1. O Mansur, your might is a mercy upon us
Even if the enemies say it is torment

2. Why does not every army you lead prevail?
With you as its supporter and backer is triumph

3. Yours are the two swords which
The ready sword and the answered prayer

4. Did any of them creep into your sanctuaries
Except that punishment from you rained down on him

5. Or come to you as a sneaking spy
Except a shooting star there burned him

6. Or did the deluded one among them leave his cave
One day except to return to it

7. So whenever they sought to mangle your home
And leave with plunder, their souls left as plunder

8. They erred and thought they had knowledge
While sometimes visions deceive the eyes like a mirage

9. Those registers did not avail them
Which were present but from comprehending were veiled