1. The heights are attained with keen insight
And climbing the summits and embracing noble goals

2. And a stab when the battle ignites and the warriors
Charge like camels over the rugged terrain

3. And a blow that topples the resolve of every gallant
Boldly facing terrors, generous and apt

4. Glory is not gained by one whose sole pursuit
Is singing ditties and romancing the fair

5. None has reached the peaks but the steed of courage
Of little forethought regarding the future’s traps

6. Bold against foes, bitter his thrust
Far-reaching, plentiful in gifts and graces

7. Ally of Sora, fulfilling every land that
His fleet coursers traversed, surpassing the desert’s breadth

8. Through which his horses plunged into the fray, and crushed
The heights perforce, in the breasts of battalions

9. He learned from the feats of Prince Muhammad
And became the sovereign of all ranks

10. A youth whose steeds have never ceased, each day
To divide the wealth of the warring enemy

11. With it he wages valiant raids, most glorious
Swift to confront plainly, devoid of schemes

12. Brave, when morn arrives, their dawn
Is but the tilting grounds of jousters

13. He drove the foe from its protection and claimed it
So its lions became like foxes to him

14. No land remains that his steeds have not crossed
Shattering its pillars with their chests

15. Ask the sons of Malik about him in battle
For none absent is like one present in knowledge

16. When at dawn they fled defeated and surrendered
Despite them, every fair-skinned warrior maiden

17. He came upon them with an army filling the horizon
Except for youth and graybeard heeding the summons

18. When they saw it was he, their only weapon
Was the dust of battered armor

19. Did the raid on their homes by dark knights
And shining swordsmen avail them aught?

20. At dawn he came to them under a darkening sky
Its hissing tongues like stars beneath

21. And the warning came that they take
The moral path, leaving the roadside clear

22. But they rejected the counsel of integrity and turned away
Holding assumptions - oh what lies!

23. So he made their dawn a darkness that obscured
The east and the west's horizons from them

24. And they tarried but briefly before fleeing
Like sheep before ravening wolves

25. Absent of wealth, destitute and surrendered
To the torment of giggling fortune's caprice

26. And Ibn Mudhakkir arose bearing his mantle
Warning all lords of his raids

27. He who was derelict after Dhahmash
Said loyalty in such times was not requisite

28. And when the people of Sham came led
By fate like docile steeds to a rider

29. Sa'eed, Mas'oud and their youthful band
Marched the denuded horses between the dunes

30. They envied the people of Hejaz and advanced
From Sham with their tribes and regiments

31. A knight of flawless pedigree met them roaming the waste
With horses and spears, dreading no calamities

32. Blows that make the valiant despair, accustomed
To denying respite and spurning pitiful entreaties

33. Naught saved them but flight and a neighbor
Who came to them with no honor for the fleeing

34. Yet they claimed in their claim that their horses
Would trample the towns of Bahrain on every side

35. Alas! They essayed but were prevented by the swords
Of Ibn Fadl of high repute and feats

36. And the noble youths of Siddiq and Aqil
Burdensome to the foe, honorable and apt

37. With them they attained their hopes and goals
And the most lofty ranks were theirs to keep

38. He is the puissant lord and lion who built
His glory above the piercing stars

39. To him the bowed necks submitted, and the land
Revived after those ruinous times

40. You see at his court the envoys of kings held
As one departs, another arrives in fear

41. Of ravages known to them that he inflicts
On enemies, the cries of elephants

42. Inheriting from ancient Ad and Jurhum
And Afsa's Hueyb and ages past

43. And the Prince of Believers inclined to him in love
And named him Chief of the Noble Arabians

44. He protected the righteous from the Iraqis' grasp, and seized it
To Syria, and grasped the reins of Na'ib

45. By his lofty glory, every fearful
And intimidated soul was empowered, enriched by his munificence

46. Never has Rabiah lacked one such as him
To establish glory or grant bounty

47. Nor have his days ceased in prosperity
Protected and secure his sanctuary and flanks