لَعَمري وَما عَمري عَلَيَّ بِهَيِّنٍ

لَقَد صُبِّحَت بِالخِزيِ أَهل النَمارِقِ

By my life, times are not easy for me

The people of luxury woke up in disgrace

بِأَيدي رِجالٍ هاجَروا نَحوَ رَبِّهِم

يَجوسونَهُم ما بَينَ دُرتا وَبارِقِ

At the hands of men who migrated towards their Lord

Attacking them between Durtā and Bāriq

قَتَلناهُم ما بَينَ مَرجِ مُسَلِّحٍ

وَبَينَ الهَوافي مِن طَريقِ البَذارِقِ

We killed them, armed, between Marj and

Musalliḥ, and between al-Hawāfī on the route of al-Badāriq