أتاكُم غُلامٌ مِن عَرَانِنينِ مَذحِجٍ

جَرىءٌ على الأعدَاءِ غَيرُ نَكُولِ

A youth came to you from honorable Maḍḥij

Brave against enemies, never retreating

فَيَا ابنَ زِيَادٍ بُؤ بِأعظَمِ مَأبَإٍ

وَذُق حَدَّ مَاضِى الشَّفرَتَينِ صَقِيلِ

So O son of Ziyad, lament with greatest sorrow

And taste the sharpness of my polished blades

ضَرَبنَاكَ بِالعُضبِ الحُسَامِ فَلَم نَجُر

إِذَا مَا أَبَأنَا قَاتِلا بِقَتِيلِ

We struck you with the sword of wrath but did not flee

When we, a killer, met with one to be killed

جَزَى اللهُ خَيراً شُرطَةَ اللهِ إِنَّهُم

شَفَوا مِن عُبَيدِ اللهِ أمسِ غَلِيلِى

May God reward well the police of God, they

Quenched yesterday the burning thirst of their oppressed

وَأَجدِر بِهِندٍ أن تُسَاقَ سَبسَّةُ

لَهَا مِن بَنشى إسحَاقَ شَرُّ حَلِيلِ

And Hind deserves to be led in chains

She who wed Isaac's son, the worst of spouses