1. God watered some slain near the Euphrates
And others near Athbaj of lofty Najaf.

2. We marched to Hormuz with the Kawazim
And the twin horns of Qarnayn at Jaraf.

3. When we besieged the palaces, there followed
At Hirah and Rawhaa a bloody aftermath.

4. We made them descend from there while their throne
Almost toppled with them by acts of the coward.

5. We shot at them accepting the arrows while they saw
The signs of death around those arrow-slits.

6. At dawn they said: “We are a folk who descended
To the open country from the land of veiled Arabs.”