سائِل بَني الأَشعَرِ إِن جِئتَهُم

ما كانَ أَنباءُ أَبي واسِعِ

Ask the tribe of Bani Ash'ar, if you come upon them,

What was the news of my father Waasil?

إِذ تَرَكوهُ وَهوَ يَدعوهُمُ

بِالنَسَبِ الأَقصى وَبِالجامِعِ

When they left him calling out to them

With the closest kinship and shared faith,

وَاللَيثُ يَعلوهُ بِأَنيابِهِ

مُنعَفِراً وَسطَ دَمٍ ناقِعِ

Yet the lion was tearing him with its fangs

Bellowing amid gushing blood,

لا يَرفَعُ الرَحمَنُ مَصروعَهُم

وَلا يُوَهِّن قُوَّةَ الصارِعِ

But the Merciful did not raise up their fallen,

Nor weaken the strength of the wrestler.