1. للَه يوم في الكنيسة التي

    في سفح خلّتها الحجال تجندلُ

    By God, what a day at the church where

    On the slope of its hollow, the partridges were felled!

  2. هزت بزاة الصيد فيه مخالباً

    تقتاد أرواح الحجال وتنسلُ

    Hunting hawks brandished their talons that day,

    Carrying off the partridges’ souls and darting away.

  3. فغدت بنو حجلان وهي صريعة

    والفتك فيها والتعدد يعملُ

    So the sons of Hajlan lay slain,

    While slaughter and multiplicity were at work among them.