1. O plague, you have reached the protectors
Of the best of lands and its strongest fortresses
١. يا أيها الطاعونُ إنَّ حماةَ مِنْ
خيرِ البلادِ ومِنْ أعزِّ حصونِها
2. You were not so bold when you sensed them at first
And took hold of them, grasping their horns
٢. لا كنتَ حينَ شَمَمْتَها فسمَمْتَها
ولثمْتَ فاها آخذاً بقرونها