1. O sword that is neither blunt nor sheathed but sharpened for events
I saw you invite me to praise a people
١. أَلا أَيُّها الْعَضْبُ الَّذِِي لَيْسَ نابِياً
وَلا مُغْمَداً بَلْ مُصْلَتاً فِي الْحَوادِثِ
2. Whose superiority in grave misfortunes is supreme
Yet to praise them and abandon you is like one
٢. رَأَيْتُكَ تَدْعُونِي إِلى مَدْحِ مَعْشَرٍ
تَفُوقُهُمُ عِنْدَ الخُطُوبِ الْكَوارِثِ
3. Who sees rightness is better attributed to a trifler
When I was steadfast in your making
٣. وَإِنِّي وَمَدْحِيهِمْ وَتَرْكَكَ كَالَّذِي
رَأَى الْجدَّ أَوْلى أَنْ يُناطَ بِعابِثِ
4. I am not for it, as long as I live, one who violates pacts
٤. وَكُنْتُ عَلَى عَهْدِ اصْطِناعِكَ ثابِتاً
فَلَسْتُ لَهُ ما عِشْتُ يَوْماً بِناكِثِ