1. A brute was appointed as commander, to no good end,
Then the commander instructed them to march on,

2. Wherever you disturb the people and drive away every bird,
The birds evaded you in surprise, and dreams of al-Zubayr deceived you.

3. What was allotted to me of Palestine was a heavy, lame mule and a camel train,
A Khath'ami muleteer, a Jurjumani guide, campaigning with the son of Numayr.