أَنشُدُ عُثمانَ بِنَ طَلحَةَ حلفَنا

أَنشُدُ عُثمانَ بِنَ طَلحَةَ حلفَنا

طَلقُ النُجومِ لَدَيهِ كَالنَحسِ

طَلقُ النُجومِ لَدَيهِ كَالنَحسِ

I adjure ʿUthmān ibn Ṭalḥa by our pact—

I adjure Uthman son of Talha by our pact.

I call upon Uthman ibn Talha, our oaths were shattered,

though the stars’ fairest aspect is to him like an evil omen—

The stars’ good fortune is to him like ill fortune.

The stars' paths for him were inauspicious omens,

وَما عَقَدَ الآباءُ مِن كُلِّ حِلفَةِ

وَما عَقَدَ الآباءُ مِن كُلِّ حِلفَةِ

وَما خالِدٌ مِن مِثلَها بِمُحَلَّلِ

وَما خالِدٌ مِن مِثلَها بِمُحَلَّلِ

and by every covenant our forefathers bound;

And by every covenant the forefathers concluded.

No pact the fathers tied was like his undoing,

Khalid is not released from any covenant like it.

And Khalid is by no means released from such a covenant.

None like Khalid violated such a bond,

فَلا تَأمَنَنَّ خالِداً بَعدَ هَذِهِ

فَلا تَأمَنَنَّ خالِداً بَعدَ هَذِهِ

وَعُثمانُ جاءَ بِالدُهَيمِ المعَظَّلِ

وَعُثمانُ جاءَ بِالدُهَيمِ المعَظَّلِ

So never trust Khalid after this;

So never trust Khalid after this.

Do not feel safe with Khalid after this,

ʿUthmān has brought on the dark, intractable calamity.

And Uthman has brought the dark, grievous calamity.

Uthman came with shaded spears brandished.