1. The two plains became desolate, so it is as if it had no intimacy
Thus the monastery is stronger for the ruins, as the prayer niches of a nation strengthened, whose people perished

2. The enemy spent the night in its outskirts, and at the top of its highest fortresses is a guard
We could not attain it except with an assailant, naked of armor, while under him is a horse

3. Seekers of the lute string as if its form is the crescent of a full moon shining or ember
And youths like swords, settled on horses and corpses, while the night is dark

4. Seeking prey in Thul-Kala and in an old dog, while the prey is sought
The lute string may be sought with bloodshed, and revenge may be attained and filth washed away

5. So they spent the night alive, their women howling at their crime, like how a bell howled