1. مَن مُبلِغُ الصِدّيقِ قَولاً كَأَنَّهُ

    إِذا قُصَّ بَينَ المُسلِمينَ المَبارِدُ

    Who will convey to al-Siddiq a message that seems,

    when recounted among the Muslims, like rasping files?

  2. أَتَرضى بِأَنّا لَم تَجِفَّ دِماؤُنا

    وَهَذا عَروسٌ بِاليَمامَةِ خالِدُ

    Are you content that our blood has not yet dried,

    while this man, Khalid, is a bridegroom in al-Yamamah?

  3. يَبيتُ يُناغي عِرسَهُ وَيَضُمُّها

    وَهامٌ لَنا مَطروحَةً وَسَواعِدُ

    He spends the night speaking tenderly to his bride and embracing her,

    while our heads and forearms lie cast aside.

  4. إِذا نَحنُ جِئنا صَدَّ عَنّا بِوَجهِهِ

    وَتُلقى لِأَعمامِ العَروسِ الوَسائِدُ

    When we come, he turns his face away from us,

    while cushions are laid out for the bride's paternal uncles.

  5. وَما كانَ في صِهرِ اليَماميَّ رَغبَةٌ

    وَلَو لَم يُصِب إِلّا مِنَ الناسِ واحِدُ

    Nor was there any desire to marry into the Yamami's family,

    even had only a single person been struck down.

  6. فَكَيفَ بِأَلفٍ قَد أُصيبوا كَأَنَّما

    دِمائُهُمُ بَينَ السُيوفِ المَجاسِدُ

    So what of a thousand who were struck down, as though

    their blood amid the swords were red-dyed garments?

  7. فَإِن تَرضَ هَذا فَالرِضا ما رَضيتَهُ

    وَإِلّا فَغَيِّر إِنَّ أَمرَكَ راشِدُ

    So if you approve of this, whatever you approve is acceptable;

    and if not, change it; surely your judgment is sound.