جند من الأحزاب قد نزلوا على

مدن لهم أسوارهن رقاق

Armies of factions descended upon

Cities with fragile walls

فارتاع منهم أهلها فتحصنوا

منهم بهنّ وأحكم الإغلاق

Whose people were frightened and fortified themselves

Against them with defenses and strong barriers

والجند خارجها تحاصر أهلها

قد ضاق منها بالحصار خناقُ

While the armies besieged them from outside

Tightening the siege's noose

يرمون داخلها بنفط أبيض

فيه لمن ناواهم إحراقُ

Throwing inside white petroleum

That burned whoever it doused

حتى إذا طال الحصار عليهمُ

واشتد منه الخوف والإشفاقُ

Until after a prolonged siege

Fear and anxiety grew intense

فتحت وقتّل أهلها وتهدمت

والنار تضرم والنفوس تساق

The city opened and its people were killed and it was destroyed

As fires blazed and souls were led away

وغدت حجارتها تذوب وأرضها

فيها أصابيغ الدماء تراقُ

Its stones melted and its ground

Was saturated with blood of different hues

والملك أفرحُ مايكون بنصرة

تمت هيأها له الخلاقُ

The king rejoiced greatly with the victory

That the Creator had ordained for him