1. Your beauty has subdued all nations
Arabs and non-Arabs alike surrender to it

2. Judgment runs according to your desires - if hearts
Stray from it, the summits obey your command

3. It revives and gives life to the souls of those who seek refuge in it
With you there is bounty, though your folds conceal adversity

4. As if it holds the lifespans in its grasp
And from its dwellings gives and takes away

5. Numayr called and it answered, though there cowardice and valor perished
Fear was kept from it while still sheathed

6. Not every unsheathing means blood is spilled
Your book sufficed over an army you would prepare

7. And the sword acquiesced when the pen was satisfied
O ambition! The glory of Islam carried thanks to you

8. And the blessings, next to it, seemed small
Is there, by the grave of Shabib, any acquaintance of yours?

9. Sometimes one does what condolences do
His virtue and the earth between you called you

10. And it is the duty of the exalted to heed family ties
You had no reticence in what he said

11. Nor deafness to what he spoke
The disdain of a people whose pride you brought

12. If they call you to protect it, they have done no wrong
They died but live on through mention of them

13. For praise is generosity that has no end
Your swords revived the dead honor of Mudar

14. And with their flashing dispelled the darkness
For them there was one proof of glory

15. Until you were created and religion and nobility became two
Your enemies said the paths of glory were obscure

16. And it matters not if you see them while they are blind
How often have they who envied you concealed

17. The mantle of a towering one until morning unveiled him
You have made rise from it undying suns

18. And they opposed you saying it was their nature
They assented to no wondrous thing from a stranger

19. Unless they already in their ignorance exceeded what they knew
Nor obeyed you until after realizing

20. That the likes of them cannot disobey the likes of you
Your swords healed an illness rooted in their disloyalty

21. And every healing, however complete, leaves a scar
O son of the lofty, they suckled contrary to the dew and grew

22. On its pearls then died before they were weaned
Do not grieve for their death when they go

23. For none of them died while you are they
What informs people of a folk whose remainder

24. Is Abu Salama except that they are at peace