ووَعادِيَةٍ سَومِ الجَرادِ شَهِدتُها

ووَعادِيَةٍ سَومِ الجَرادِ شَهِدتُها

لَها قَيرَوانٌ خَلفَها مُتَنَكِّبُ

لَها قَيرَوانٌ خَلفَها مُتَنَكِّبُ

And I witnessed a raiding troop sweeping along like locusts;

And with hostility, as locusts I saw her army,

It had a host behind it, keeping to one side.

Behind her was a city of Carthage weeping