وَقِدماً أَبَينا أَن نُقِرَّ ظُلامَةً

وَقِدماً رَتَقنا كُلَّ فَتقٍ مِنَ الأَمرِ

We refused to lighten the darkness,

And we tore apart every seam of the matter,

وَكَم مِن غَنِيٍّ قَد سَلَبناهُ وفرَه

بِأَسيافِنا حَتّى أَقامَ عَلى العُسرِ

How much wealth we robbed from the wealthy

With our swords until he endured hardship,

بِضَربٍ يزيلُ الهامَ عَن سَكَناتِهِ

وَطَعنٍ بِأَطرافِ المُثَقَّفَةِ السُّمرِ

With blows that remove anxiety from his dwellings,

And stabs with sharpened spearheads,

وَمِن شيعَةِ المُختارِ قَبلُ شَفَيتُها

بِضَربٍ عَلى هاماتِهِم مُبطِلِ السِّحرِ

And I drank from the sect of Al-Mukhtar before

With blows upon their skulls, nullifying magic.