أقتيبُ قد قلنا غداة أتيتنا

بدلٌ لعمركَ من يزيدٍ أعور

The morning you came to us, my friend,

was better than the extended life of the one-eyed Yazid.

شتّان من بالصبح أدرك والذي

بالسَّيفِ شمِّرَ والحروبُ تَسعَّرُ

Far, far different is he who meets the dawn

girded with sword, while around wars flare up,

حولان باهلة الألي من ملكهم

مات الندى فيهم وعاش المنكرُ

from the tribe of Aliah, who lost their domain -

sin lives among them, and virtue is dead.