغبِ

    And his body vanished into this soil and lay at rest,

    Yet his stature among people of merit has not vanished.

  3. وسار للخلد والدنيا تؤرخه

    حسينُ مات فما الفهم كالأدبِ

    And he journeyed to eternity, while the world dates his passing:

    Husayn has died—so understanding is not like literature.