إِنّا عَلى ما كانَ مِن حادِثٍ

لَم نَبدَإِ القَومَ بِذاتِ العُقوق

We did not start the tribe with the same wrongdoing

From what had happened in the past

قَد جَرَّبَت تَعلِبُ أَرماحِنا

بِالطَعنِ إِذ جاروا وَحَزِّ الحُلوق

Our spears had tried

Stabbing when they opposed and intense grief

لَم يَنهَهُم ذَلِكَ عَن بَغيِهِم

يَوماً وَلَم يَعتَرِفوا بِالحُقوق

That did not prevent them from their oppression

One day and they did not recognize rights

وَأَسعَروا لِلحَربِ ثيرانَها

لِلظُلمِ فينا بادِياً وَالفُسوق

And they ignited the wars, their beasts

For the injustice in us visible and the immorality

أَلَيسَ مَن أَردى كُلَيباً لِمَن

دونِ كُلَيبٍ مِنكُمُ بِالمُطيق

Isn’t it who attacked everyone

Without any attack from you with the capable

مَن شَرَعَ العُدوانَ في وائِلٍ

اِقتَرَفَ الظُلمَ وَضَنكَ المَضيق

Who legislated the transgression in crucial times

Committed injustice and tight distress

بَدَأتُمُ بِالظُلمِ في قَومِكُمُ

وَكُنتُم مِثلَ العَدُوِّ الحَنيق

You started with the injustice in your people

And you were like the burning enemy

وَالظُلمُ حَوضٌ لَيسَ يُسقى بِهِ

ذو مَنعَةٍ في كُلِّ أَمرٍ يُطيق

And injustice is a basin, not watered

Of ability in every manageable matter

فَإِن أَبَيتُم فَاِركَبوها بِما

فيها مِنَ الفِتنَةِ ذاتِ البُروق

So if you refuse, then embark on it

With what is in it from temptation, that of lightning