1. Italy, they say, said
my rights from Africa

2. but they divided it
and illuminated me with my own radiance

3. so some are with enemies
and some are with friends

4. until countries remain
cast aside on my path

5. for I am but a sun
that has heralded the dawn

6. so if they say in delight
"I wish I were in dire straits"

7. I have ships on the sea
with fleets in flashes of light

8. like Cannef, leader of my army
who honored me from his group

9. steadfast and clever
none like him in excellence

10. yet today he has become
like one choked and suffocated

11. in glory and fame
you see him as if hanged

12. his sultanate over him is now
like one stunned and shaken

13. since he lost faith in it
woe to him from a friend

14. he was in it drowning
clinging to flotsam

15. shock overtakes him
with gasps and sobs

16. and his army in retreat
and in real ruin

17. they were unable to fight
despite abundant catapults

18. it is said of them in borrowing
"they tasted the torment of the blaze"