لَقَد قالَ أَبو بَكر

لَقَد قالَ أَبو بَكر

صَواباً بَعدَما أَنصت

صَواباً بَعدَما أَنصت

Indeed, Abu Bakr spoke

Abu Bakr spoke truthfully

Rightly, after listening in silence:

After he listened carefully

خَرَجنا لَم نَصد شَيئاً

خَرَجنا لَم نَصد شَيئاً

وَما كانَ لَنا أَفلَت

وَما كانَ لَنا أَفلَت

We went out and caught nothing,

We went out and gained nothing

And what was ours got away.

And we had no escape