1. يا واقفاً يبكي على حسنٍ

    مثل اسمه نح وأكثر الحزنا

    O you who stand weeping over Hasan,

    Who was as fair as his name—lament, and deepen your grief.

  2. والعَن رجالاً أهرقوا دمه

    سرّاً فأصبح سرهم علنا

    And curse the men who shed his blood

    In secret—then their secret became public.

  3. آباؤُهم من قبلهم فتكوا

    بالمرتضى وبآله الأُمَنا

    Their fathers before them had treacherously slain

    Al-Murtada and his trustworthy family.

  4. أرخت يا ويلاه قد قتلوا

    قبل الحسين وسمَّموا الحسنا

    I marked the date: “Alas! They killed

    Husayn before, and poisoned Hasan.”