مَتى تَأتِنا تُلمِم بِنا في دِيارِنا

تَجِد حَطباً جَزلاً وَناراً تَأَجَّجا

When will you come to us, complete us in our homes

You will find ample firewood and a raging fire

وَمَنزِلَةٍ يا اِبنَ الزُّبَيرِ كَريهَةٍ

شَدَدتُ لَها مِن آخِرِ اللَّيلِ أسرجا

And an unpleasant dwelling, O Ibn Al-Zubayr

I prepared it late at night with packed saddlebags

لفِتيانِ صِدقٍ فَوقَ جُردٍ كَأَنَّها

قِداحٌ بَراها الماسِخِيُّ وَسَحَّجا

For sincere young warriors, atop thoroughbred steeds as though

They were swords polished by Al-Masikhi and sharpened

إِذا خَرَجوا مِن غَمرَةٍ رَجَعوا لَها

بِأَسيافِهِم وَالطَّعنِ حَتّى تَفَرَّجا

When they emerge from darkness, they return to it

With their swords and stabbing until they find relief