1. أَلا لَيتَ شِعري هَل أَتى مَكَّةَ الَّذي

    قَتَلنا مِنَ الكُفّارِ في ساعَةِ العُسرِ

    Ah, would that I knew whether news has reached Mecca of those

    We slew among the unbelievers in the hour of hardship.

  2. قَتَلنا سَراةَ القَومِ عِندَ رِحالِهِم

    فَلَم يَرجِعوا إِلّا بِقاصِمَةِ الظَهرِ

    We slew the people's chiefs at their encampments;

    And they returned with nothing but a back-breaking blow.

  3. قَتَلنا أَبا جَهلِ وَعُتبَةَ بَعدَهُ

    وَشَيبَةَ أَيضاً عِندَ نائِرَةِ الصَبرِ

    We slew Abu Jahl, and Utbah after him,

    And Shaybah too, amid the blaze of steadfast combat.

  4. وَكَم قَد قَتَلنا مِن كَريمٍ مُرَزَّءٍ

    لَهُ حَسَبٌ في قَومِهِ نابِهِ الذِكرِ

    And how many a noble man, sought for his bounty, we slew,

    Of honorable standing among his people, renowned in name.

  5. تَرَكناهُمُ لِلخامِعاتِ تَنوبُهُم

    وَيَصلَونَ ناراً ثُمَّ نائِيَةَ القَعرِ

    We left them to the limping hyenas that revisit them,

    And then they will burn in a fire whose bottom lies far below,

  6. بِكُفرِهِمُ بِاللَهِ وَالدينُ قائِمٌ

    وَما طَلَبوا فينا بِطائِلَةِ الوِترِ

    For their disbelief in God, while the faith stands firm.

    Nor did they pursue any claim of blood vengeance against us.

  7. لَعَمري لَقَد قَلَّت كَتائِبُ غالِبٍ

    وَما ظَفِرَت يَومَ اِلتَقَينا عَلى بَدرِ

    By my life, Ghalib's battalions have indeed dwindled,

    And they did not triumph the day we met at Badr.