1. ورد الدُمستُقُ دونَ مَنظَره

    خَبرٌ تَضيقُ بِشَرحِهِ الكُتُبُ

    Before seeing for himself, the Domestikos received

    a report whose telling books cannot contain.

  2. ناجَتهُ عَنكَ البيضُ مِن بُعُدٍ

    نُصحاً وَأَنقذ جَيشَه الرُعُبُ

    The white swords whispered to him of you from afar,

    in counsel; and terror saved his army.

  3. ولّى وَلَو أَحبَبتَ حينَ نَجا

    إِدراكَهُ لَم يُنجِهِ الهَرَبُ

    He fled; had you wished, when he escaped,

    to overtake him, flight would not have saved him.

  4. يا كالئ الإِسلام يَحرُسُهُ

    مِن أَن يُخالِجَ حَقَّهُ الريبُ

    O guardian of Islam, who protects it

    from doubt assailing its truth:

  5. إِن كُنتَ تَرضى أَن يُطيعَكَ ما

    سَجَدوا لَهُ سَجَدَت لَك الصَلُبُ

    if you are willing to be obeyed by what

    they bow down to, the crosses would bow to you.