1. Alas, who has sorrow at the end of night in darkness,
While others are asleep and a few still converse?

2. For the dreams of people who wished evil upon Muhammad
With injustice-and he who does not avoid injustice will suffer it.

3. They sought foolishly, and the vileness of their affair led them
To charge one whose command was unassailable.

4. You hoped for things without attaining their perfection,
Though you solicited in every land and season.

5. You asked us for a scheme but did not achieve it,
Jabbering and stabbing with a polished blade.

6. You hoped we would be satisfied with Muhammad's murder,
Yet the summits of the lofty mountains were not stained with blood.

7. You lied, by the House of God, until you recognized
Skulls thrown amid the gravel and Zamzam.

8. Wombs will be cut open and a woman will forget
Her dear one, violations will spread after prohibitions,

9. And a people will rise up against you in arms
To defend their rights, every offender.

10. Wronging a prophet who came calling to guidance
And a matter sent by the Lord of the steadfast Throne

11. They are lions, lions of the thicket, when they set out
In wrath, no herald of a teacher was feared.

12. So wake, O Banu Fihr, before the dirges arise
For the dead who will call for regret.

13. For your past rebellion, disobedience,
And your covering up our affairs, every disgrace.

14. Do not count us as submissive or the like
If submission is found in a people, then it is not submission.

15. So these are excuses and gifts for you
Lest war come before the advance.