أَلَم تَرَ قَومي إِذ دَعاهُم أَخوهُمُ

أَجابوا وَإِن يَغضَب عَلى القَومِ يَغضَبوا

Did you not see my people when their brother summoned them?

They answered, and if he turns his wrath upon a tribe, they share his wrath.

هُمُ حَفَظوا غَيبي كَما كُنتُ حافِظاً

لِقَومِيَ أُخرى مِثلَها إِذ تَغَيَّبوا

They guarded my honor in my absence, just as I was a guardian

Of the same for my people whenever they were away.

بَنو الحَربِ لَم تَقعُد بِهِم أُمَهاتُهُم

وَآباؤُهُم آباءُ صِدقٍ فَأَنجَبوا

Sons of war—their mothers did not hold them back,

And their fathers were fathers of truth who sired noble sons.