أَلا اِحذَروا في حَربِكُم أَبا الحَسَن

فَلا تَروموهُ فَذا مِنَ الغبَن

Beware in your war of Abu Al-Hasan

Beware, in your war, of Abu al-Hasan;

Do not seek to fight him, for that is folly

Do not seek to challenge him, for that is an act of folly.

فَإِنَّهُ يَدُقُّكُم دَقَّ الطَحن

وَلا يَخافُ في الهياجِ مَن وَمَن

For he will crush you with the crushing of a mill

For he will surely crush you as the millstone grinds the grain,

And does not fear in battle whoever threatens

And in the heat of battle, he fears no man, whoever he may be.