1. بطشت يا فضل في دمشق

    وفي بنيها أشد بطش

    You struck savagely, O Fadl, in Damascus,

    and among her sons with the fiercest violence.

  2. وكم بنات بها بدوراً

    كانت وصارت بنات نعش

    And how many maidens there, once full moons,

    became Daughters of the Bier!