وَقَرى باعِثٌ أُسيد حَرباً

في النَواحي يَشُبَّ مِنها الضِراما

And an instigator served Usayd a feast of war,

From which the blaze flares across the regions.

جَرَّدَ السَيفَ ثائِراً بِأَخيهِ

يَقتُلُ الكَهلَ مِنهُمُ وَالغُلاما

He bared the sword, avenging his brother,

Killing the old men among them and the boys.

فَمَلَأنا الدِلاءَ حَتّى عُراها

عَلَقاً بَرَّدَ القُلوب السِقاما

Then we filled the buckets right up to their handles

With clotted blood that cooled the hearts’ fever.