1. قد أصليت نارها العداةُ

    وأنجزت فيهم العداتُ

    The foes have indeed been made to burn in its fire,

    And the promises concerning them have been fulfilled.

  2. وعمهم بالدمار يومٌ

    تقصر عن وصفهِ الرواةُ

    And a day overwhelmed them with destruction,

    Which narrators fall short of describing,

  3. في مشهدٍ لا تزالُ تُتلى

    آياتُهُ وهي بيناتُ

    In a scene where there is no end to reciting

    Its signs, which are manifest.

  4. فتحٌ مفاتيحُهُ المواضِي

    والعزَمَاتُ المؤيَّداتُ

    A victory whose keys are keen swords

    And strengthened resolves.

  5. ردَّت حمى الفنشَ مُستباحاً

    بيضٌ من الهندِ مُرهفاتُ

    Alfonso's protected domain was laid open to plunder

    By white blades from India, finely honed.

  6. ذَلُّوا الأمرِ الإلِهِ قسراً

    وهم أُولُو نجدةٍ أُباةُ

    They were forced to submit to God's command,

    Though they were valiant, unyielding men.

  7. وغرَّقت جمعهم بحارٌ

    أمواجها الخيلُ والكُماةُ

    And seas drowned their host,

    Their waves were horses and armored warriors.

  8. رأوا لحزبِ الإلهِ صبراً

    والمَوتُ حُفَّت بِهِ الجهاتُ

    They saw steadfastness in God's host,

    While every side was ringed with death.

  9. فحاولوا منهمُ انفلاتاً

    وليسَ للحائِنِ انفلاتُ

    So they tried to escape from them,

    But for the doomed there is no escape.

  10. فلا تسل عن بناتِ ماءٍ

    إن صَرصَرَت حَولَها البُزَاةُ

    So ask not about water's daughters,

    If the hawks screech around them.