فَإِن يُقتَل بَنو عُثمانَ فيها

فَهُم قَتَلوا المَوالي وَالصَميما

If the sons of Uthman are killed therein

Then they killed the loyalists and the bosom friends

وَهُم قَتَلوا بَني الصَبّاحِ حَتّى

كَأَنَّ عَجوزَهُم كانَت عَقيما

And they killed the sons of Al Sabaah until

It was as if their old woman had been barren

وَأَبقَت هَذِهِ الأَيّامُ مِنّا

وَلَم تَرضَ لَنا إِلا كَريما

And these days have left us

And were not content with us except the generous

فَوارِسَ يَطعَنونَ الخَيلَ شَزراً

لَدى الهَيجا وَيَروونَ النَديما

So the horsemen stab the horses fiercely

By Al Hayja and they water the wheat