1. Had you not defended Iraq
On that fateful morning, with war raging,

2. Had you not shielded the people,
They would have vanished from the face of earth.

3. When they met the cavalry of Damascus
Death and war awaited in Al-Mushrifiyyah.

4. They left Yazid’s young men confounded
In Al-Aqir, their chiefs and nobles decimated.

5. Guarding him was Shinan in his brigade
As spears and lamentations rained.

6. For courage exists not without his support
Nor gifts, except what he endows.