1. I rode my camel at dawn or by her forelegs
Through ashes and rocks where she stumbled over debris

2. I did not stop spurring her until mid-day
When my eyes had both streamed with tears

3. I conceal sorrows, if some of them could seep
Into a solid rock, they would split it open

4. I am hopeful as if I had drunk a potion
With nine measures that settled in its brew

5. A strong mead that wounds those who seek respite in it
When they want to enjoy themselves thereby intoxicated

6. The extract of a vine not recently planted
In the valley of Hudayjaa nor recently pruned

7. Leave this and tell me, can you see a flashing light
And a glitter you spot from afar shining

8. Rising amid the constellation Lepus quenching
When it thunders, did you perceive among its vibrations pairs

9. It left none of its darkness in its pillars
Nor excess whiteness, neither increase nor decrease

10. It reached high in the night sky until Sagittarius
Rose and the night cast off its armor

11. It leaked copiously with rain and left
No trace on the ground unswept and no furrows unwatered

12. I praise the Commander of the Faithful who called
Them to him - the best of people for their religion's defense

13. You have not ceased, since your Lord commanded you to lead them,
To be like a devoted shepherd among his flock

14. By God's command you defended them from their enemy
And bare mountains where no progeny or milk was left

15. Inanimate rocks traversed by winter without
Almost melting into copious downpour or dripping sap

16. For you glory has value whereas for other men
Its scope makes them uneasy and confined

17. When its flood swelled you were not unjust
And for glory you could not commit wrong or sever ties

18. As for the clan of Fadl, their perfection
Increases those they birthed whom the Merciful raised high

19. The clan of war, they are its limb in all its states
They found in it no failing of nerve or despair

20. They did not pitch their tents seeking protection
So some audacious tribe could wrest it away

21. No living creature turned from them and came back safely
No people, after confrontation, could mend their rift

22. So the insect of ignorance has flown far from them
And they did not crush people's ribs at their side

23. You are the most perfect of men in wealth and father
And the greatest in dominion and most discerning in hearing

24.
There is no group of Muslims who have a distress

25. Through them but you guaranteed for them benefit
So God, Lord of mankind, increased your number for His favor