1. O Abu Sufyan, what blood do you seek?
The she-camel's desire is far away

2. Rather, the she-camel is closer to death
It is the unfulfilled hope that increases or diminishes

3. The dagger in a wretched hand deceived you
And who knows which of you will be fortunate

4. It saw a mountain, you can see its firm peaks
Its magnificence makes it shudder and collapse

5. Its great power did not benefit it from the horror
Nor did its enormous strength make it rise

6. Its throat was gripped by the hands of a lion
If not for gentleness, the veins would have been severed

7. It met it with the claws of a fierce, angry one
It rages and its skin shudders in fear

8. It showed the weapons it was hiding
With which the resentful, treacherous one attacks

9. And it was certain that Allah's religion is true
Wandering and misguidance are useless and unbeneficial

10. The one blessed with the grace of his Lord attained good
His guiding, rightly-guided Prophet led him

11. And Amr has come to you, O Abu Sufyan
Where do you turn, alas, or deviate?

12. He is the hero whom Quraysh knew
There is no denial or rejection of him

13. He deceives them, though their plots are not hidden from him
The scheming of one who deceives and conspires

14. The absent one appeared suddenly so they were disturbed
Fear took hold and threats blazed

15. And Mu'awiyah saw him so his
Steely gaze revealed the secret desires of his soul

16. And they said a hunter stalks prey
And we were not the prey of one who hunts

17. And they followed behind him but it was Sulayk
The valiant hero loaned him his wings

18. And a cave in the belly of the earth hid him
So they do not know where the fugitive went

19. He was helped by a companion without fault
A steadfast, brave companion indeed

20. And at the right time, one of them approached enticingly
He has a relentless devil in his poetry

21. He repeats blasphemy in his mouth as an anthem
Repeating it, pleased with the anthem

22. He roared for him, so he lit a fire from him
For which every limb is fuel

23. It blazed and raged, oh what a soul
Once arrogant but now extinguished

24. A Lord cast it into the flames of might
For it, in His great Fire, is eternity

25. The two men, O Amr, are enemies
So for you they are new prey

26. They are the eyes of betrayal among Quraysh
While you are the hand of the Prophet with which he wards off

27. You shot arrows for the sake of the Prophet so one
Struck down poured out his life with a straight arrow

28. And the other you took captive in fright
Collapsing and seeking succor in dismay

29. You brought evil upon Abu Sufyan
So he became downcast and crushed

30. He tasted the bitter juice of terrible loss
And grief destroyed him so he is the bereaved one

31. Life will not regain him, and there is no life
For any but the believers, nor any existence

32. Men whom death does not annihilate
While all the people of the world perish

33. It is faith, not sweet worldly life
That is lived for, nor lasting kingdom