1. إِنّ الأَعاجم عند الحرب قد عرفوا

    أَربابَ حربٍ وأَبطالاً أَبابيلا

    Indeed, the non-Arabs have come to know in battle

    masters of war and heroes in throngs.

  2. بالقادسيّة والأَحياءُ شاهدةٌ

    رَدَّت كتائبُنا الفُرسانَ والفيلا

    At al-Qadisiyyah, with the clans as witnesses,

    our battalions drove back the horsemen and the elephant.

  3. مازال قومي لدى الهيجاء إِن لَقِحَت

    حربٌ ضَروسٌ تراهم نحوَها حِيلا

    My people have always been amid the fray; whenever war grows pregnant—

    a fierce, biting war—you see them resourceful in facing it.

  4. مَن سالموهُ فإِنّ السِلمَ راحتُه

    أَو حاربوهُ فقد يلقى التناكيلا

    Whoever they make peace with, peace is his repose;

    or if they war against him, he may well suffer exemplary punishment.