1. In that same group of chains from Sulaym,
The next morning death, the annihilator, came upon them.

2. They had defeated Abu Hafs 'Umayr
And his companion Mirar, so they took flight.

3. They had killed a group of the Ansar,
So vows became binding or debts came due.

4. Death donned the garb of elderliness, deceptively stout,
With which it blocks up the passes.

5. And 'Amr was given a poisoned cup at Sal',
Most bitter, as if he were a raiding lion.

6. So he called out, "Is there anyone of repute, a helper?
Is there anyone with me, a righter of wrongs?"

7. The trustee of Muhammad and keeper of confidential talk,
And how excellent the brother of the imamate and vizierate!

8. Whenever a revelation would descend upon him,
The hearts of the people would be straitened by it.

9. But it expanded his breast and nested upon his ribs,
And his conscience absorbed it completely.

10. They are two brothers, both rightly guided,
And the one is for his community a warner.

11. So Ahmad is a warner, and his brother Had
A guide who neither leads astray nor causes confusion.

12. Like a runner on the racetrack who has a shelter
In front of the horses where the keen-sighted one can see.