لَقَد لَقِيَت قُرَيظَةُ ما سَآها

وَما وَجَدَت لِذُلٍّ مِن نَصيرِ

Qurayza met what they did not expect,

And found no helper against humiliation.

أَصابَهُمُ بَلاءٌ كانَ فيهِ

شَوىً ما قَد أَصابَ بَني النَضيرِ

A calamity befell them, in which

The fate of Banu Nadir was repeated.

غَداةَ أَتاهُمُ يَمشي إِلَيهِم

رَسولُ اللَهِ كَالقَمَرِ المُنيرِ

In the morning he came walking towards them,

The Messenger of Allah, like the shining moon.

لَهُ خَيلٌ مُجَنَّبَةٌ تَعادى

بِفُرسانٍ عَلَيها كَالصُقورِ

He had cavalry, galloping,

With horsemen on them like hawks.

تَرَكناهُم وَما ظَفِروا بِشَيءٍ

دِمائُهُمُ عَلَيهِم كَالعَبيرِ

We left them and they gained nothing,

Their blood upon them like perfume.

فَهُم صَرعى تَحومُ الطَيرُ فيهِم

كَذاكَ يُدانُ ذو الفَنَدِ الخَفورِ

So they lay dead with birds hovering over them -

Thus is judged the shameless traitor.

فَأَردِف مِثلَها نُصحاً قُرَيشاً

مِنَ الرَحمَنِ إِن قَبِلَت نَذيري

So convey a similar advice to Quraysh,

From the Merciful, if they accept my warning.