1. بِئسَ ما قاتَلَت خَيابِرُ عَمّا

    جَمَعَت مِن مَزارِعٍ وَنَخيلِ

    How poorly Khayabir fought to defend what

    it had amassed of fields and date palms.

  2. كَرِهوا المَوتَ فَاِستَبيحَ حِماهُم

    وَأَقاموا فِعلَ اللَئيمِ الذَليلِ

    They hated death, so their protected domain was overrun,

    And they behaved like a base, abject man.

  3. أَمِنَ المَوتِ تَهرُبونَ فَإِنَّ ال

    مَوتَ مَوتَ الهُزالِ غَيرُ جَميلِ

    Do you flee from death? For the

    death—the death of wasting away—is not beautiful.