سَبَى الأطفالَ واجتَّز النَّواصي

من الأَبطالِ وانتَسَفَ الدّيارا

He abducted the children and crossed the frontiers

Of the heroes, and their homes crumbled away.

فلم يقتلهُ مُستلماً مُفيقاً

ولكن بعد ما شرب العُقارا

Yet he did not kill him while awake and conscious,

But only after he drank the poisoned wine.

فما إن داذَوَى لَكُمُ بفخرٍ

ولكن داذَوَى فَضَحَ الذِّمارا

So it was not with pride that he called you,

Rather, he exposed the ignominy.

وفيروزٌ غَداةَ أصاب فيكم

وأَضرَبَ في جُموعكُمُ استجارا

And Firuz in the morning inflicted on you all,

Slashing through your assembled hordes.