أَلا يا اِسلَمي عَلى الحَوادِثِ فاطِما

فَإِن تَساليني فَاِسأَلي بي عالِما

O Islam, take caution against calamities,

If you ask me, then ask me as one who knows.

غَدَونا إِلَيهِم وَالسُيوفُ عِصِيُّنا

بِأَيمانِنا نَفلي بِهِنَّ الجَماجِما

We marched against them, our swords our walking sticks,

We swore oaths to strike off their heads.

لَعَمري لَأَشبَعنا ضِباعَ عُنَيزَةٍ

إِلى الحَولِ مِنها وَالنُسورَ القَشاعِما

By my life, we will satiate the hyenas of Unayzah

For a year with them, and the voracious eagles too.

تُمَكَّكُ أَطرافَ العِظامِ غُدَيَّةً

وَتَجعَلَهُنَّ لِلأُنوفِ خَواطِما

Their bones will crackle as they are torn apart in the morning

And their skulls will be reduced to shattered fragments.

وَمُستَلَبٍ مِن دِرعِهِ وَسِلاحِهِ

تَرَكنا عَلَيهِ الذِئبَ يَنهَسُ قائِما

We left him stripped of his armor and weaponry

With the wolf standing over him, tearing and devouring.

فَأَمّا أَخو قُرطٍ فَلَستُ بِساخِرٍ

فَقولا أَلا يا أَسلَم بِمُرَّةَ سالِما

As for Akhw Qurt, I will not mock him,

Rather say “O Aslam, say it gently.”