1. Ask for knowledge and recite the Quran, and inquire
Do you woo the beauties without tools?

2. And the thud of their spears on the skulls and the domes
And the shrieking of warriors and clashing of swords

3. And the youth hurling himself into peril openly
And in the tumult of battle beneath the banners

4. And the neighing of steeds, and snorting of camels
And breaking of worn spears and tools

5. And the growling of heroes and fierce raging battle
With grim visage, baring teeth, formidable

6. And the cry "Bear the burden from the right of the folk, bear the burden
To the left wing, turbid like boiling cauldrons"

7. And severing heads in the fray, and splitting skulls
And strewing bellies in the fog of war

8. You will find this in the Spoils, then Repentance
And Ta-Ha and The Family of Imran and the verses of dispute

9. And you are the vanquisher, the hero agreeable
And your reign is just, O son of Wa'il

10. You have ruled and secured the land, so it shone
With your justice, in its valleys and coasts

11. So, O knight, the Gardens and their maidens
Are adorned for the outstanding buyers

12. And verily, burning Fire for every hypocrite
Cramming his skull, betraying God and money squandering

13. O father of campaigns, today aim only for them
For victory of your King, so march and carry high

14. For God's rule and religion have been breached
And the chaste two-stringed lutes have been bartered

15. And the land of worshippers became flowering meadows
By oppressing orphans and weak, helpless widows

16. If Muslim women screamed for the likes of this
Their anklets would move to the sound of my voice

17. If we do not defend the abodes, then we
Are more worthy to spin wool than twirl the spindle

18. How often have I cried loudly, but none responds
Except "Show me the money" atop the saddlebags

19. Whoever asked of them got even more than requested
Is this not a wonder to the reasonable mind?

20. So be, O Ibrahim's son, the best of refuges
When you desire, you gather squadrons

21. You gesture, able with your fingers
Grave affairs have arisen, if you understand

22. And you, by my life, are not ignorant
The ominous, wicked, unjust, usurping despot

23. Spreads and swells, if our fires do not burn him down
When it is said the illustrious knight draws near

24. And the imam of justice, breast of regiments, arrives
You will find in Sana'a commotion and tumult

25. Fear and rumors like the falling of hailstones
Prepare for the fray a market redolent of the embers

26. Of its war, with the flint of resolute warriors
Respond to the summoner to truth, striving

27. If the caller calls for the doing of wrong
Ask your son Iqbal the noble youth, and the victorious one

28. And ask Muharram, the generous one, O son of the excellent
Ask Ibn Zuhayr and Bashir together, and ask

29. Ali ibn Ibrahim - ask, ask, and inquire
Is it not she who is called, O son of Rashid

30. The most sublime of stations is yours in the two abodes?
I came to you, O generous and glorious one, trusting

31. In your son, so aid me and be not a failure
It suffices that I know no fear

32. When the two ranks meet in the contest
For if I fear other than my Lord and His promise

33. I could not trust myself, bound in chains

34. It is the same if I call at the battle “By the Spear!”
Whether I slay him with the sword or he slays me

35. For I have sold myself for Paradise
And everlasting blissful life without end

36. I am not like one who points with his ruin to a home
That passes, and a life that expires, a fool who sells

37. See them like the mirage, and the mirage is like them
Leading its beholder astray in the assemblies

38. If one says, “What is its response?
And what is hoped of the knight of lances?”

39. Say, “A cavalry as plentiful as the night, and the night abundant,
Fulfilling my hopes among the tribes”

40. And bless the Chosen One, our Lord Ahmad
For all time, with brilliance or with twilights