كَلَتْ سيوفُ لَحْظِ مَنْ هَوَيْتُهُ

وَضُرِّجَتْ مِنَ القلوبِ بالدَّمِ

The swords flashed in an instant against those I struck down

And hearts were drenched with blood

فَسَنّها الكحّالُ حتّى فَتَكَتْ

بيضُ ظُباها بالسّوادِ الأَعظَمِ

So it sharpened them, the kohl, until they ripped open

The whiteness of their enemies with the greatest darkness