1. Our land we guarded from every living being
As did Thaqif within its environs
١. مَنَعنا أَرضَنا مِن كُلِّ حَيّ
كَما اِمتَنَعَت بِطائِفِها ثَقيفُ
2. A band came to despoil them
But swords stood in the way of that
٢. أَتاهُم مَعشَرٌ كَي يَسلِبوهُم
فَحالَت دونَ ذلكُمُ السُيوفُ