كأَنَّ الرُّعودَ خِلالَ البُرو

كأَنَّ الرُّعودَ خِلالَ البُرو

قِ والرّيحُ تُكْثِرُ تَحْريضَها

قِ والرّيحُ تُكْثِرُ تَحْريضَها

As though the thunderclaps amid the light-

ning, with the wind urging them on ever more,

زُنوجٌ إِذا خَفَقَتْ بَيْنَها

زُنوجٌ إِذا خَفَقَتْ بَيْنَها

دَبادِبُها جَرَّدَتْ بيضَها

دَبادِبُها جَرَّدَتْ بيضَها

were Black men who, when among them

their drums beat, unsheathe their gleaming swords.