1. Do you know what opponent the nights battle
And what worries leap at calamities?

2. Time ignored me, so it wrote
Upon me all types of afflictions in lines.

3. And it wrongly thought I would submit
To its rule, so that elegies would cry over the mind's corpse.

4. And even if I show stubbornness in its face
And it frowned at me and inclined to hatred in its side,

5. I will forgive its hatred and leaning,
And be astonished at a free noble one it blames.

6. And I will face the great misfortunes with penetrating
Determination, flaming, flaming its fire,

7. And an opinion - when I unsheathe it and sharpen it -
I find a sword whose blades are not blunt.

8. And I am not spineless, who sees the view of his mare
Whenever he rides it, it becomes its rider.

9. It remains when the matter turns away from it, prevented,
Addressing it regarding its affair, and it addresses it.

10. And no one says gently to fate, and its
Harms have overflowed and its twists have boiled.

11. Both its sweetness and bitterness are equal to me,
As are its presence regarding what it wills and its absence.

12. And fate is no opponent I fear, so its matter
Is my war, and no man has honor who does not battle it.

13. Ask its twists - did it watch over me or did
My determination waver when its determination firmed?

14. So how many raids has it launched, raid after raid,
Against me while its spears fled from my encounter?

15. And great adversity is insignificant to me
If the pincers of the scorpion, my cousin's son, insist.

16. And how often is it said what's the use of staying
When the stay of the lost young man is blaming his money?

17. Don't you see that shortage makes
A brother of womb and relatives find faults?

18. When a man does not own wealth of money
His enemies cast him away and his relatives shun him.

19. And whoever makes incapacity his mount
Time and poverty will always accompany him.

20. So stand and daringly ride the horrors, for long
Has wealth benefited the rider of the rugged ship.

21. And do not sit for gloaters, for all of them
Slander, or their cackling comes to you openly.

22. You are the young man, resolute and determined, and the likes of you
Do not find its paths crowded in any region.

23. And the swords do not cut unless they unveil
Themselves from the sheath, even if their blades are Indian steel.

24. And the forest's lion remains harmless
As long as he lurks in the forest, his claws undyed with blood.

25. Likewise is the moon - was it not for its course and transit -
Its planets would gain mastery over it.

26. And you are from the branch over which
The glory of Nizar triumphed, its merits excelling.

27. By you there is the Abdali house which he inhabited,
Whose deserts Murr watered and Qawadib irrigated.

28. And the elevated place of Rabia they ennobled,
Rising high over all the lands in status.

29. So roll up your sleeves and travel east and west, for rarely
Has wealth benefited one who did not roll up his sleeves.

30. So I said to him, do not hurry, for many a time
An hour removes from the days what I blame it for.

31. In the middle of my house, of the Kings of Bani Abi,
Is a zeal which its kindnesses flow to me.

32. If I do not seek refuge in its hopes
My hopes and the clouds will water the soil of my land.

33. So which King do I accept and head
Towards and speak to?

34. And who is one I accept his gifts or I see
His chamberlain competing with me at the gate?

35. And who is like Masoud the Prince when he sets out
Filling with the saliva of favor and the water of his drink?

36. Ask the steeds about him, as if
He plunders their souls while they plunder him.

37. The brother of glorious stabbing, and the shining swords,
And the impact of spears that fill the eyes with terror.

38. The striker of the thick armor, when
The black fates align in its surge and billows.

39. The defender of the nights' heels when they go too far,
Curbing them with the spears that pierce.

40. And the capturer of the champions' souls in battle
While their savior in peace gently captures them.

41. And the bearer of what no chest can endure
Unless its shoulders extend and stretch.

42. The descendant of glory always feared and hoped for,
So his resting grounds are feared and his gifts hoped for.

43. And the splitter - if Qais bin Aasim was struck
By some of it, it would tear open his enclosures.

44. Of much clear sightedness - not in a scheme
Does he endure its evil consequence, whoever accompanies him.

45. Flowing, when no path remains for the eye
And the pebbles of the tyrant silence it in fear.

46. When he is silent, they say does he have someone to converse with?
And if he speaks, they say does he have ambitions that speak to him?

47. Father of Majid, the soil of glory and its foster child,
His father who the horses of good lead to.

48. And his grandfather Ali met - the best who
Galloped to him while his desires met them.

49. The humbler of enemies on days their burdens pass
While in the future are his horses and his virtues.

50. And if he boasts of superiority, the superiority of Ibn Abdil
Is — by my father — his veins and his qualities!

51. A zeal that protected the two seas seven and likewise
Years, while its processions walked the deserts.

52. And no boat beside sand dunes sailed during his time
Except its milk was made permissible to drink.

53. An era when Ameri says to one who sets out
Conversing with him while the ignoramus overcomes him:

54. When will one whose abode the Naibard firebrand burned
Meet one whose ways are distant and black?

55. He had not finished his words when there he was,
Accompanying him while time's wonders overwhelmed him.

56. So he said to him, now we have met and his
Composure thundered while ignorance is bitterness' consequence.

57. And who are those, his forefathers and ancestors?
For who can equal his pride or draw near him?