جعلوا القنا أقلامهم وطروسهم

مهج العدا ومدادهنَّ دماءَها

They made the spears their pens and the roosters their ink,

The hearts of enemies their ink wells and their blood their ink,

وأظن أنَّ الأقدمين لذا رأوا

أن يجعلوا خطيّةً أسماءَها

And I believe that is why the ancients

Chose to make her name a sin.