1. Why is there no shepherd at the pasture today
Except for the deafness of the bell, a deafness that deafens?

2. Sa'd and the Ghuttarif have been absent from aiding it
The tribes of Qa'qa' have attacked and subdued it

3. It did not deter them with mightiness so that
The traces of its stabs do not echo at the pasture

4. No lowing at the watering places, nor grazing
In a chain from among the forearms

5. And the swords that were sheathed to protect
And death in their concealed inner thoughts

6. Every weak, defeated person is counted as a rebel
Due to his changing of color and radiance

7. And the rough cloaked ones from the Arabian peninsula
Whose palms obey after conflict

8. Like the ribs of pregnant she-camels, they stirred heroes
That are not guaranteed to be faithful to covenants

9. God sought through hatred a people
Who confined us in a rugged, desolate abode

10. They wronged their neighbor through villainy and impudence
Though they themselves were not hungry

11. And they wanted to replace him, so they sold him
For a trifle, while glory cannot be sold

12. Would that they had devoted themselves to asceticism and chastity
As they devoted themselves to greed

13. And hopefully the situation will change and they will recompense
With a measure of debt, a measure for a measure

14. How strange that we feel secure in the world
And are content with its affection through deception

15. When just yesterday it shook the family of Sasan
And destroyed the followers of Tabuk

16. So they are a lesson for us and a tale
That fills the hearing if the one with understanding perceives

17. Passions and repose from hardship
We seek cure through them from pains

18. As if, when luxury takes control
We will not be denied any of its possessions

19. It cuts off the ambitious conqueror, the pride
Of the kingdom, with loss and haste

20. And it aspires to the heights without diminishing
A diminishing even while in need and hastening

21. The people thought him a fertile pasture
If he was among them while he (himself) was a shepherd

22. Conjectures do not go too far with him, nor does he
Restrict himself to less than what souls desire

23. He made the horses gallop like fast sailing ships
And provoked their fires with fanning

24. He left no gaze from a spy to escape
From his resolute determination and strong arms

25. Then he turned towards Iraq with sails
Of generous heavens, quickly setting out

26. It repaired every stumbling and evaded
Every right from rights that were neglected

27. So it accomplished its purpose, while the illness that pains you
Will not be cured unless you dress it with bandages

28. You - on the day of Ahvaz you excelled in battle
And were most excellent in your skill

29. You prevented sleep to protect a kingdom
Which, were it not for you, would be prey to loss

30. With an arm whose might is lofty
And a breadth in noble deeds and exertions

31. And an ardor like the torrents that flow in the night
Over the peaks of the sand dunes with thundering

32. From its spoils - when the chief of Thursday is victorious -
Is the entirety for you if you gain the upper hand

33. You pardoned the sins of men who were not
Rewarded for long practice and industry

34. They are skilled at fleeing when the affliction proves true
And unskilled at the harvest of ripe fruits

35. Like ostriches, they rush into adversity wherein is for them
The whistling of the winds and the wastelands

36. You did not reproach them but protected them
From vileness, harmful speech and slander

37. When you were wronged you were gentle and compassionate
A dutiful son who does not refuse a fair compromise

38. What you are able to do of noble pardon
When you have power is not your utmost capability

39. And the heights are not reached by the hands
Of everyone with extensive reach

40. None of the mourners are seen hastening to the tombs
Or the mourners, when they are sluggish and late

41. They are all enamored with it, impassioned
And its sister are those brought close through striving

42. They mount in their seeking of it the poverty of lions
And walk on the humps of serpents

43. And massive bodies are of no use to pillars
Unless in a skill or wrestling

44. And when threats are rendered powerless, then in authority
Is a restraining that straightens the bending of nature

45. Then if threats deceive you, in the sword
Is a remedy that heals the pain of headaches

46. Do not disgrace them with censure and protect it
From the blemish of their rabble and riffraff

47. They have hawks in the tribes that when they arrive
And the cries of wild animals disturb them

48. Of what meaning are they if the forehead of warriors
Is not struck by them in brave combat?

49. We have dispatched from the wombs of poetry
Every well-formed handiwork of artistry

50. It spreads across the land between Tangiers and China
To its people without need for traveling

51. Sometimes it is nourished by the foam of its seas
And sometimes by its biting sarcasm

52. It observes the love of hearts so it is not burdened
By its generosity and pasture lands

53. And when faces are unveiled before the eyes
It continues to unveil them to the ears

54. After your arrival we were not tested with distance
Nor was there from you a day of farewell

55. So recall the covenant between us in tranquility
That leaves the servant leaning on the pasture

56. Do not entrust it to expectations, and inspire it
Surely the matter belongs to the obeyed commander