اليس جود عمها عين الحياهWas not the generosity of her uncle the spring of life?

الحياهLife.

لم يبقى للاحياء الا الذكرياتNothing remains for the living but memories.

نوحي يا صغيرتي عن صمت وحيرتي احزاناMourn, O my little one, for my silence and my confusion, with sorrows.

نوحي يا حميدتي كي تروي قصيدتي كوفاناMourn, O my Humayda, so that my poem may narrate Kufa.

ايتامي هنا بكت من كوفانها اشتكت طغياناMy orphans here wept, from their Kufa they complained of tyranny.

لا كهف ولا ابو بنت فيها تضرب عدواناNo refuge, nor a father for a girl who is beaten with hostility.

يا بنت مسلم لم يسلم منكم احد يا بنتO daughter of Muslim, none of you were spared, O daughter

مسلم لا والدOf Muslim, neither father

ولا ولد ياNor child, O

بنت مسلم لم يسلم منكم احد يا بنتDaughter of Muslim, none of you were spared, O daughter

مسلم لا والدOf Muslim, neither father

ولا ولد يا عمتي من طول نوحي وانعيNor child. O my aunt, from the length of my wailing and mourning,

جفت لااهلي ادمعي صار البكاء في اضلعي لو تنظروهاMy tears for my family have dried; weeping has become in my ribs, if you were to see it.

لم يبقى لي من عزوتي اهلي ابي لا اخوتيNone of my kin remain for me: my family, my father, nor my brothers.

ما صبرها يا عمتي ما يتركوها حميدةHow can she bear it, O my aunt? They would not leave Humayda.

كانت كغصن من خميلShe was like a branch from a thicket,

لكن لواها الحزن والفقد الطويلBut long grief and loss bent her.

اضحت كعود يابسShe became like a dry stick,

خاو نحيلHollow and frail.

نحيلFrail.

من اهلها لم يبقى من ال عقيلFrom her family, none of the family of Aqil remained.

من اهلها لم يبقى من عطيه.From her family, none of Atiyya remained.

في كوفه انا مسلم ومغدور مخذوم تنعاهIn Kufa, I am Muslim, betrayed and abandoned, mourned by

قتلاه قد هرول في صحراء كربلاء ويلاهHis slain ones who rushed in the desert of Karbala, woe!

والباقون استشهدوا عطشانين شردوا او تاهواAnd the rest were martyred, thirsty, scattered, or lost.

يا ويلي كثيره تبكيهم عشيره ويلاهWoe is me, many a tribe weeps for them, woe!

يا بنت مسلمO daughter of Muslim,

ليس فرد وانفقدNot a single individual was lost

يا بنت مسلم لم يسلم منكم احد ويا بنتO daughter of Muslim, no one among you was spared, and O daughter

مسلمMuslim

لم يسلمwas not spared

منكم احد يا بنت مسلمanyone among you, O daughter of Muslim

لاNo

والد ولاfather nor

ولد يا عمتيchild, O my aunt

قالوا بأن العم أبThey said that the uncle is a father

فأين عمي قد ذهبSo where has my uncle gone?

قد نام في هذه الترب ويلي صريعاًHe has slept in this dust, woe is me, fallen

من أين لي صبرٌ نبي؟ عمي وأهلي وأبي راحواFrom where do I get the patience of a prophet? My uncle, my family, and my father are gone.

وأنا بالأجنبي عنهم جميعاًAnd I am a stranger to all of them

بعد الغوالي، عمتي، عيشي سرابAfter the dear ones, my aunt, my life is a mirage

وكل أنفاسي بذكراهم عذاب، ولاAnd every breath I take in their memory is torment, and not

شابت ضفائر الصبا قبل الشبابThe braids of youth turned gray before youth itself

فالموت أستهويSo I desire death

يا أم المصاب، فالموت أستهويO mother of calamity, so I desire death

ياO

أم المصاب، قد مل انتظارهم قلبي واستجارهم أحبابيMother of calamity, my heart has grown tired of waiting for them, and my loved ones sought refuge in them

ما عيشي بلا أبي، ليت الموت حل بي فيWhat is my life without my father? Would that death had befallen me in

بابيmy door

إخواني كانوا هنا، راحوا والبكاء غدا محرابيMy brothers were here, they left, and weeping became my sanctuary

لم ألحق وداعهم، بل دمعي وراءهم ميزابيI did not catch their farewell, but my tears behind them are like a gutter

يا بنت مسلم، قولي أعوذ من الحسدO daughter of Muslim, say 'I seek refuge from envy'

يا بنت مسلم لم يسلم منكم أحدO daughter of Muslim, no one among you was spared

ويا بنت مسلم لم يسلمAnd O daughter of Muslim, was not spared

منكم أحد، يا بنت مسلمanyone among you, O daughter of Muslim

لا والد ولا ولدNo father nor child

يا غربتي، لا تفجعيني بالأخO my loneliness, do not grieve me with the brother

لو كان قلبي من حجر في الطف، والله انكسرIf my heart were of stone in Karbala, by God, it would have broken

يا قلب زينبO heart of Zaynab

كم طفلة ماتت على رأس ونحر في الفلاHow many a child died with a head and throat in the wilderness

قد مزقتها كربلاء والشام اجتمعKarbala and Sham gathered and tore her apart

والطشت ما أقساه، ما أقسى الحريقAnd the basin, how cruel it is, how cruel the fire

يا شام، هلا ترحمي القلب الصغيرO Sham, why don't you have mercy on the small heart?

كالطير حامت حولهLike a bird, it hovered around him

جناح كسير، رقيةA broken wing, Ruqayya

ناحت وماتت تندب الحب الكبيرShe wailed and died lamenting the great love

ناحت وماتت تندب الحبShe wailed and died lamenting the love

عونا يا بنيتي قد راحت رقيتي مذبوحهHelp, my little daughter, Ruqayya has gone, slaughtered.

ماتت من فراقها غصت باشتياقها مبحوحShe died from her separation, choked by her longing, her voice hoarse.

صبرا يا حميدتي اذ انت وحيدتي المجروحهPatience, my Humayda, for you are my only wounded one.

عينيني يا شمعتي روحي مثل دمعتي مسفوحه ولاHelp me, my candle, my soul is spilled like my tear, and not...