1. The youths departed and turned away, so it flashed
From its impact at Qudus, its heat stung the non-Arabs

2. The regiments and sorrows failed, and they recoiled
From a slamming it slammed, ruled by its Judge, the Decisive

3. While they were at Jilya, having folded up their beddings
It leaned against them with the hands of the Victorious Protector

4. We advanced toward them as though a driving cold
Would blow its waves, the souls and the bodies.

5. The ancient was for them a dwelling and a battleground
In it the ordinances, the connections, and the blames.