1. Protected by God from every slanderer,
Dawned Abu al-Fath al-Ghiyath, its pillar.

2. Fear made its meadows bleed with dewdrops
And the illness of a barren land emaciated it.

3. So the generosity of the sultan of the age
Answered its call, and its fear and panic disappeared.

4. It leapt over the gardens of grief gracefully
And was not pleased that its price would be diminished.

5. It has date palms competing in height
With the shade of the plains, their fruits and piths attractive.

6. As if its ostriches in the wilderness
Were its ships plowing through the desert.

7. When it remembers its neighbors in their dwellings
It folds them, and its spy does not witness their sorrow.

8. And how many traces of love has it crossed,
While the sand of al-Anamayn multiply its censurers.

9. Its motto is turmoil, its dress and weapon
When it hears the shouts of battle, it takes flight.

10. It does not spare much from its people
When the green banners enrich its clouds.

11. Its chiefs are humiliated in chasing away guests
When turmoil excites its young lions.

12. And when the darkness of travel unveiled it
And the long journey demolished its idols,

13. And the criticism made it hide in every ordeal,
Until its rein spoke of its far-reaching goal,

14. It settled in the land of might by the Tigris
Until the peak of the kings' wish became its goal.

15. Where there is dew, basil, a clear spring
With constant flow, braided with wristlets.

16. It smells the lightning of the Sultan's generosity
Flooding when hopes make its clouds crowded.

17. It walks surely on the path of wisdom and mercy
When the ignorant commoners exceed in their transgression.

18. He enjoys beautiful forgiveness when able
If baseness creeps into a soul bent on revenge.

19. He saw the ornaments of life with insight,
Alike whether adorned or worn out.

20. So neither wealth except as a gift and bestowed freely,
Nor treasure except praise and its eternity.

21. He has mastery in meanings and noble deeds,
Its subtleties transmitted, its bodies complete.

22. As if a belligerent army, when raiding,
Its enemies' blood flows in the wilderness and its zeal.

23. When its striking blades are bared
Its swords glistening and its arrows serene.

24. And the horses' steps beneath his banner
Did not stop treading the fields until they calmed.

25. The souls of his horses heal from the water of lances
As their wounds are healed by the rain of spears.

26. When it turns away from a swollen multitude
Its drink from the enemies is ample nourishment.

27. It competes when the battle cry leads to havoc
And the spears' thirst increases their piercing.

28. A guarantor in the desolate plains and thickets
When war rages and its flames rise high.

29. So its juice is vinegar and its drink from the cisterns,
And dust and the limbs of kings are its food.

30. He has a firmness of purpose that crushes turmoil
And spears of resolve safe from breaking.

31. I am amazed by his carrying arms that crush turmoil
And his fear expels the enemies and makes them flee.

32. That his gaze turns freely when he walks
Leading us, honored in our land, its pillar.

33. And how he leads the flood when he himself
Is the torrent of battle and its surf.

34. Youth appeared smiling though the southern winds challenged him
As if the pangs of labor had completed their course.

35. He illuminates the gloom's glimmer as if
Swords shone in warriors hands unsheathed.

36. He brought back the dawn's radiance after a night
Otherwise the lightning's flashes would have kept its darkness.

37. The roaring clouds do not cease their shouting
And the darkness of youth does not diminish its deposits.

38. As the war shrieked, disfigured by havoc,
The drums of kings quarreled in the wilderness.

39. East wind kept aggravating it until it raged
And the earth was desolate, its surface dark.

40. The swell of a magnificent army, as if
It were prey stirred, its clamor deafening.

41. So I said to the most gentle among them in every crisis:
Your spears suffice the weak when their knots are tightened.

42. Glory's passion refused you a life of ease
When anxieties take their course unto death.

43. And the words of maidens increased your generosity in friendship
When the generous restrained blame.

44. From you is the people's unity when dispersed
And the wellbeing of the state when order was weakened.

45. Pure of the blemish of one who criticizes
When the honor of tribes incites their blame.

46. If my blessings are mentioned, you are their source,
And if war is ignited, you are its pillar.