1. O sons of Sa'd ibn Bakr, greetings!
Attack the people one by one and with vigor.

2. The sedition of the Jews has overwhelmed you
Like the hot south wind that stirs up the flames.

3. In Khaybar there is honey from bee hives
And dates in abundance like the eggs of ostriches.

4. These are the most delicious foods for warriors,
O sons of Sa'd, and the most pleasing drinks.

5. Do you not see today only lances
Of the defenders of truth reciting poems?

6. Today is the day of Ali, so be patient,
Or avoid it as a day of misfortune.

7. O sons of Sa'd ibn Bakr, it is
The kindling of strife, igniting the flames.

8. Beware of it and have mercy on yourselves,
Lest you become fuel for its intense heat.

9. A man led it against you out of fear of being killed
And dread of mishap.

10. He made his eye your eye,
And you were amazed at how the matter was overturned.

11. The army marched and you scattered into pieces,
And valor collapsed so you fled in panic.

12. Nothing but loot prevents them
From plundering you today, O men ready to be plundered!

13. The setback of the dates - if not for its ill omen,
None who suffered its sorrows would have tasted them.

14. Have you not already tested the wretched people
Created for evil, whoever has tested them?

15. They are the plague of the earth or its epidemic -
They legislated usury and followed compound interest.

16. God became angry with them, so they have become
An object of God's growing anger day after day.

17. Doomed is he who thinks that he who transgresses
And defies God will not be overcome!

18. The most astray of people in his worldly life is he who,
When the truth was clear, turned away and refused it.