أَلَم أُخبِرِكُما خَبَراً أَتاني

أَلَم أُخبِرِكُما خَبَراً أَتاني

أَبو الكِساحِ جَدَّبَهُ الوَعيدُ

أَبو الكِساحِ جَدَّبَهُ الوَعيدُ

Did I not tell you both of news that reached me?

Did I not bring you news that came to me

Abu al-Kisah—the threat has withered him.

From Abu Al-Kisaah, whom threats have vexed?

أَتاني أَنَّهُم مَزِقونَ عِرضي

أَتاني أَنَّهُم مَزِقونَ عِرضي

جِحاشُ الكِرملَينِ لَها فَديدُ

جِحاشُ الكِرملَينِ لَها فَديدُ

Word reached me that they are tearing my honor apart;

That they have torn my honor into shreds

The ass-colts of al-Kirmalayn raise a din.

The scoundrels of Karmela, for whom my blood is their ransom