1. أَسَرَ المُؤَذِّنَ صالِحٌ وَضُيوفُهُ

    أَسرَ الكَمِيِّ هَفا خِلالَ الماقِطِ

    Salih and his guests captured the muezzin,

    As one captures an armored warrior who had stumbled in the fray.

  2. بَعَثوا عَلَيهِ بَنيهِمُ وَبَناتِهِم

    مِن بَينِ ناتِفَةٍ وَآخَرَ سامِطِ

    They set their sons and daughters upon him,

    Among them, one plucking his hair and another slapping him.

  3. يَتَنازَعونَ كَأَنَّهُم قَد أَوثَقوا

    خاقانَ أَو هَزَموا كَتائِبَ ناعِطِ

    They tussled as though they had bound

    Khaqan, or routed the battalions of Naʿit.

  4. نَهَشوهُ فَاِنتُزِعَت لَهُ أَسنانُهُم

    وَتَهَشَّمَت أَقفاؤُهُم بِالحائِطِ

    They bit him, and their teeth were wrenched out as a result,

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