1. دَعَيتُم أَنَّنا لَكُمُ قَطينٌ

    وَقَولُ الفَخرِ يَخلِطُهُ الفُجورُ

    You claimed that we were your servants;

    And boastful speech is tainted by falsehood.

  2. جَرَيتُم لَيسَ ذالِكُمُ كَذاكُم

    وَلَكِنّا رَحىً بِكُمُ تَدورُ

    You have gone too far; that is not so.

    But we are a millstone that turns upon you.

  3. وَلَو رامَت جموعُكُمُ بِلادي

    إِذَن كَرَّت رَحانا تَستَديرُ

    And if your armies sought my land,

    Then our millstone would turn again, whirling.

  4. فَلَلنا حَرَّكُم بِلَوى قَديسٍ

    وَلَم تَسلَمَ هُنالِكَ بَهرَسيرُ

    We blunted your fury at the sandy bend of Qadis,

    Nor did Bahrasir escape unharmed there.

  5. فَتَحتُ البَهرَسيرَ بِإِذنِ رَبّي

    وَأَعدَتني عَلى ذاكَ الأُمورُ

    I conquered Bahrasir by my Lord's leave,

    And circumstances aided me in that.

  6. وَقَد عَضّوا الشِفاهَ لِيُهلِكونا

    وَدونَ القَومِ مِهراءٌ جَرورُ

    And they bit their lips, intent on destroying us;

    Before those men stood a crushing mill, drawing them in.

  7. وَطاروا قِضَّةً وَلَهُم زَئيرٌ

    إِلى دارٍ وَلَيسَ بِها نَصيرُ

    And they took flight, scattered, roaring,

    To an abode where there was no helper.