نفَّثت بنو الشام الدما وتتابعوا

للموت من طاغِ ومن مسكين

The people of Sham shed blood and followed one another

To death, whether mighty or poor,

حلَّ القضاء بهم ووالى قهرهم

فالكلُّ مذبوح بلا سكين

Fate descended upon them, and he who ruled them was cruel,

So they were all slaughtered without a knife.