أحِينَ بلغْتَ ما كُنَّا نُرَجِّي

أحِينَ بلغْتَ ما كُنَّا نُرَجِّي

وكنتَ على أنُوفِ الكاشحِيناَ

وكنتَ على أنُوفِ الكاشحِيناَ

Was it when you attained what we had hoped for,

When you reach what we hoped for

and stood above the noses of your spiteful foes,

And you become haughty to the subdued

أبا بكْرٍ ثَوَيْتَ رَهِينَ رَمْسٍ

أبا بكْرٍ ثَوَيْتَ رَهِينَ رَمْسٍ

يَخْبُّ بَنْعيِك المُتَعجِّلُوناَ

يَخْبُّ بَنْعيِك المُتَعجِّلُوناَ

that you, Abu Bakr, lay captive to a grave,

O Abu Bakr you became hostage to a lance

while those in haste hurry with news of your death?

Those in haste grieve for your death