1. أَظَنَّ عُيَينَةُ إِذ زارَها

    بِأَن سَوفَ يَهدِمُ فيها قُصورا

    Did ʿUyaynah think, when he visited it,

    that he would demolish palaces there?

  2. وَمَنَّيتَ جَمعَكَ ما لَم يَكُن

    فَقُلتَ سَنَغنَمُ شَيئاً كَثيرا

    And you filled your host with hopes of what never came to pass,

    then said, “We shall gain abundant booty.”

  3. فَعِفتَ المَدينَةَ إِذ جِئتَها

    وَأَلفَيتَ لِلأُسدِ فيها زَئيرا

    Then you loathed Medina when you came to it,

    and found within it the lions’ roar.

  4. فَوَلَّوا سِراعاً كَوَخدِ النَعا

    مِ لَم يَكشِفوا عَن مَلَطٍّ حَصيرا

    So they turned and fled, swift as the stride of ostriches,

    without lifting a mat from a flank.

  5. أَميرٌ عَلَينا رَسولُ المَلي

    كِ أَحبِب بِذاكَ إِلَينا أَميرا

    Our commander is the Messenger of the King;

    how dear to us is that commander!

  6. رَسولٌ نُصَدِّقُ ما جاءَهُ

    مِنَ الوَحيِ كانَ سِراجاً مُنيرا

    A messenger—we believe what came to him

    of revelation; he was a shining lamp.