لِلَّهِ غارَتُنا وَالمَحلُ قَد شَجِيَت

مِنهُ البِلادُ فَصارَ الأُفقُ عُريانا

Our refuge crumbled and the place was left in ruins

The lands around it laid bare and vacant

حَتّى صَبَبنا عَلى هَمدانَ صَيَّقَةً

سُؤُرَ الكِلابِ وَما كانوا لَنا شانا

Until we poured on Hamdan a torrent

Of dogs' piss for they were nothing to us

فَظَلَّ بِالقاعِ يَومٌ لَم نَدَع كَتَداً

إِلّا ضَرَبنا وَلا وَجهاً وَلا شانا

So a day remained where we left no ones face or name

That we did not strike down in that place

ثُمَّ نَزَعنا وَما اِنفَكَّت شَقاوَتَهُم

حَتّى سَقَينا أَنابيباً وَخِرصانا

Then we moved on and their wretchedness persisted

Until we flooded pipelines and cisterns

وَما أَرَدناهُمُ عَن غَيرِ مَعذِرَةٍ

مِنّا وَلَكِنَّهُ قَد كانَ ما كانا

It was not our intent to harm without cause

But it came to pass as providence ordained

سِرنا نُريدُ بَني نَهدٍ وَإِخوَتَهُم

جَرماً وَلَكِن أَرادَ اللَهُ هَمدانا

We sought the tribe of Banu Nahd and their kin

Though not by malice, but God willed Hamdan