به في كسر الخاطرIn him, a broken heart.

اذا جف الغيمIf the clouds dry up.

له دمع ماطرHe has pouring tears.

وكل الايام له يوم العاشرAnd all days, for him, are the Day of Ashura.

غلام محزون ومفتون للدمع مرهونA sorrowful, enamored servant, indebted to tears.

غريب الاحوال في بال العقال مجنونStrange in his states, in the minds of the sane, he is mad.

حسين يا ثار الله (5x)Husayn, O Vengeance of God!

غلام محزون مفتون وللدمع مرهونA sorrowful, enamored servant, indebted to tears.

غريب الاحوال في بال العقال مجنونStrange in his states, in the minds of the sane, he is mad.

غلام محزون ومفتون وللدمع مرهونA sorrowful, enamored servant, indebted to tears.

غريب الاحوال في بال العقال مجنونStrange in his states, in the minds of the sane, he is mad.

شريد الراياتScattered are his banners.

شديد الاناتIntense are his moans.

كحال الممسوسLike one possessed.

جزوع الحالاتImpatient in his states.

يغيب تلقاهHe disappears, and you find him...

بباب الهيئاتAt the door of gatherings.

ترى عين الناظرThe eye of the beholder sees.

به كسر الخاطرIn him, a broken heart.

اذا جفى الغيمIf the clouds dry up.

له دمع ماطرHe has pouring tears.

وكل الايام له يوم العاشرAnd all days, for him, are the Day of Ashura.

غلام محزون مفتون للدمع مرهونA sorrowful slave, infatuated, indebted to tears.

غريب الاحوال في بال العقال مجنونStrange in his states, in the minds of the wise, he is mad.

حسين يا ثار الله (8x)Hussein, O Vengeance of God!

ابيع اوطاني ازماني لو يوما القانيI would sell my homelands, my times, if one day I found myself

كذاك المجنون ايماني في كف العطشانيLike that madman, my faith is in the hand of the thirsty one.

ابيع اوطاني ازماني لو يوما القانيI would sell my homelands, my times, if one day I found myself

كذاك المجنون ايماني في كف العطشانيLike that madman, my faith is in the hand of the thirsty one.

ردائي رجائيMy cloak, my hope,

دوائي في دائيMy cure is in my ailment,

روائي اهاتي له دون المعينMy narrative, my sighs, are for him without a helper.

حسيني القلبMy heart is Husseini,

باذن الزهراءBy the permission of Zahra.

في الناسAmong the people,

دليلي احساسيMy guide is my feeling.

تراني في الجبهه دمي حنى راسيYou see me on the forehead, my blood has stained my head.

لكي القى الله على اسم العباسSo that I may meet God in the name of Abbas.

حسين يا عباسHussein, O Abbas!

حسين يا ثار اللهHussein! O Vengeance of God!

حسين يا ثار الله (5x)Hussein, O Vengeance of God!

ابيع اوطاني ازماني لو يوما القانيI would sell my homelands, my times, if one day I found myself

كذاك المجنون ايماني في كف العطشانيLike that madman, my faith is in the hand of the thirsty one.

ردائي رجائيMy cloak, my hope,

دوائي فدائيmy remedy, my sacrifice,

روائي آهاتيmy narrative, my sighs,

له دون الماءare for him, more than water.

حسيني القلبMy heart is Husayni,

باذن الزهراءby the permission of Zahra.

غريبًا في الناسA stranger among people,

دليلي إحساسيmy guide is my feeling.

تراني في الجبههYou see me on the forehead,

دمي حنى راسيmy blood has stained my head,

لكي ألقى الله على اسم العباسso that I may meet God in the name of Abbas.

أبيع أوطانيI sell my homelands,

أزماني لو يومًاmy times, if one day

ألقاني كذاك المجنونI find myself like that madman,

إيماني في كف العطشانmy faith in the hand of the thirsty one.

حسين يا ثار الله (4x)Husayn, O Vengeance of God!

جنون لا يخفى لا يشفىA madness that is not hidden, not cured,

نيران لا تطفىfires that are not extinguished.

ويفنى من يعشق إن حدق في البيرق لو رفAnd whoever loves perishes if he gazes at the banner, should it flutter.

لا يخفى لا يشفىIt is not hidden, not cured,

نيران لا تطفىfires that are not extinguished.

ويفنى من يعشق إن حدق في البيرق لو رفAnd whoever loves perishes if he gazes at the banner, should it flutter.

فطوبى والحسنى لمن مثلي جنSo blessed and good fortune to whoever, like me, goes mad.

فمن جن استغنىFor whoever goes mad becomes self-sufficient,

ومن يغن يدنىand whoever is self-sufficient draws near,

ومن يدن يطوىand whoever draws near is folded,

ومن يطو يفنىand whoever is folded perishes.

ومن يفن يهوىAnd whoever perishes loves,

ومن يهو يروىand whoever loves is quenched,

ومن يرو يظمىand whoever is quenched thirsts,

ومن يظم يكوىand whoever thirsts is branded,

ومن يكو يدعوand whoever is branded calls out,

أنا في من اهوى جنونI am in whom I love, a madness.

لا يخفى لا يشفىIt is not hidden, not cured,

نيران لا تطفىfires that are not extinguished.

ويفنى من يعشق ان حدق في البيرق لو رفAnd he who loves perishes if he gazes at the banner when it flutters.

حسين يا ثار الله (8x)Husayn, O Vengeance of God!