1. كَأَنّي بِهِمْ إِذْ خالَفوا بَعْضَ أَمْرِهِ

    وقَدْ جُمِعَتْ أَعْناقُهُمْ والسَّلاسِلُ

    It is as though I see them, when they defied part of his command,

    their necks and the chains already brought together;

  2. وصيغَتْ خَلاخيلٌ لَهُمْ وأَساوِرٌ

    عَلى أَنَّ حاليها مَدى الدَّهْرِ عاطِلُ

    anklets and bracelets fashioned for them—

    though their wearer remains forever unadorned.

  3. فلا نُزِعَتْ تِلْكَ الأَساوِرُ عَنْهُمُ

    ولا فارَقَتْهُمْ في الحَياةِ الخَلاخِلُ

    May those bracelets never be taken from them,

    nor may the anklets leave them in this life.