لَقَد عَلِمَت قُرَيشٌ يَومَ بَدرٍ

غَداةَ الأَسرِ وَالقَتلِ الشَديدِ

Quraysh knew well the day they faced us

At Badr, when captives fell and battle raged-

بِأَنّا حينَ تَشتَجِرُ العَوالي

حُماةُ الرَوعِ يَومَ أَبي الوَليدِ

That we are men who, when the stallions stampede,

Defend their fillies on the day of Abū Walīd.

قَتَلنا اِبنَي رَبيعَةَ يَومَ ساروا

إِلَينا في مُضاعَفَةِ الحَديدِ

We slew the sons of Rabī‘ah when they came

Against us multiplying sharpened swords.

وَفَرَّ بِها حَكيمٌ يَومَ جالَت

بَنو النَجّارِ تَخطِرُ كَالأُسودِ

With them fled Ḥakīm when the tribe of Najjār

Charged like lions - he deserted them far off.

وَوَلَّت عِندَ ذاكَ جُموعُ فِهرٍ

وَأَسلَمَها الحُوَيرِثُ مِن بَعيدِ

Then rallied the tribes of Fihār and fled,

Abandoned by al-Ḥuwairith from afar.

لَقَد لاقَيتُمُ خِزياً وَذُلّاً

جَهيزاً باقِياً تَحتَ الوَريدِ

You met dishonor and humiliation then

A lasting shame that seeps into your veins

وَكانَ القَومُ قَد وَلَّوا جَميعاً

وَلَم يَلوُوا عَلى الحَسَبِ التَليدِ

As all the tribes had turned and fled away

No longer firm in their ancestral claim.