1. دُنيا يُضامُ كرامُها بلئامِها

    ودليلُ ذاكَ حسينُها ويزيدُها

    A world whose noble ones are wronged by its base ones;

    and proof of that is its Husayn and its Yazid.

  2. يا خاطبَ الدنيا الدنيَّة إنها

    طُبعتْ على كدرٍ وأنتَ تريدُها

    O suitor of the lowly world, indeed it

    was fashioned in murk, yet you desire it.