قالوا اشتكت عينها فقلت لهم

قالوا اشتكت عينها فقلت لهم

من كثرة القتل مسّها الوصبُ

من كثرة القتل مسّها الوصبُ

They said, “Her eye is ailing.” I said to them:

They said, "Her eyes complained." I replied,

“From so much killing, illness has afflicted it.

"From so much killing, soreness struck them."

حمرتُها من دماء من قتلت

حمرتُها من دماء من قتلت

والدم في النصل شاهدٌ عجبٌ

والدم في النصل شاهدٌ عجبٌ

Its redness comes from the blood of those it has slain,

I reddened them with the blood of those I killed,

And the blood on the blade is a wondrous witness.”

And blood on the blade is a wondrous witness.