1. By my life, verily Hanifa has forged a sword
Swords that refused to be shamed on the day of battle

2. Swords with which Hanifa was striking
The noble deeds of days that turn young men gray

3. With them they met those who slandered Khalid
And had it been other than the truth, they would have denied it

4. Did you see the Kharijites the day you met them
At Burqan, a day that turns the expanse yellow

5. So the swords shone at Burqan and the spears
Showed sincerely the devotion to Islam that was kept hidden

6. They made for Mas'ud and his sister Zainab
A cloak and gown of red death

7. No shame to a sword with its erect blade
If a hand of Lujaym should waver and break

8. They came down to the Abode of the Protectors, protectively
As they prevented dates for those who were ripening

9. Were it not for the men of Hanifa who fought
With Burqan, the shoulder of religion would have grown frail

10. A ransom for them while alive and in death
When death dons death and is adorned

11. Nights of Lujaym at Dhara and which of us
Will face them and be the most prudent in the fray