وَفِتيانِ صِدقٍ مِن عَدِيٍّ عَلَيهِمُ

صَفائِحُ بُصرى عُلِّقَت بِالعَواتِقِ

And youths true of promise from an enemy upon them

Clear sights were hung with the virgins

إِذا ما دُعوا لَم يَسأَلوا مَن دَعاهُمُ

وَلَم يُمسِكوا فَوقَ القُلوبِ الخَوافِقِ

When called they asked not who called them

Nor held back above their hearts pulsing

وَطاروا إِلى الجُردِ العِتاقِ فَأَلجَموا

وَشَدّوا عَلى أَوساطِهِم بِالمَناطِقِ

And flew to the bare steeds unfettered

And fastened around their waists with belts

أولَئِكَ آباءُ الغَريبِ وَغاثَةُ الـ

ـصَريخِ وَمَأوى المُرمِلينَ الدَرادِقِ

They are the fathers of the stranger and rescuers of the

Screaming and shelter of the lightly-clad wrapt in blankets

أَحَلّوا حِياضَ المَوتِ فَوقَ جِباهِهِم

مَكانَ النَواصي مِن وُجوهِ السَوابِقِ

They put the courtyards of death above their brows

Instead of foreheads from the faces of the outrunners