1. What ails your eyes that wakefulness afflicts them
Like kohl beneath the eyelids turned green

2. Eyes worn out by their shedding tears through the night
So tears flood them for a time before they flow

3. Like a string of pearls with its thread cut
Scattered when the necklace came undone

4. O distant home of one whose love you hope for
While he who comes before it meets only ravines

5. Leave what has passed of the days of youth behind
For youth has turned away, old age and senility have come

6. Recall the affliction of Sulaym in its dwelling places
And take pride in Sulaym, O people of pride

7. They are the people of war and violent death, when
Their battalions meet leaders patience ensues

8. A people who supported the Merciful and followed
The religion of the Messenger, though people dissent

9. Among them palms are not planted in rows
Nor do cattle wander grazing in their dwellings

10. Only horses like eagles kept close for battle
In an enclosure, while dangers and hosts lie in wait

11. Called Khufaf, ‘Awf at its flanks
And the tribe of Dhakwan, no wavering or boredom

12. Striking the armies of polytheism at daybreak
At the valley of Mecca, while souls rush forth

13. Until they retreated, and killed them as though they were
Palm trees uprooted in the plain laid open

14. While we at the battle of Hunayn, our stance
Brought glory to the faith, and safety with God

15. As we rode into certain death, the horses
Shying from it, gleaming armor displaced

16. Beneath the banner with Dhahhak leading us on
As the lion walks through the dense woods

17. In a straitened place within the raging battle, its flash
Nearly darkening the sun and the moon

18. And we endured with the patience of lions, our tongues
For God's sake we support whom we wish, and prevail

19. Until some peoples' dwellings were rendered desolate
Had it not been for the Protector and had it not been for us, they would not have left

20. So you see no group, few or many
But by morning among them are our traces