أَسْقَى الإِلَهُ عُدَواتِ الوَادِي

وَجَوْفَهُ كُلَّ مُلِثٍّ غادِي

The God watered the valleys' slopes

And filled each winding ravine that flowed

كُل أَجشَّ حالِك السَوادِ

ما كانَ إِلَّا طَلَقَ الأهْمادِ

Every dark fate that befell was but

A loosening of the tent ropes

وَكَرَّنا بِالأَغْرُبِ الجِيادِ

عَلَى رَكِيَّاتِ بَنِي زيادِ

And we attacked with the noblest horses

Upon the riding camels of the Banu Ziyad

حَتَّى تَحاجَزْنَ عَنِ الرُوّادِ

تَحاجُزَ الرِيِّ وَلَمْ تَكادِ

Until they were cut off from those who came to water

As the wind is cut off, and almost fades