1. With my own self from the youths, every submissive weakling
Who is stricken but does not complain or fret

2. And disgusted with what he called amidst his group
Yet no long arms or hands protected him

3. He saw his sword more loyal to him than his bosom friend
So he took refuge in it, for the dear one is forbidden

4. When reputations clash and the distance is jumped
And the tremendous matters are frightening

5. None is like the Indian sword of the Caliphate, sharp
With it the limit of tribulations is turned back and cut off

6. Firm of the sheaths of the heart, not made little of him
By the flashing of foreheads and the tottering commotion

7. You see him when you come seeking his help
Beautiful of smile, while in commotion, most comely

8. Rbcc, the perfume merchant, his clothes
When he walks proudly dressed and the intermingled

9. In you for whoever opposed you and took you as a confidant
Are traits in which good and evil are all gathered

10. Close to whoever draws near you with his heart
Even if he is one whose two wrapper garments are raveled

11. And remote from the misguided one, though his mouth appeals to you
And his smile amid the breasts bites sharply

12. Your father contends with the king on a night of slaughter
And a day of deluge while holding to the saddle strap

13. And said to the whites of India, every contender
Without you in conflicts is betrayed and severed

14. Grudges, if the sword did not cure their illness,
Would have harmed, and what thing other than the sword avails?

15. When forbearance does not turn to you, so treat it
By slashing it, for evil is dispelled with evil

16. And be like the pillar of the state, the sweet, and act
As the crown of the faith, the bitter, was wont to act

17. They both bequeathed the glory of life and exalted
To the ultimate height above which is no ascent

18. And they died but no man died who has virtues
That discourse revives, transmitted and rehearsed