1. صَلاحَ الدينِ يا خَيرَ البَرايا

    وَمَن قَد عَمَّ بِالفَضلِ الرَعايا

    Salah al-Din, O best of all creation,

    and you who have embraced your subjects with bounty,

  2. سَمِعتُ بِأَنَّ مُحيي الدينِ يَغشى الـ

    ـوَغى وَالحَربُ ضارِيَةُ المَنايا

    I heard that Muhyi al-Din enters the

    fray, while war is savage in the deaths it deals.

  3. فَلا تَشهَد بِصَفعانٍ قِتالاً

    فَقَوسُ الندفِ لا تُصمي الرَمايا

    So do not go into battle with a slap-taking fellow,

    for a cotton-carding bow cannot kill its targets.