Ya Abu Abdillah bi shamil Museebah

O Abu Abdilla, in the devastation of Shaam

Hudhil yataamak ba'dak ghareeba

The situation of the orphans after you is dire

Nibkeeh wannooH an naHril madhbooh

We cry and we wail upon the severed neck

Ya Husayn - Allahu Akbar - Allah Allah - Allahu Akbar

O Hussain - Allah is the Greatest - Allah Allah - Allah is the Greatest

Ya Abu Abdillah

O Abu Abdilla

Kharajta Ya Hussain fi laylil takatam

O Hussain you left in the darkness of the night in a state of secrecy

khaayaf ad-deen ba'dak yatah dam

in fear that after you the religion would be destroyed

rad bal ka'bah ansaaril tataam

The pain of the Ka'bah returned (after your martyrdom)

 Khaafu Yazid ma khaaful wa'eed

They feared Yazid but did not fear the warning of Allah

 Ya Husayn - Allahu Akbar - Allah Allah - Allahu Akbar

O Hussain - Allah is the Greatest - Allah Allah - Allah is the Greatest

Ya Abu Abdillah

Oh Aba Abdilla

Anta Habibi ya Husayn Noor 'Uyooni

You are my beloved, the light of my eyes

Qabbal salaami Shaheed ar-hamunee

Accept my salutations, O Martyr, forgive me

Habibi ya Husayn ya Noori wal 'Ayn

O my beloved Hussain - O my light and my dear one 

Ya Husayn - Allahu Akbar - Allah Allah - Allahu Akbar

O Hussain - Allah is the Greatest - Allah Allah - Allah is the Greatest

Ya Abu Abdillah

Oh Aba Abdilla