1. أَلا فَاِعلَم أَبَيتَ اللَعنَ أَنّا

    عَلى عَمدٍ سَنَأتي ما نُريدُ

    Take heed, then, and know—may you be spared curses—that we

    will deliberately do what we desire.

  2. تَعَلَّم أَنَّ مَحمَلَنَا ثَقيلٌ

    وَأنَّ زِنادَ كُبَّتِنا شَديدُ

    Know that our burden is heavy,

    and that our host's fire-steel is fierce,

  3. وَأَنّا لَيسَ حَيٌّ مِن مَعَدٍّ

    يُوازينا إِذا لُبِسَ الحَديدُ

    and that no tribe of Maʿadd

    can match us when iron is donned.