عُكاشَةُ ما في الغَمْرِ من مُتْخلَّفٍ

خلا الغَمْرُ من عُمَّارِهِ فَهْوَ مُقْفِرُ

Ukasha, none left behind at the battle

Except the battle stripped of its settlers

تناذرَ أهلُوهُ سُيوفكَ فَانْجَلوا

وغُودِرَ وَحْشاً خالياً ليس يُعمَرُ

Their swords warned them so they departed

It was abandoned desolate, uninhabited

خُذِ الشّاءَ والإبلَ السِّمانَ فإنّهم

إلى أجلٍ ما دُونَهُ مُتأخَّرُ

Take the sheep and branded camels

For they are delayed to an appointed time

فإمّا حِمَى الإسلامِ أو حدُّ قاضبٍ

على مَتْنِهِ مِنهم دَمٌ يَتَفَجَّرُ

Either the protection of Islam or the edge of a sharp sword

Upon their backs blood flows forth

عُكَاشَةُ عُدْ بالجندِ غيرَ مُخيَّبٍ

كفى القومَ خِزْياً أن يَفِرُّوا ويُدبِرُوا

Ukasha, return with the army without discouragement

It is enough humiliation for the people that they flee and retreat

لِكُلِّ امرئٍ من نفسِهِ ما تَودُّهُ

وما يكُ من شيءٍ فربُّكَ أكبَرُ

For everything a person loves in himself

And whatever thing that happens your Lord is Greater

له الدّينُ والدّنيا وما بعدَ هذِهِ

فلا شَيءَ إلا ما يَشاءُ ويَقْدِرُ

To Him belongs the religion, worldly life and what comes after it

So there is nothing except what He wills and determines