ولَمَّا بَدَتْ تلْكَ السيوفُ جَداولاَ

غَدَتْ لنفوس الشِّرك بالموت مشَربا

When those swords appeared as streams

Death for the souls of polytheists became a drink

وإصبَغُ سَهْم المنجنيق تشيرُ بال

تَشَهد إذْ لاحَ العدوَ مُصَلِّبا

And the dye of the catapult's arrow indicates

Bearing witness when the enemy appears crucified

ليُرسلَها في الجوِّ صاعقةً يُرى

لها كلُّ بُرْج هابطاً مًتَلَهِّبا

To send it in the air as lightning that can be seen

For it every tower descending inflamed

وأرعدَتِ الكوساتُ والبيضُ في الطلى

بَوارقَ لَمْ تُبرقْ منَ الدّم خُلبا

And the bows and whites in the assaults thundered

With flashes that did not flash from blood mixed