1. عن سيفِ دينِ اللهِ سَلْ أَرْناطا

    حيث المنيةُ كأسُها يُتعاطَى

    Ask Arnat about the sword of God's faith,

    where death's cup is passed around.

  2. والمَشْرَفيةُ قد حكَتْ في جيشه

    فِي العَلِّ والنَّهَل القَطا الفُرّاطا

    And in his army the Mashrafi swords have mimicked

    sandgrouse first at water, in their first and second draughts.

  3. قد شام طيرُ الكفرِ منه مِنْسَرا

    أَشْغَى وعاين مِخْلبا عَطّاطا

    The birds of unbelief have seen in him a beak,

    hooked, and beheld a rending talon.

  4. هو مُلبِسٌ جُثَث العِدا في الحرب مِن

    حُلَل النَّجيع مَجاسدا ورِياطا

    In battle he clothes his foes' corpses in

    robes of gore—tunics and cloaks.

  5. فجيادهُ تشكو مُزاحمةَ القنا

    وتردُّ خِرْصَان الرماح سِياطا

    So his steeds complain of the crowding lances,

    and turn the spears' points into whips.

  6. هو فارسُ الإسلام يحفظ بالظُّبا

    من دينه الأطرافَ والأوساط

    He is Islam's knight, guarding with sword-edges

    the outer reaches and heartlands of his faith.

  7. كم قد أنار من الأسنةِ أنجُما

    لما أثار من العَجاج غُطاطا

    How many stars he has kindled from spearheads,

    when he stirred up a dark pall of dust!

  8. فتخالُه مَلَكا رمى بشهابه

    في الرَّوع شيطانَ الحروب فشاطا

    So you would think him an angel who hurled his shooting star

    amid battle's terror at war's demon, which burned to death.