1. أَسَرَ المُؤَذِّنَ صالِحٌ وَضُيوفُهُ

    أَسرَ الكَمِيِّ هَفا خِلالَ الماقِطِ

    Ṣāliḥ and his guests captured the muezzin,

    as one captures an armored warrior who has stumbled amid the fray.

  2. بَعَثوا عَلَيهِ بَنيهِمُ وَبَناتِهِم

    مِن بَينِ ناتِفَةٍ وَآخَرَ سامِطِ

    They sent their sons and daughters against him,

    among them, one plucking and another scalding.

  3. يَتَنازَعونَ كَأَنَّهُم قَد أَوثَقوا

    خاقانَ أَو هَزَموا كَتائِبَ ناعِطِ

    They tussled as though they had bound

    Khāqān, or routed the battalions of Nāʿiṭ.

  4. نَهَشوهُ فَاِنتُزِعَت لَهُ أَسنانُهُم

    وَتَهَشَّمَت أَقفاؤُهُم بِالحائِطِ

    They bit into him, and their teeth were torn out because of him,

    and the backs of their heads were smashed against the wall.