1. I heard my soul speak, so I was seized
By confusion, perplexed and my chest narrowed.

2. After reflecting on what it intended,
I confessed it was right, admitting it fully.

3. I awakened inspiration from its dislike,
So it obeyed me though it never disobeyed an order.

4. It flowed and imagination extended from it,
Writing its revelation line by line.

5. About the war that happened during its time,
So the color of people turned white from it.

6. Its flood overwhelmed them
And the land was completely submerged.

7. Its embers blazed so it scorched the land
As fire scorches the twigs.

8. It darkened with resolve so it flamed with horror,
And touched iron so it melted completely.

9. I see no description for it but what
Zuhair said about it, and that suffices as pride.

10. It's as if the unknown pictured it for him
So he precisely described it and narrated it in verse.

11. If the great wars of the earth were counted,
None would be considered small beside it.