1. دِمَنٌ عَفَونَ بِذي الأَراكِ

    خَلَّفنَ قَلبي ذا اِرتِباكِ

    Ruins have faded at Dhu al-Arak.

    They have left my heart in turmoil.

  2. لَهفي عَلى أَيّامِنا

    وَالعَيشِ في ذاكَ الشِرك

    Alas for our days,

    and life within that snare!

  3. تَدَعُ الأَحازع لِلأَجا

    زِع وَالنِباكَ عَلى النِباك

    Leaving the rugged tracts to the valley

    bends, and mounds upon mounds.

  4. يا دارُ كَيفَ عَفَت رُباكِ

    يا دارُ أَينَ مَضَت مهاكِ

    O dwelling, how have your heights been effaced?

    O dwelling, where have your oryxes gone?

  5. أَم أَيُّ خطبٍ بعدَنا

    أَو بَعدَ بُعدِهُمُ دَهاكِ

    Or what calamity, after we left,

    or after their departure, befell you?

  6. سَقياً لوسَنى وَهيَ تَر

    مي حَبلَ وَصلي بِاِنبِتاكِ

    May rain bless Wasna, though she consigns

    the cord of my union to severance.

  7. لَهفي عَلى ثَغرٍ تُحَد

    دِثُ عَنهُ أَلسِنَةُ السواك

    How I yearn for a mouth spoken of

    by the tongues of toothsticks!

  8. يا وَسنَ لَم يَرَ ناظِري

    نوراً لِمُقلَتِهِ سِواكِ

    O Wasan, my eye has never seen

    any light to brighten it but you.

  9. أَفضى حَديثي اِنَّهُ

    لا عَيشَ لي حَتّى أراكَ

    My words have led to this:

    there is no life for me until I see you.

  10. يا حاسِدي دُم في جَوىً

    يُنمى وَفي هَمٍّ دِراكِ

    O my envier, remain in burning grief,

    ever growing, and in unceasing sorrow.

  11. اِنّي بِحُبِّ محمَّدٍ

    وَوَصِيِّهِ رَهنُ اِمتِساك

    Indeed, through love of Muhammad

    and his legatee, I am held fast.

  12. أَهلُ لي مُوازٍ في ولا

    ئِهِمُ وَهل لي من مُحاكي

    Is there anyone equal to me in loyalty

    to them, and is there anyone to emulate me?

  13. أَدَعُ المُناصِبَ هامِداً

    لا يَهتَدي طرقَ الحراك

    I leave the hostile opponent motionless,

    unable to find a way to move,

  14. حَتّى يولّي هارِباً

    وَسِلاحُهُ في النَصبِ ناكي

    until he turns and flees,

    and his weapon wounds in enmity.

  15. يا عَترَةَ الزَهراءِ اِن

    نَّ المَجدَ جَمٌّ في ذراكِ

    O offspring of al-Zahra, indeed

    glory is abundant on your heights.

  16. قَلبي رَهينٌ عِندَكُم

    لا يَهتَدي سُبُلَ اِنفِكاك

    My heart is captive with you,

    unable to find paths to release.

  17. وَمِلاكُ أَمري مدحُكُم

    نَفسي فداءٌ لِلمِلاء

    And praising you is the mainstay of my affairs;

    my soul is a ransom for the men of worth.

  18. مَن كَالوَصِيِّ لِكَسِّر أَر

    ذالٍ تَجَرَّدُ لِلعِراك

    Who can match the Legatee in crushing the

    base men who strip for battle?

  19. كَم باسِلٍ قَد رَدَّهُ

    رَهنَ اِمتِساكٍ وَاِحتِباك

    How many a brave warrior he has reduced

    to captivity, held fast and tightly bound!

  20. وَمُعانِدٍ أَوهى حَري

    مَ حَياتِهِ بيد اِنتِهاك

    And many an adversary—he weakened the sanctuary

    of his life with a violating hand.

  21. أَودى بِأَلفِ مُدَجَّجٍ

    بَينَ اِنفِرادٍ وَاِشتِراكِ

    He slew a thousand fully armed warriors,

    in single and in shared combat.

  22. لُعِنَت أُمَيَّةُ اِنَّها

    أَهلُ الضَلالَةِ وَالاِفاكِ

    Cursed be Umayya: they are

    the people of error and falsehood.

  23. قَد حارَبت خَيرَ الوَرى

    وَالدينُ مُذ جَحدوهُ شاكي

    They waged war on the best of humankind,

    and religion has lamented since they denied it.

  24. وَتَعَمَّدوا قَتلَ الحُسَي

    نِ فَناظِرُ الاِسلامِ باكي

    They deliberately slew al-Husayn,

    so the eye of Islam weeps.

  25. سُبِيَت بَناتُ محمدٍ

    وَستورُها رهنُ اِنهِتاكِ

    Muhammad's daughters were taken captive,

    and their veils were given over to violation.

  26. يا لَيتَني في كَربَلا

    ءَ أَنوحُ اِن بَكَت البَواكي

    Would that I were in Karbala,

    wailing if the mourning women weep.

  27. هذا وَلو شاهَدتُها

    لَوَهبتُ روحي لِلهَلاكِ

    This—and had I witnessed it,

    I would have given my soul to death.

  28. يا أَرضَها أَفدي ذرا

    كِ وَمُهجَتي تَفدي ثراكِ

    O its land, I ransom your heights;

    and my life's blood ransoms your soil.

  29. مِن أَينَ لِلدُّنيا عَشي

    رٌ من سنائِكِ أَو سناكِ

    Where could the world find a tenth

    of your splendor or your radiance?

  30. فيكِ المَساعي وَالمَعا

    لي بِاِمتِزاجٍ وَاِشتِباك

    In you, noble endeavors and high virtues

    are mingled and intertwined.

  31. يا شيعَةَ الهادينَ اِن

    نَّ الرشدَ أَجمَعَ في حماكِ

    O followers of the guides, indeed

    all right guidance lies in your sanctuary.

  32. بُلِّغتِ من دنياكِ مَع

    أُخراكِ ما طَلَبت مُناك

    May you attain in this world and

    your afterlife what your wishes have sought.

  33. اِنَّ ابنَ عبّادٍ بِآ

    لِ محمَّدٍ فَوقَ السماك

    Indeed, Ibn Abbad, through the family

    of Muhammad, stands above al-Simak.

  34. قَد قالَ أَلفَ قَصيدَةٍ

    أَبداً تحلِّقُ في السُكاكِ

    He has composed a thousand poems,

    forever soaring in the sky.

  35. فَاِلَيكَ يا كوفِيُّ هذي

    مِثلَ درٍّ في سلاك

    So take this, O Kufan,

    like pearls upon a string.

  36. أَنشِد وَرَدِّد وَاروِ لي

    دمَنٌ عَفَونَ بِذي الاراكِ

    Recite, repeat, and transmit for me:

    Ruins have faded at Dhu al-Arak.