1. أدركتُ بالحزم والتدبير ما عجزتْ

    عنه ملوكُ بني مروانَ إذ حشدوا

    Through resolve and planning, I achieved what was beyond

    The kings of the house of Marwan when they mustered their forces.

  2. ما زلتُ أسعى عليهم في ديارِهم

    والقومُ في غفلةٍ بالشام قد رقدوا

    I kept striving against them in their own lands,

    While the people, heedless in Syria, lay asleep,

  3. حتى علوتهُمُ بالسيف فانتبهوا

    من رقْدةٍ لم يَنَمْها قبلَهم أحدُ

    Until I struck them with the sword, whereupon they awoke

    From a slumber no one before them had slept.