سُقْتُم كِنانَةَ جَهْلاً مِنْ سَفَاهَتِكُمْ

سُقْتُم كِنانَةَ جَهْلاً مِنْ سَفَاهَتِكُمْ

إلى الرّسُولِ فَجُنْدُ اللهِ مخزيهَا

إلى الرّسُولِ فَجُنْدُ اللهِ مخزيهَا

You drove Kinana in ignorance, out of your folly,

You led Kinana in ignorance and foolishness

Against the Messenger—and God's army will disgrace her.

To the Messenger, so God's army will humiliate her

أوْرَدْتُموها حِيَاضَ المَوْتِ ضَاحِيةً

أوْرَدْتُموها حِيَاضَ المَوْتِ ضَاحِيةً

فالنّارُ مَوْعِدُهَا والقَتْلُ لاَقيهَا

فالنّارُ مَوْعِدُهَا والقَتْلُ لاَقيهَا

You brought her, exposed, to the pools of death;

You brought her to the valleys of death joyfully

So the Fire is her rendezvous, and slaughter awaits her.

So Fire is her destination and killing will meet her

جمَّعْتُمُوهَا أحابيشاً بلا حَسَبٍ

جمَّعْتُمُوهَا أحابيشاً بلا حَسَبٍ

أَئِمَّةُ الكُفْرِ غَرَّتْكُمْ طَوَاغِيهَا

أَئِمَّةُ الكُفْرِ غَرَّتْكُمْ طَوَاغِيهَا

You mustered her as Ahabish bands, without noble lineage;

You gathered her riffraff without lineage

The leaders of unbelief—her tyrants—have deceived you.

The leaders of unbelief deceived you, her followers

أَلا اعْتَبَرْتُمْ بِخَيْلِ اللهِ إذ قَتَلَتْ

أَلا اعْتَبَرْتُمْ بِخَيْلِ اللهِ إذ قَتَلَتْ

أهْلَ القَلِيبِ وَمَنْ أَلْقَيْنَهُ فِيها

أهْلَ القَلِيبِ وَمَنْ أَلْقَيْنَهُ فِيها

Did you not take warning from God's cavalry when they killed

Did you not learn from God's cavalry when they killed

The people of the well and those they cast into it?

The people of Qalib and whoever we threw in it

كَمْ مِنْ أَسِيرٍ فَكَكْنَاهُ بِلاَ ثَمَنٍ

كَمْ مِنْ أَسِيرٍ فَكَكْنَاهُ بِلاَ ثَمَنٍ

وجَزِّ نَاصِيةٍ كنَّا مَوَالِيها

وجَزِّ نَاصِيةٍ كنَّا مَوَالِيها

How many a captive we freed without a price,

How many captives did we free without ransom

And many a forelock we clipped—we were its masters.

And cut off heads we were masters over them