1. Beyond the tents' corridors, another tale
Of ghosts wandering in beauty and grace

2. There, Al-Asadi crafts the image
Of his sacrifice for the fairest of faces

3. And tries to awaken the spirit of the elite
Who sowed this desert with manhood and glory

4. He called upon them as glory bore witness
That he called upon the greatest of men

5. Thus the sky was laden with unsheathed swords
And the soil was rigged with lofty deeds

6. He marched them like lions behind their leader
Towards immortality, the brigade of youths

7. Until the keening of dirges wailed aloud
In the heroes' hearing amid their camps

8. He bid farewell, with no heartbeat left
In his heart not quivering in awe

9. Since grief and Zainab met
Choked by her worries and bonds

10. He stemmed her tear's trail on her cheek
And soothed her soul with affection

11. The knights surged with the covenant
Flowing around their necks in grace

12. Take comfort, my lady, and keep
These tears, for they are precious

13. A pledge we planted on the swords
Watered by the pouring of our wounds