صبحت كل حريم في قلمرية
بغارة أنت فيها الفارس النجد
Every woman in Al-Qalamriya has become
A raid in which you are the glorious knight
بئس الصباح صباح المنذرين بها
ونعم غزو أمير أمره رشد
What a miserable morning, the morning of those who were warned of it
And what a great conquest, the commander whose order is right
لها الصفايا مع المرباع من نفل
في طيه سيد الكفار والبلد
For it the clear goblets along with the four-stringed lute as a bonus
In its folds the master of the infidels and the city
قالوا لعل ظباء أقبلت سنحا
إلى خمائل ترعاهن أو ترد
They said, perhaps mountain cows came
To the stunted palm trees that they pasture or drive away
تلك الظباء عراب الخيل دونكم
نهد وورد وذبّال ومنجود
Those mountain cows are the steeds of your army
Soft and rose-colored, adorned and trained
من كل سابحة طارت بفارسها
كأنها لقوة في عطفها أسد
From each swimmer her knight flew
As if in the strength of its shoulders a lion
يسبيهم الجيش ما امتدت أعنته
كالنار توسع حرقا كل ما تجد
The army captures them however far its assistance extends
Like fire that flares up burning all it finds
فكانت الخيل تطماهم دواهمه
والمشرفية تلقاهم فتنتقد
So the horses trampled them in their shelters
And the balconies spotted them and picked them out
تخلى الرقاب من الأعلاج ان غلبوا
على الحريم وتستحيي المها الخرد
The necks were freed of chokers if they overpowered
The women, and the young girls were too shy
إذا رأى ابنته الفيران قد سببت
مضى يقول الا لله من يئد
When a father saw his daughter taken captive
He walked saying, except God who can help
لما رأوك وبحر الموت ملتطم
ومن حميم المذاكي فوقه زبد
When they saw you and the sea of death surging
With hot anxiety atop it like foam
صلوا إلى سيفك المسلول وانحرفوا
عن الصليب الذي تلقاءه سجدوا
They prayed to your unsheathed sword and veered
From the cross which facing it they bowed down
وكان موعدهم والحين أنجزه
لكي تراق دماء مالها قود
And their appointment was at that moment fulfilled
So that blood without defender would pour
يوما من القيظ يسود السلام به
كأنّ كل كلام فيه مفتأد
A day of sultry heat on which peace turns black
As if all speech in it was anguished
وفاض سيفك نهرا في ظهيرته
فأقبلت نحوه الأرواح تبترد
And your sword overflowed in its raid a river
To which souls came to cool off
