1. Your love agitated the early mornings of sorrows
On the day of parting, you remained in grief

2. Were it not for hope in you, my she-camel would not have crossed
The expanse of Dubayl nor the settlements of Najran

3. A good dwelling for one seeking or devout
From those whom misfortunes of time afflict

4. Ma'n son of Za'ida, by whom
The glory of Banu Shayban's glory was increased

5. A mountain where Nizar's cubs are born
Lofty of path, unassailable bastions

6. Indeed, counting the days of the valiant
One day of bounty, another of spears

7. His tongue loosens and his face glows
In awe when colors shift

8. He adorns the couches and pulpits with joy
And bedecks them with clarity and rhetoric

9. Each of your hands, Abu al-Walid, along with bounty
Were created for one holding the halter and reins

10. He brought spirited steeds from Iraq
Pudgy-bellied urged on by saddle girths

11. Bare, smooth-necked, vying in battle
With the white blade each submissive tribe

12. From each fiery mare whose breast reveals
The impact of cane and bending like an ostrich

13. Until he raided Hadramawt with warriors
Like swooping eagles

14. A downpour your father, Abu al-Walid, when exalted
By the sword obtained the praises of Nu'man

15. My soul is ransom for Abu al-Walid when the clashing rises
Of windows and spears, O gleaming one!

16. You have not ceased, on the Day of the Hashimites, instructing
With the sword, protecting the Caliph of the Merciful

17. You shielded his territory and were his protection
From the impact of each bending spear and sharp blade

18. You it is whom Rabia relies upon for aid
And counts on against the vicissitudes of events

19. Disappointed are those who hoped for your help yet obtained not
The least of your building in magnanimities, O builder!

20. Indeed I saw you enamored with praises
Purchasing them with the most precious prices

21. So when you performed a deed you perfected it
And nurtured it with the benefits of beneficence