1. جاءَ عِذارٌ يا أَبا الفَتحِ

    مُبَشِّراً بِالنَصرِ وَالفَتحِ

    Cheek-down has appeared, O Abu al-Fath,

    heralding victory and conquest.

  2. فَاِغتَنِمِ الفُرصَةَ مِن قَبلِ أَن

    يُعزَلَ والي الحُسنِ بِالقُبحِ

    So seize the opportunity before

    the governor of beauty is deposed by ugliness,

  3. وَيَطلَعُ الكُردِيُّ في غَيهَبٍ

    مُعَربِداً بِالسَيفِ وَالرُمحِ

    and the Kurd emerges in pitch darkness,

    rampaging with sword and spear.