أَلا أَبلِغا عَنّي الخَليفَةَ أَنَّنا

غَلَبنا عَلى نِصفِ السَوادِ الأَكاسِرا

Listen—both of you, tell the caliph on my behalf that we

wrested half of al-Sawad from the Khosrows;

غَلَبنا عَلى ماءِ الفُراتِ وَأَرضِهِ

عَشِيَّةَ جِزنا بِالسُيوفِ الأَكابِرا

we gained mastery of the Euphrates’ water and its land,

on the evening we came with mighty swords.

فَدَرَّت عَلَينا جِزيَةُ القَومِ بَعدَ ما

ضَرَبناهُمُ ضَرباً يَعُطُّ الشَوابِرا

Then the people’s tribute poured in upon us, after

we struck them a blow that split their jaws.