1. أَرَقنا لَدَيكُم مِياهَ الوُجوهِ

    وَإِهراقُ ذاكَ مِنَ الحُرِّ مُر

    We spilled before you the waters of our faces,

    And for a freeborn man, spilling them is bitter.

  2. وَبِالزَبَداني رَأَينا الخِلاطَ

    خِلاطاً وَكَم دونَها بُكتُمُر

    And at al-Zabadani we saw the mingling

    As Khilat—and how many a Buktumur stood before it!