1. O Hajjaj, truly God has granted you the utmost limit,
Which the aspirations of others fall short of attaining.

2. O Hajjaj, your sword shall not be blunted, but only
By the decree of God wherever He has ordained it.

3. When Hajjaj descends upon an ailing land,
He follows its disease to its furthest extent and cures it.

4. He cures it of insoluble, entrenched disease
Like a young man shaking the spear that quenches its thirst,

5. Quenching its thirst with the blood of rebels and healing it,
When it grows restive one day and its harm is feared.

6. When Hajjaj hears the neighing of an equine troop,
He prepares their settlements for them before they descend.

7. He prepares for them sharpened Persian scimitars
In the hands of men who milk their lobes.

8. Thus no virgin womb or ally has birthed his equal
In Nejd or any land where its ruins decay.

9. O Hajjaj, do not grant the rebels their wish,
And God does not grant the rebels their wish.

10. No oath-breaking traitor who assumed the pledge
And broke God's covenant made it great then annulled it.