والماء كان دمع الزمانAnd the water was the tears of time.

على الحسين.For Husayn.

مفرد مهمومAlone and sorrowful.

بابي انت وامي سيدي المظلومMay my father and mother be sacrificed for you, my oppressed master.

الثرى عريانNaked on the dust.

بابي انت وامي سيد العطشان (2x)May my father and mother be sacrificed for you, master of the thirsty.

سيدنا المهمومOur master, the sorrowful one.

سيدنا العطشانOur master, the thirsty one.

سيدنا المهمومOur master, the sorrowful one.

سيدنا العطشانOur master, the thirsty one.

سيدنا المهمومOur master, the sorrowful one.

سيدنا العطشانOur master, the thirsty one.

سيدنا المهمومOur master, the sorrowful one.

سيدنا العطشانOur master, the thirsty one.

لو كان الذنب نهواهIf sin were what we desired,

هات الذنوبBring forth the sins,

ولن نتوب عن الحسينAnd we will never repent from Husayn.

لو كان الموت ملقاهIf death were his fate,

خذ الحياهTake life,

وما الحياه بلا حسينFor what is life without Husayn?

لو كان الحب معناهIf love's meaning was this,

درب اخيرThe last path,

فهو المسير الى الحسينThen it is the journey to Husayn.

دربه محمومHis path is feverish (arduous).

بالجراح والبلاياWith wounds and calamities.

دربه محمومHis path is feverish (arduous).

نفس المهمومThe soul of the sorrowful one.

بابي انت وامي سيدي المظلوم (2x)May my father and mother be sacrificed for you, my oppressed master.

سيدنا المهمومOur master, the sorrowful one.

سيدنا العطشانOur master, the thirsty one.

سيدنا المظلومOur master, the oppressed one.

سيدنا عطشانOur master, thirsty.

سيدنا المهمومOur master, the sorrowful one.

سيدنا العطشانOur master, the thirsty one.

سيدنا المهمومOur master, the sorrowful one.

سيدنا العطشانOur master, the thirsty one.

التربة لا يجوزThe soil is not permissible

ان تؤكلto be eaten,

وهي شفاءyet it is a cure

عند الحسينwith Husayn.

القصر في الصلاةShortening the prayer

عند السفرwhen traveling,

الا الصلاةexcept for the prayer

عند الحسينwith Husayn.

معناها كربلاءIts meaning is Karbala,

هي وطنit is a homeland

لكل منfor everyone who

زار الحسينvisited Husayn.

جاء في الاخبارIt came in the narrations:

من اراد فليزره فوق سطح الدارWhoever wishes, let him visit him atop the house.

افلح من زارSuccessful is he who visited.

بابي انت وامي ايها المحتار (2x)May my father and mother be sacrificed for you, O bewildered one!

سيدنا المظلومOur wronged master,

سيدنا العطشانour thirsty master,

سيدنا المظلومour wronged master,

سيدنا العطشانour thirsty master,

سيدنا المظلومour wronged master,

سيدنا العطشانour thirsty master,

سيدنا المغمومOur sorrowful master,

سيدنا العطشانour thirsty master.