أَتَتنا قُرَيشٍ حافِلينَ بِجَمعِهِم

عَلَيهِم مِنَ الرَحمَنِ واقٍ وَناصِرُ

Quraysh came to us with their abundant throng

Against them stood the Merciful as helper and defender

فَلَمّا دَنَونا لِلقِبابِ وَأَهلِها

أُتيحَ لَنا رَيبٌ مَعَ اللَيلِ ناجِرُ

When we drew near to the tents and their people

Doubt befell us with the coming of night

أُتيحَت لَنا بَكرٌ وَحَولَ لِوائِها

كَتائِبُ يَخشاها العَزيزُ المُكاثِرُ

Morning came to us and around its banner

Were battalions it fears, the mighty aggressor

جَثَت دونَهُم بَكرٌ فَلَم نَستَطِعهُمُ

كَأَنَّهُمُ بِالمَشرَفِيَّةِ سامِرُ

Morning fell upon them, yet we could not overcome them

As if they were protected in Mashrifiyyah

وَما بَرِحَت خَيلٌ تَثورُ وَتَدَّعي

وَيَلحَقُ مِنهُم أَوَّلونَ وَآخِرُ

And their horses did not cease raging and vaunting

While the first and last of them escaped

لَدُن غَدوَةً حَتّى أَتى اللَيلُ وَاِنجَلَت

عَمايَةُ يَومٍ شَرُّهُ مُتَظاهِرُ

From dawn until night came and the darkness intensified

The evil of a day whose harm spread

وَما زالَ ذاكَ الدَأبُ حَتّى تَخاذَلَت

هَوازِنُ وَاِرفَضَّت سُلَيمٌ وَعامِرُ

And this continued until Hawazin turned back

And Sulaim and Amir retreated

وَكانَت قُرَيشٌ يَفلِقُ الصَخرَ حَدُّها

إِذا أَوهَنَ الناسَ الجُدودُ العَواثِرُ

Quraysh, whose blades could split rock

When the eternal covenants enfeebled people

وَكانَت قُرَيشٌ لَو ظَهَرنا عَلَيهِمُ

شِفاءً لِما في الصَدرِ وَالبُغضُ ظاهِرُ

Quraysh, if we had prevailed over them

It would have cured what was in our hearts, though hatred appeared