وَلَقيتهُم لَقيَ الأَعا

جِمِ كَالجَرادِ المُرتَدِفِ

I met them as strangers meet

Like locusts in scattered formation

فَقَطَعت أَصلَهُم وَقَط

ع الأصل أقطع لِلطَّرفِ

So I cut off their roots, and to cut

The root is to cut off the branch