1. سَرِيَّةٌ أنتَ وَحْدَكْ

    فَاجْعَلْ سَجَاياكَ جُنْدَكْ

    You alone are a whole detachment;

    so make your virtues your troops.

  2. لا تَخْشَ يا ابنَ أَنيسٍ

    فليس سُفيانُ نِدَّكْ

    Fear not, O Ibn Anis;

    for Sufyan is not your equal.

  3. احْشُدْ قُواكَ وَخُذْهُ

    فليس يَسْطِيعُ حَشدَكْ

    Muster your strength and seize him;

    for he cannot withstand your mustered forces.

  4. إن غَرَّهُ حَدُّ عزمٍ

    فَسَوفَ يَعرِفُ حَدَّكْ

    If the edge of resolve has deceived him,

    then he will come to know your edge.

  5. يَهولُ في الوصفِ جِدّاً

    حَتَّى لَيَعْظُمُ عِنْدَكْ

    He is fearsome indeed in the telling,

    until he looms large in your eyes;

  6. لَكِنَّهُ اللهُ أعلى

    عليهِ في البأسِ جَدَّكْ

    yet God has raised

    your fortune above his in battle.

  7. أَقْبِلْ فتى البأسِ أَقْبِلْ

    وَاعْمَلْ لربِّكَ جُهْدَكْ

    Come forward, youth of valor, come forward;

    and strive for your Lord with all your strength.

  8. أَخَذْتَهُ بِخِلابٍ

    كَذَبْتَهُ فيه وُدَّكْ

    You caught him with guile;

    through it, you lied to him about your friendship.

  9. أَوردتَهُ القَولَ حُلواً

    ولو دَرَى عَافَ وِرْدَكْ

    You gave him sweet words to drink;

    and had he known, he would have spurned your draught.

  10. وَيْلُمِّهِ من غَبيٍّ

    لو كان يعرف قصدَكْ

    Woe to his mother—what a fool!

    If only he had known your purpose!

  11. أحْبِبْ بِهِ من رسولٍ

    لِقَتْلِهِ قد أعدَّكْ

    How beloved a Messenger he is,

    who readied you to kill him!

  12. يَظنُّ أنّك ضِدٌّ

    له فَدُونَكَ ضِدَّكْ

    He thinks you are a foe

    of the Messenger—so seize your own foe!

  13. بُورِكْتَ يا ابنَ أنيسٍ

    من فارسٍ ما أشدَّكْ

    Blessed are you, O Ibn Anis;

    what a horseman—how mighty you are!

  14. ضَرَبتَهُ فَتَرَدَّى

    وكان ذلك وَكْدَكْ

    You struck him, and he fell;

    and that was your aim.

  15. وَعُدْتَ لا مَجْدَ إلا

    أراهُ يَحْسُدُ مَجْدَكْ

    And you returned—there is no glory

    that I do not see envying your glory.

  16. سُفيانُ هل كنتَ طَودَاً

    فمن رَماكَ فَهَدَّكْ

    Sufyan, were you a mountain?

    Then who struck you and shattered you?

  17. أم كَنْتَ للشرِّ ذُخراً

    تَخشى الطّواغيتُ فَقْدَكْ

    Or were you evil's reserve,

    whose loss the tyrants fear?

  18. أَوْدَى بِكَ ابنُ أنيسٍ

    فَأقفَرَ الحيُّ بَعْدَكْ

    Ibn Anis destroyed you,

    so the camp lay desolate after you.

  19. وَرَدَّ عِزَّكَ ذلّاً

    فما تُصَعِّرُ خَدَّكْ

    And he turned your honor to humiliation,

    so no longer do you turn your cheek in pride.

  20. مَلأتَ صدركَ حِقداً

    فهل شَفَى السَّيفُ حِقْدَكْ

    You filled your breast with rancor;

    has the sword, then, cured your rancor?

  21. وَمِتَّ مِن قَبلُ وَجداً

    فهل مَحا الموتُ وَجْدَكْ

    And you had died of anguish before;

    has death, then, erased your anguish?

  22. أين الجموعُ أتَدرِي

    مَن خطَّ في التُّربِ لَحْدَكْ

    Where are the hosts? Do you know

    who marked out your grave in the dust?

  23. وأينَ رأسُك هلّا

    صَدقْتَ نفسَكَ وَعْدَكْ

    And where is your head? Why did you not

    keep the promise you made yourself?

  24. أَغواك جَهلُكَ حَتَّى

    لَقيتَ في النَّارِ رُشْدَكْ

    Your ignorance led you astray until

    you found your guidance in the Fire.

  25. أنضَجتَ نفسَكَ غَيظاً

    فاليومَ تُنضِجُ جِلْدَكْ

    You roasted yourself with rage;

    so today the Fire roasts your skin.

  26. يَغيظُكَ الدِّينُ حَقّاً

    فأنتَ تَقدحُ زَنْدَكْ

    The faith truly enrages you,

    so you strike sparks from your fire-stick.

  27. هَيَّجْتَ للشرِّ وَقْداً

    فأينَ غادرتَ وَقْدَكْ

    You fanned a blaze for evil;

    where, then, did you leave your blaze?

  28. يا صاحِبَ الغارِ مَن ذا

    بِنَصرِهِ قد أَمَدَّكْ

    O companion of the cave, who is it

    who sustained you with his aid?

  29. أليس ربَّكَ فَاجْعَلْ

    لهُ على الدّهرِ حَمْدَكْ

    Is it not your Lord? Then give

    him your praise for all time.

  30. رَدّ العِدَى لم يفوزوا

    وأنتَ بالفوزِ ردَّكْ

    He repelled the foes; they did not prevail,

    and you he sent back victorious.

  31. ألْقِ الهديّة وَاسْحَبْ

    في ساحَةِ الفَخرِ بُرْدَكْ

    Lay down the gift, and trail

    your cloak through the arena of glory.

  32. دَعَا الرّسولُ وأَثْنى

    فَاحْمَدْ لكَ الخيرُ رِفْدَكْ

    The Messenger prayed and praised;

    so give thanks for your gift—may good be yours!

  33. وقل تباركتَ ربِّي

    يَسَّرْتَ للخيرِ عَبْدَكْ

    And say, 'Blessed are you, my Lord;

    you have eased your servant's way to good.'