1. ألاَ يَتَّقُونَ اللهَ أنْ يَمْنَعُونَنَا الْ

    فُرَاتَ وَقَدْ يُرْوِي الفُرَاتُ الثَّعَالِبْ

    Will they not fear God for denying us the

    Euphrates, though the Euphrates gives even foxes drink?

  2. وَقَدْ وَعَدُونَا الأحْمَرَيْنِ فَلَمْ نَجِدْ

    لَهُمْ أحْمَرَ إلاَّ قِرَاعَ الْكَتَائِبْ

    And they promised us the two red things, yet we found

    nothing red from them except the clash of battalions.

  3. إذا خَفَقَت رَايَاتُنَا طَحَنَتْ لَهَا

    رَحىً تَطْحَنُ الأرْحَاءَ وَالموتُ طَالِبْ

    When our banners flutter, there grinds for them

    a mill that grinds down mills, while Death pursues.

  4. فَتُعْطِي إلَهَ النَّاسِ عَهْداً نَفِي بهِ

    لِصِهْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ حتَّى نُضَارِبْ

    So it gives the God of mankind a pledge we fulfill

    to the son-in-law of God's Messenger, until we exchange blows.

  5. وَكُنَّا إذا ما حَيَّةٌ أعْيَتِ الرقَا

    وَآبَتْ بِصَرٌ يَقْطُرُ السُّمَّ نَابُهَا

    And we, whenever a serpent defied incantations,

    and returned [word unclear], its fang dripping venom,

  6. دَسَسْنَا لَهَا تَحْتَ العَجَاجَ ابنْ مُلْجَمِ

    جَرِيئاً إذَا ما جَاءَ نَفْساً كِتَابُهَا

    would send Ibn Muljam against it under cover of the dust,

    bold whenever a soul's written decree came upon it.