1. قالت إشارة فاتكٍ لمروِّعٍ

    قل لي لمن يستنجد المنبوذ

    A killer’s gesture said to one who strikes terror:

    “Tell me, whom does the outcast call upon for aid?

  2. ما أنت إلا في الحصار معي فلا

    تتعب فكلّ محاصرٍ مأخوذ

    You are only under siege with me, so do not

    wear yourself out, for everyone besieged is taken captive.”

  3. فأجابها باللهِ ثمَّ رسولهِ

    يستنجد المنبوذُ حين يلوذ

    So he answered her: “From God, then His Messenger,

    the outcast seeks aid when he seeks refuge.”

  4. هي نقطةٌ تروى فعند نفوذها

    تحتال إذ عند الرجاء نفوذ

    It is a point recounted; so, when it passes through,

    it devises a stratagem, for with hope there is a way through.