1. To ransom the sons of Najjar my mother and aunt
The morning you attacked with culture and vigilance

2. And courage of the living, Amr ibn Malik
When they marched victory was assured for them

3. By Allah, I won't forget their lives of affliction
The morning they shot Amr with back-breaking arrows

4. And escaped the day of panic, Aws ibn Khalid
Bleeding profusely like a thrush stained at the throat

5. So if you survive it, O Jawwi, it still is
A vastness like the belly of a cave, deep and dark