1. Has the news reached the youth of my people that I
Have donned the name Zainab when war grew intense,
١. أَلا هَل أَتى فِتيانَ قَومي أَنَّني
تَسَمَّيتُ لَمّا إِشتَدَّتِ الحَربُ زَينَبا
2. And have tucked up my skirts upon a solemn resolve
To smite with my spear strongly, devoid of all sense?
٢. وَأَدنَيتُ جِلبابي عَلى نَيتِ لَحبَتي
وَأَبدَيتُ لِلقَومِ البَنانِ المُخَضَّبا