1. A king never conquered a land,
Except that locking it made it more glorious,

2. And caprice in well-being is more agreeable to it,
As the white hair of time shows its brilliance.

3. It roared wildly toward him, so he endeared
It by removing the yoke from its neck.

4. That was the first of the conquests, and from it
Damascus became his Damascus, and Iraq his Iraq.

5. Where were the kings before him, whose brightness
Could show us any liberation?

6. A tradition set by his father with the dogs of Rome,
When their oppression overwhelmed him.

7. His heart pounding with distant hope,
Which failed him before reaching it.

8. The banner of the Qasimi divided the pastures,
And the best of those who belong to it is its Iraq.

9. And so are you, O son, nothing inherited from
His manners in you but what improves them.

10. It is enough that the sea is the son of clouds
Whose downpour does not cease, nor its waves.

11. None died whose gap you filled, O you
Whose zeal for the religion is like its armor.

12. Awe that left no heart behind a riven
Chest whose schism it could heal.

13. Whenever the mention of it rang in his hearing,
Hypocrisy would be muted among the hypocrites.

14. And a jihad to protect the realm of religion,
For which he spared no running or spending.

15. What feat have you attained, O light of Allah's
Religion, beyond the reach of kings?

16. The envious spoke of inability toward a
King adorned with gifts his belt.

17. Their sight obscured by the superior horses
Whose only race is to the heights.

18. Ask one who sees, how many did Buṣrā free
From the captives of death, its oppression?

19. How many knights in Arama were hardened,
Their crucifixion was too narrow for them.

20. And how many Hibahs whose two sisters
Stamped the captives with their heels.

21. Humility spread over the Basūṭa, but his
Compassion concealed it from him.

22. He never pillaged a Yughrā well where
The braves quenched their thirst, lest it overflow.

23. Within it was the lion of the lair protecting the
Cubs, angry at them like blazing fire.

24. And the likeness of the Prophet at Ḥunayn,
When his armor deflected their misfortunes.

25. It is war, and its stallion does well in
Battle, if the valor of its lions persists.