1. My praise of Khalid ibn al-Walid
Is like praising a father from Walid

2. How not, when he is the decider who wore
The necklace of conquest, a precious bead

3. A blessing from him in the breasts of deserts
Placed by the doer of a praiseworthy deed

4. The owner of the auspicious appearance that adorned
The pillar of supremacy with opinions right and lead

5. That is the sword of God, fierce in the din of war
Protecting the glory that unique glory does feed

6. That is the sword of openings showing
Flashes of shedding in the necks of each stubborn steed

7. He took the lead and won in the field of war
Sacrificing it with the most noble bloodshed

8. By his determination, the heights bear witness
As do the white mountain goats in the mountains and reed

9. Raids of determination that did not
Reveal their extent by the might of iron at speed

10. How many words against the enemies in his kidneys
Useful words of lethal utterance that succeed

11. His action Arabized, built on conquest
To lift Islam, confirmation without misdeed

12. The Kaaba, by it the multitudes argue
Then circled the firm pillar of force, indeed