Yazid ordered the ropes to be cut off.

Yazid ordered the ropes to be cut off.[^10] They were lined up on the stairs to the gate leading to the [Umayyad Grand] mosque as was their custom with all captives, and the sacred head was placed in front of Yazid who kept looking at the captives and reciting these verses: We took to patience, and on patience we set our minds, While our swords chopped off heads and hands. We were splitting heads of men held by us as dear But they to unkindness and injustice were more near.

Then he turned to al-Nu’man Ibn Bashir and said, “Praise to Allah Who killed him [al-Husayn].” Al-Nu’man said, “Commander of the faithful Mu’awiyah used to hate killing him.” Yazid said, “That was before he rebelled. Had he rebelled against the commander of the faithful, he would have killed him.”[^11] May the heavens crush the earth And may annihilation or resurrection overwhelm the world. The veils of ‘Ali 's daughters, the best of all women, Are made freely accessible to the da’is .

Captives on lean beasts of burdens were they conveyed, With heads uncovered, a country bids them farewell As another, bemused, eyes them. So should their eyes be tearful, Or should they of exhaustion be unable to walk, The chambered lady that she is, With cruelty the Shimr of prostitution would whip her, And with his cruelty agonize her as he In his grudge would rebuke her.

She has none to protect her except a haggard Ailing, with sickness afflicted and in pain, A sick man suffering nightly from cuffs and chain, Conveyed on a conveyance of hardship and cruelty. They took him at night, handcuffed, into the depths Of a plain he never before traversed. Iron consumed his flesh And affected him so his blood in his neck overflowed. He sees children cry and women wail, And livers from fear almost soar.

As the head of his father, Muhammad's grandson Is hoisted before the captives on a spear. They took him to Syria unwelcome As its people celebrated their “victory”. They took him to the court of Hind's son Pleased with his “victory”. And Marwan with pleasure is elated And the head of his father, the grandson of the nabi , Is presented in a gold washbowl before a da’i Overtaken by pleasure and arrogance, One who used to hide his apostasy.