1. Alas! I wish I knew: did he who killed
The infidels for us in the fray, when we

2. Were hard pressed, come to Mecca today?
He killed their leaders at their encampment ere

3. They could return, and in shock departing were.
He killed Abu Jahl and, after him, Utba,

4. And Sheeba too, by the fires of steadfastness.
How many honored, glorious men we slew!

5. Men of repute among their kith and crew.
We left them to the deep pit that swallowed them in,

6. To burn, then plunge to hell-fire seething within.
Their unbelief in God did them confound,

7. Nor sought they profit from us battle-crowned.
By my life, the regiments Ghalib led