كَم في بَني الرومِ مِن أُعجوبَةٍ مَثَلِ

وَفي بَني العُربِ مِن ذي نَجدَةٍ بَطَلِ

Among the sons of Rome, how many a wondrous paragon!

And among the sons of the Arabs, how many a valiant hero!

إِنّا بِأَسيافِنا نَعلو أَكابِرَهُم

قَسراً وَتَقتُلَنا الوِلدانُ بِالمُقَلِ

With our swords, indeed, we overcome their great men

by force—yet their youths kill us with their eyes.

إِذا اِنصَرَفنا بِقَتلى مِن سَراتِهِمِ

نالوا التِراتَ بِلَحظِ الأَعيُنِ النُجُلِ

When we turn back, having slain men among their nobles,

they exact their vengeance with the gaze of wide eyes.