زَعَمتُمُ أَنَّ غَولاً وَالرَجامَ لَكُم

وَمَنعِجاً فَاِذكُروا وَالأَمرُ مُشتَرَكُ

You claimed you had power and missiles for yourselves

And military superiority, so remember we share in this matter

وَقُلتُمُ ذاكَ شِلوٌ سَوفَ نَأكُلُهُ

فَكَيفَ أَكلُكُمُ الشِلوَ الَّذي تَرَكوا

And you said that is easy prey which we will eat up

So how did you get eaten up by the easy prey you left behind?

هَل سَرَّكُم في جُمادى أَن نُصالِحَكُم

إِذِ الشَقاشِقُ مَعدولٌ بِها الحَنَكُ

Did it please you in (the month of) Jumada to make peace with us

When the anemones' petals matched your lips in redness?

أَو سَرَّكُم إِذ لَحِقنا غَيرَ فَخرِكُمُ

بِأَنَّكُم بَينَ ظَهرَي دِجلَةَ السَمَكُ

Or did it please you when we joined you without your pride

That you are between the two rivers (Tigris and Euphrates) abounding in fish?

نَفسي الفِداءُ لِمَن أَداكُمُ رَقَصاً

تَدمى حَراقِفُكُم في مَشيِكُم صَكَكُ

My soul is the ransom for him who made you dance to exhaustion

Your anklets jingled during your walking, clink clank