1. لَيتَ خَيلي يَومَ الخُجَندَةِ لَم تُه

    زَم وَغودِرتُ في المَكَرِّ سَليبا

    Would that my cavalry, on the day of Khujanda, had not been

    defeated, and I had been left stripped on the battlefield,

  2. تَحضُرُ الطَيرُ مَصرَعي وَتَرَوَّح

    تُ إِلى اللَهِ في الدِماءِ خَضيبا

    with birds gathering at the place of my death, and I had departed

    to God, stained with blood.