1. عَلى اِبنِ المُغيرَةِ أَن يُقتَلا

    وَإِن كانَ لِلبَيتِ مُستَقبَلا

    Ibn al-Mughira ought to be killed,

    even if he faces the House.

  2. تَرى وَجهَهُ أَبَداً كالِحاً

    وَعَن نَعَمٍ فَمُهُ مُقفَلا

    You always see his face scowling,

    and his mouth sealed against ‘yes.’

  3. وَما هَلَّلَ اللَهَ يَنجو بِها

    وَلَكِنَّ مِن حُبِّ لا هَلَّلا

    He proclaimed ‘No god but God’ not to be saved by it,

    but out of love for ‘no’ he proclaimed it.