لَعَمري لَقَد رَدَّ الزَمانُ وَرَيبُهُ

نَفيسَةَ مِن مُلكٍ إِلى شَرِّ مَقعَدِ

By my life, time and its vicissitudes

Have brought down Nufaysa from kingdom to the worst abode,

سَبِيَّةَ قَومٍ لَو دَعَت لَأَجابَها

بَنا الحَربِ ضَرّابو يَدَي كُلَّ أَصيَدِ

A captive of a people who, had she called them, would have answered her,

Men of war, strikers with every hand.

وَلَو لَم يَمُت آلُ المُهَلَّبِ لَم تَكُن

تَناوَلُها بِالرِجلِ مِنكَ وَلا اليَدِ

Had not the Al of Muhalhil perished,

She would not have been handled by you, neither by hand nor foot.

تَنَحَّ أَهانَ اللَهُ مَثواكَ خاسِئاً

عَنِ اِسمِ نَبِيِّ المُسلِمينَ مُحَمَّدِ

May God abase your dwelling! You have turned away

From the name of Muhammad, prophet of the Muslims.