1. Prepare yourself like one prepared for battle
For the matter has gone beyond compromise

2. And I have already waged war against you
That torments the old man with bitter water

3. A reminder, whenever it is corrected
I add another, not peaceful

4. Its fire rages with embers and has come
When it subsides, like the fires of eloquence

5. And there is no end to a mourning woman who consoles
What she laments and declares with weeping

6. Taghlib exceeded oppression against us
Without crime to be counted or sin

7. Except a dog that howled in an empty belly
To prevent the sanctity of the permitted belly

8. So when we saw and realized
The punishment of tyranny lifting its wing

9. I diverted misfortune to him on an ill-omened day
For him a cup of accessible death

10. The petty tyrannies of aggression form a people
And invite others to righteousness

11. Leave me be, I am confused and the time has come for me
To hurl horses, meeting spears

12. And I have no ambition I hope for my brother
Except the sinful and the impudent steed