سَقى اللَهُ قَتلى بِالفُراتِ مُقيمَةً

وَأُخرى بَأَثباجِ النِجافِ الكَوانِفِ

God watered some slain near the Euphrates

And others near Athbaj of lofty Najaf.

فَنَحنُ وَطِئنا بِالكَواظِمِ هُرمُزاً

وَبِالثَنيِ قَرنَي قارِنٍ بِالجَوارِفِ

We marched to Hormuz with the Kawazim

And the twin horns of Qarnayn at Jaraf.

وَيَومَ أَحَطنا بِالقُصورِ تَتابَعَت

عَلى الحيرَةِ الرَوحاءِ إِحدى المَصارِفِ

When we besieged the palaces, there followed

At Hirah and Rawhaa a bloody aftermath.

حَطَطناهُمُ مِنها وَقَد كادَ عَرشُهُم

يَميلُ بهِم فِعلَ الجَبانِ المُخالِفِ

We made them descend from there while their throne

Almost toppled with them by acts of the coward.

رَمَينا عَلَيهِم بِالقَبول وَقَد رَأَوا

غَبوقَ المَنايا حَولَ تِلكَ المَحارِفِ

We shot at them accepting the arrows while they saw

The signs of death around those arrow-slits.

صَبيحَةَ قالوا نَحنُ قَومٌ تَنَزَّلوا

إِلى الريفِ مِن أَرضِ العُرَيبِ المَقانِفِ

At dawn they said: “We are a folk who descended

To the open country from the land of veiled Arabs.”