وَإِن تَكُ حَربُكُم أَمسَت عَوان

فَإِنّي لَم أَكُن مِمَّن جَناها

Though your war finds you now unprepared,

I was not of those whom it spared,

وَلَكِن وُلدُ سَودَةَ أَرَّثوه

وَشَبّوا نارَها لِمَنِ اِصطَلاها

But the sons of Sawdah kindled its flame

Against those who would seek to defame,

فَإِنّي لَستُ خاذِلَكُم وَلَكِن

سَأَسعى الآنَ إِذ بَلَغَت أَناها

I do not forsake you, but rather

I strive ever onward together