1. يا عين بكي عتبه

    شيخاً شديد الرقبه

    O eye, weep for ʿUtbah—

    a chieftain, stout-necked,

  2. يطعم يوم المسغبه

    يدفع يوم المغلبه

    who gives food in time of famine

    and drives the foe back on the day of battle.

  3. إني عليه حربه

    ملهوفة مستلبه

    For his sake I am enraged,

    anguished and bereft.

  4. لنهبطن يثربه

    بغارة منثعبه

    We shall surely descend upon Yathrib

    in a raid that pours forth like a flood,

  5. فيها الخيول مقربه

    كل جواد سلهبه

    its horses mustered and ready,

    every steed tall and long-limbed.