وَمَن رَآني والحِمَارُ مَرْكَبِي

وَمَن رَآني والحِمَارُ مَرْكَبِي

وَزُرْقتي لِلرُّومِ عِرْقٌ قَدْ ضَرَبْ

وَزُرْقتي لِلرُّومِ عِرْقٌ قَدْ ضَرَبْ

And whoever saw me, with a donkey as my mount,

He who has seen me riding a donkey,

And my blue eyes rooted in Byzantine ancestry,

While heading to fight the Romans,

قَالَ إذا أَبْصَرَ شَخْصِي مُقْبِلاً

قَالَ إذا أَبْصَرَ شَخْصِي مُقْبِلاً

لا فَارسَ الخَيلِ وَلا وَجْهَ العَرَبْ

لا فَارسَ الخَيلِ وَلا وَجْهَ العَرَبْ

Said, when he saw my figure approaching:

Would say when he saw me approaching,

“Neither a rider of horses nor an Arab face!”

"No horseman this, no face of Arabs."