1. My youth refused crookedness since I grew up
And my loved ones in it refused turmoil

2. As if I did not grow old in it but me alone
My excuse and my grizzled head were bent

3. And I was not like a worn garment or a flexuous branch
Adorned by the spring blossoms and embroidered

4. With the light of a light that pleases the eyes of the beholder
And captivates the perceptive with its shape and delight

5. It watered a pact we had made in our youth
Drawing near, docile, and gentle

6. And my covenant with it before our troop parted
Its call like the sea when it surged

7. With the chiefs of Qahtan and chieftains of Adnan
And the horsemen of Kalb like the adorned groom

8. Valiant when I call upon them against aggression
Toward the battlefield they do not deviate

9. They extend with the polished Indian swords their hands
Used to stabbing the thickly armored warrior

10. At every scornful, stealthy, cowardly enemy
Who turns away twisting on the day of hatred

11. They pardon the belongings of those who sought war with them
And share the souls equally, scattered about

12. I asked about a glorious scene, mentioning which
Fulfilled every wish or purpose and thrilled

13. There came to us dogs from Tameem and Taghlib
And revived Numayr and Qushayri discerned

14. Led by Ataaf seeking his revenge
So he brought them to a terrible, confused onslaught

15. He quenched their thirst with the cup of death at Badr
With an Indian sword that splits polished armor

16. When it's sheathed it spares the people of Ad
And when unsheathed it returns to Ad, unsheathed

17. By the hands of generous men of Thu'al and the Bahr
Along with the band of Al-Walid and Du'alj

18. Led by the young full moon son of Rabee'ah
Who had determined to hurl the deafening spear

19. Upon the rosy mound like a barren hill
Safe from women and free of burden

20. Calling out to the dogs and all the tribes
And they listen to him speaking clearly without stuttering

21. I am the son of him whose fire time does not extinguish
And was lit only to guide to salvation

22. To the lofty principles whose bases do not sleep
And a prepared host of glory that does not disappear

23. We ruled all the land after their running away
And we had control over every cave and sanctuary in it

24. And they came to us seeking our protection
From east and west, forbidden and free

25. For we are the leaders and all people
Are our followers, except the crowned Prophet

26. And his children from Fatima and Aliya
Our guiding Imams, the clearest method

27. And the donkey raid befell them
Destroying them by the sword, scattered about

28. So we were like hunting hawks swooping
Toward prey, each vying to tear apart

29. And he left them in the plain as corpses
For the wolves of the deserts, they had no refuge

30. And satiated the hungry wolf with their bodies
And the hyena, lynx, and snarling leopard

31. Badr judged them, the most just of rulers
By your killing them, from the saddle firmly seated

32. You made the spheres of war align against them
Circling, so there was no hope for any among them

33. You filled the celestial towers with them and captives
So you see none but the slain, blood-stained

34. And you joined two thousand of their elite
To the terrorized troops whom you drove to flee

35. So whoever's sole resort was the sword among them
The sword seemed to him like a heart and breast

36. So he wears the blood-dyed garments and seeks
Ankle bracelets to please, red and black

37. O father of the star, O Badr of darkness, son of Rabee'ah
Congratulations on the victory over the two dogs

38. After this war no war will recur
And whoever returns we will return to the war, limping

39. To you truthfulness has tossed it from a praising poet
It is free, with which poetry becomes credentialed

40. If you recite it in a people's club it will draw them near
On their day fresh and diffusing fragrance