أَلا هَل أَتى فِتيانَ قَومي أَنَّني

تَسَمَّيتُ لَمّا إِشتَدَّتِ الحَربُ زَينَبا

Has the news reached the youth of my people that I

Have donned the name Zainab when war grew intense,

وَأَدنَيتُ جِلبابي عَلى نَيتِ لَحبَتي

وَأَبدَيتُ لِلقَومِ البَنانِ المُخَضَّبا

And have tucked up my skirts upon a solemn resolve

To smite with my spear strongly, devoid of all sense?