1. God willed that you be blessed with good fortune,
So none can deny what you seek nor turn it back.

2. When fate refuses something you force it upon her,
Then it returns being attainable to you.

3. Aleppo fulfilled its promise though after delay,
And the best union is that after estrangement.

4. The crescent was never the first to appear
When pleased, no rancour remained in its heart.

5. My pact with it was white until you attained it,
Your lances reddened and faces darkened.

6. A group brandishing the banner of glory around you
When they sought, they attained; when they tied, they pulled tight.

7. Swords of brown steel and coats of mail like white eagles,
Quivers of bows and straight spears.

8. Eyes of onlookers were dazzled and faces of men
Darkened like its aversion - unbending.

9. They saw you and feared your prowess, and the like of them
Find it hard to be disgraced by you.

10. They believed in the miracles that descended upon them
But only after the barrier was opened.

11. God made succeed a people who yielded their neighbour's home
While the lion clutched it in its claws.

12. They shot Aleppo after its people became helpless,
Pacts of perfidious ones having no loyalty.

13. Vile natures have no faithfulness or neighbourhood,
So their treachery is not hidden nor fire concealed.

14. They went away praising distance in avoidance of you,
For humiliation is only where distance protects them.

15. They remained steadfast till you rose over them
As the rays of morning met bleary eyes.

16. If you show them goodwill it is a gift, no reward nor praise,
And if blamed for excesses, the misguided oft rave at them, by them the right is made distinct.

17. When their burdens could barely flee, and no mockery or zeal remained,
They came to you recounting the past, and had they kept

18. Their pact it would be as they claimed,
But they coveted by deceit an unattainable goal,

19. God willed that only your servant could limit it.
They never submitted with sincerity, and with them

20. Good fortune never aligned.
Your brown swords helped you on the slope of the pass,

21. Loyal long swords, no perverse or malignant ones.
They gained no aid from Qais, and a mother has two steps:

22. A father, and one she attains herself.
Abu Hazim, how could Rabiah' yield you victory

23. When between us is a pact and affection?
How could humiliation escape us and them

24. When our swords are Indian steel and theirs are the same?
The day of Marj you did nothing unfamiliar,

25. Nor can you be blamed for any act.
And a people who impugned my honour - had I wished

26. I would have unleashed a torrent of dispraise,
But dishonour is only that between their homes

27. Are talks containing no dispute or denial.
The sword erased what they said, and many a pedigree

28. Did your biting blades refine.
When discourse grew intricate I had marvels at hand,

29. Deemed nonsense by listeners, or knots.
And plotting against enemies whose quivers

30. Launch no salvos of peace or coolness.
Abu Sabiq, God sends His victory against no faction

31. Except you are its counter.
Congratulations on the kingdom you attained by right,

32. With the swords of nobles, no inheritance or aid.
You have the lofty lineage above any rank,

33. Your prestige is higher than Nuza' or Ad.
God made people comply to an idea

34. In which they were certain that you are the sword and the support.
Some summoned the Turks so calamity befell them -

35. But God knows what the diligent man has done.
Had they united you would altogether be against wrongdoing,

36. The gentle lion would ward off harm from the tender.
But they listened to the words of a slanderer

37. Who visits them with gossip or rises early.
So if the fruits of his view become evident in them

38. The master may be taken to account for the acts of a servant.
And if they opt for peace you would heed in them

39. Bonds that glory refuses to neglect.
Peace is but an opportunity for a fighter

40. From you gaining some loot or captives each day.
You remained an asset to me - excellence of your wisdom

41. Is glorious, carefree life and plenty.
With you is victory - swords you tested

42. So the worthy became distinct when unsheathed.