هززت لهمي والزمان المعاند

شمائل سيف الله ذي البأس خالد

Against my sorrow and defiant time, I invoked

the noble qualities of God's sword, mighty Khalid.

امير بني مخزوم ذو المظهر الذي

حباه مفيض البر خرق العوائد

Prince of Banu Makhzum, the illustrious one whom

the Giver of goodness granted feats beyond customary bounds.

سليل الصناديد الألى آل غالب

جدود رسول الله اهل المشاهد

Scion of the champions, those of the house of Ghalib,

forebears of God's Messenger, men of the battlefields.

اخو الهمة العلياء والعزم والحجى

أبو الفتك بالاعداء يوم الشدائد

Possessor of lofty aspiration, resolve, and wisdom,

master of deadly blows against enemies in days of hardship.

فكم جال في الميدان والحرب فاتح

فثار بعج في العريكة عاقد

So how often he ranged the field, a conqueror in war,

then surged with a roar, firm in his resolve.

وذلل شجعانا واردى كتائبا

واورد اهل الغي شين الموارد

And he humbled brave men and felled battalions,

and brought the erring to foul watering places.

فسل موتة والنار تلفح كم برى

بصمصامه فيها رقاب جواحد

So ask Mu'tah, while fire scorched, how many he hewed

with his keen blade there: the necks of deniers.

وسل عن شؤنات الحصون وما جرى

بها منه في ارجاء تلك المعاهد

And ask about the fortresses' bastions and what took place

there at his hands, throughout those precincts.

وكيف باهل الردة اشتعل الردا

باشطبه القاضي على كل مارد

And how death blazed among the apostates

through his grooved sword, which destroyed every rebel.

مسيلمة الكذاب والقوم حوله

دعاهم حيارى بين بال وشارد

Musaylimah the Liar and the people around him:

he summoned them, bewildered—some perishing, some fleeing.

وفي فتح قطر الشام كم سد ثغره

بها الدين اضحى كاسيا بالمحامد

And in conquering the region of al-Sham, how often he secured its frontier,

where the faith came to be clothed in praises.

في فتح قنسرين ابدى عجائبا

بلبن لها صم الصخور الجلامد

In the conquest of Qinnasrin, he displayed wonders

before which hard, massive rocks soften (opening word unclear).

وفي وقعة اليرموك كر بصولة

تفيد احتقار الموت من طور خالد

And at the battle of Yarmuk he charged with an onslaught

showing the scorn for death characteristic of Khalid.

واعرق في فتح العراق خيوله

فلم تبق للاعداء عزم مطارد

And in conquering Iraq he made his horses sweat,

leaving the enemies no will to pursue.

وفرسانه في الفرس ابقت مآثرا

تعالت على كيوانهم وعطارد

And his horsemen left among the Persians great deeds

that towered above their Saturn and Mercury.

واصبح كسراهم كسيرا بسيفه

وفي جمره اللهاب خزية خامد

And their Kisra was left broken by his sword,

and amid its blazing embers lay extinguished in disgrace.

وكم من اياد لا تعد افاضها

فشادت بقاع الكفر بيض المساجد

And how many countless favors he poured forth,

which raised white mosques in the lands of unbelief.

وقد شرب السم النقيع مبسملا

فكان كماء طيب الطعم بارد

And he drank potent poison, saying 'In God's name,'

and it was like cool water, pleasant to the taste.

اقام لدين الله عزا مؤبدا

فلم يستطع انكاره كل حاسد

He established everlasting honor for God's faith,

which no envious person could deny.

وقد جاء نعم العبد بالنص خالد

فيا حسنها من نعمة عند ناقد

And the explicit wording declared, 'An excellent servant is Khalid!'

So how lovely a blessing in a discerning judge's eyes!

واصلته الجبار سيفا مهندا

على كل علج سيء القلب فاسد

And the Almighty unsheathed him, an Indian-forged sword,

against every corrupt, evil-hearted barbarian.

واعظمه الصديق في كل محفل

وكان له عن رأفة مثل والد

And al-Siddiq honored him in every gathering,

and out of compassion was like a father to him.

ووقره الفاروق وهو ابن خاله

وقام على اجلالة خير شاهد

And al-Faruq revered him, and he was his maternal uncle's son,

and stood as the best witness to the honor accorded him.

وشجت بلاد المسلمين لموته

بكل فجاج الارض ضجة فاقد

And the lands of the Muslims mourned his death,

in every broad pass of earth, a bereaved mourner's cry.

وقد كان للاسلام حصنا وموئلا

وعضبا به ارغام كل معاند

And he had been a fortress and refuge for Islam,

and a keen blade by which every obstinate foe was humbled.

له غرر في جبهة الدين لم تزل

تنوه عن ذاك الامير المجاهد

His bright blazes on the forehead of faith have never ceased

to extol that warrior-prince.

اضاء بحمص كوكبا لاح نوره

وسح بغيث من حمى القدس وافد

He shone in Homs, a star whose light gleamed,

and poured forth rain arriving from the holy sanctuary.

فنور البابا وطيب انفسا

واجرى الندا الطامي على كل وارد

Thus he illumined minds and gladdened souls,

and made overflowing dew flow upon every comer.

مناقب لاحت كالنجوم ورفعة

تسامت فما ابقت مجالا لصاعد

Virtues shone like stars, and an eminence

soared, leaving no room for anyone to rise.

الا يا ابن عم الهاشمي وسيفه

وفرع قريش الطيبين الاماجد

Lo, O cousin of the Hashimite, and his sword,

and scion of Quraysh, the pure and noble,

هززتك يا سيف النبي وربه

لتفريج كربي بل لنيل مقاصد

I have brandished you, O sword of the Prophet and his Lord,

to relieve my distress—rather, to attain my aims.

فلي نسب ينمى اليك علت به

جدود لعمري نظموا كالفراقد

For I have a lineage traced to you, by which rose

forebears—by my life—strung like the Farqad stars.

فخذ بيدي يا ماضي العزم وانتهض

لنصري وكن في الحادثات مساعد

So take my hand, O firm of purpose, and arise

to aid me, and be a helper in calamities.

فانك سيفي في المهمات ان طغت

وعزم وزندي ذا صول وساعدي

For you are my sword in trials, should they overflow,

and resolve, and my forceful wrist, and my arm.

وهاك نظاما قال تاليه انه

قلادة در في فضائل خالد

And take this verse-composition; its reciter said it is

a necklace of pearls on the virtues of Khalid.