فَدَتْكَ القُلوبُ بِأَلبابِها

وَساحُ المُلوكِ بِأَربابِها

The hearts have ransomed you with their intellects,

And the rule of kings with their lords,

كَتائِبُ تَرمي جُنودَ الصَّلي

بِ مِنها بِتَقطيعِ أَصلابِها

Regiments throwing the troops of the cross,

Cutting them with the slashing of their necks.

إِذا ما اِنثَنَت مِن قراعِ الكُماة

كَسَت وَقدَها وَشْيَ أَسلابِها

When they recoiled from the striking by the brave heroes,

Their rage subsided and the flames of their affliction were extinguished.

تَبَرْنَسَ منها البرنسُ الثّيابَ

وَحَلّتهُ مِن وَقْعِ أَحلابِها

The prince took off his clothes from them,

And his attire from the falling of their skulls.

عَشيَّةَ غَصَّتْ على إِنَّبٍ

نُفوسُ النّصارى بِغصّابِها

In the evening they choked an innocent one,

The souls of the Christians with their conceitedness.

وَقامَ لِأَحمَد مَحمودُها

بِجَدْعِ مَوارِن أَحزابِها

And its glory stood up for Ahmad,

With the cutting off of the necks of their parties.

تَجَلّى لَها حَيدَرِيُّ المصا

عِ أَغلب مُودٍ بِغَلّابِها

Al-Haydari manifested to them the splitting of heads

Overcoming most of the affection with his conquerors.

مُورِّثُ أَركاسِها مِن أَبٍ

أَكولِ الفَوَارِسِ شَرّابِها

Inheriting their heads from a father

Who eats the horsemen - their drinking of their blood.

هُمامٌ إِذا اِعْصَوْصَبَتْ نَبْوَة

دَهاها بِها شُمّ أَعصابِها

They are ambitions when their prophecy was protected,

It destroyed them - the smelling of their nerves.

مَضى وَجَنى لَكَ حُلوَ الشها

دِ مِمّا تَمَطَّقَ مِن صابِها

He went forth and harvested for you the sweetness of martyrdom,

From the blood that dripped from their wounds.

وَأَوصى بِها لَكَ مِن بَعدِما

تَجَرَّعَ مُمقَرَّ أَوصابِها

And bequeathed it to you after tasting

The bitter tasting of its wounds.

وَأَقسمَ جَدُّكَ أَلّا يَليق

بِغَيْرِكَ مَلبَس أَثوابِها

Your grandfather swore an oath that it does not befit

Anyone but you the wearing of his clothes.

صَبَحتَ دِمَشقَ بِمَشقِ الجِيادِ

زبورِ الوَغى بَينَ أَحدابِها

You mastered Damascus with the hardship of steeds,

The Psalms of commotion between its landmarks.

وَأَصْلَتَّ رَأيَكَ قَبلَ الحُسامِ

فَجَمّدَ جَمرَة أَجلابِها

And you ingrained your view before the swords,

So it froze the embers of its heavy ashes.

فَأَعطَتكَ ما لَم تَنَلْهُ يدٌ

وَفازَت رُقاكَ بِأَصحابِها

So it gave you what no hand had attained,

And your ascent was successful with its companions.

وَأَنتَ تصرِّفُ فَضلَ الزّما

مِ مِن حمصِ تَأخيرِ رُكّابِها

While you manage the surplus of time,

From Homs - the delay of its riders.

تخوّنها الجور فاستدركت

بعدْلِك أغبار ظبظابها

It betrays so you make up for

Its dust after its disorder.

وَفاجَأتَ قُورُس بِالشّائِلاتِ

تَمُجُّ القَنا سُمَّ أَذنابِها

And you surprised the Romans with the raids

Whose poison drips from their tails.

فَما رُمتَ حَتّى رَمَت بَيضَها

إِلَيكَ أَزِمّةَ ضرّابِها

You did not throw until it threw its eggs

Towards you - the writhing of its wounds.

وَعَزَّت عَزازُ فَأَذْلَلتَها

بِمَجرٍ مضيق لأَسْهابِها

And the prideful became humbled so you humbled them,

With a narrow, straight pass for their horses.

بِأَشمَخَ مِن أَنفِها مَنكِباً

وَأَكثَر مَن عَدَّ تورابَها

With a lofty elevation above its snout,

And greater than the number of its plates.

دَلِفتَ لِعيطاءِ أُمِّ النّجو

مِ في الأَمرِ إِبطاءَ أَترابِها

You drew near to the Ata' of Umm Al-Najm,

Delaying the matter - the slowness of its chiefs.

وَعَذراء مُذْ عَمَرْت ما اِهتَدت

ظُنونُ اللَّيالي لِإِخْرابِها

And the virgin - since she was built,

The suppositions of nights have not led to its destruction.

تَفَرَّعتها بِفروعِ الوَشي

جِ مُثمِرَةً هامَ أَوشابِها

Its branches with the branches of elation

Fruitful - the zeal of its youth.

وَعوجٍ إِذا أنبَضَت أغمَضَت

ذُكاء لإِرسالِ نشّابِها

And crooked - when it sways -

It closes the intellect for sending its arrows.

وَمُحدَودباتٍ تَطيرُ الخُطوب

مَلافِظَ أَلسُن خُطّابِها

And those who can barely speak - the proposals

Fly - the restraint of the tongues of its spokesmen.

تُصَوّبُ عِقبانَ رَيْب المَنونِ

مَتى زَبَنتها بِأَعقابِها

It straightens the tails of the doubt of misfortunes,

When they frown at it with their consequences.

وَما رَكَعت حَولَ شَمِّ الهِضا

بِ إِلّا سَجَدنَ لِأَنصابِها

And it did not bow down around the marker of destruction,

Except to prostrate to its idols.

فَلاذَت بِمُعْتَصِمٍ بِالكتابِ

وَهوبِ المَمالِكِ سَلّابِها

So it sought refuge in Al-Mu'tasim Bi-Allah,

And he is the disperser of its realms.

بِمُعْتَصِمِيّ النَّدَى وَالهُدَى

هَموسِ السُّرَى غَير هَيّابِها

Al-Mu'tasim - the dew and the guidance,

The whispering of destiny - without conceit.

مُحلّى المَحل بِوَصفِ الفُتوح

وَوَصفِ التَهاني وَأَربابِها

Sweetening the abode with the description of openings

And the description of congratulations and its lords.

وَتَعجَزُ مُدّاحُهُ أَن تُحيط

بِآدابِهِ فلك آدابِها

And its praisers are incapable

Of encompassing his manners - the horizons of its manners.

بَدائِع لَو رُدَّ دَهر رَمي

نَ بَناتَ حَبيبٍ بِأَحبابِها

Wonders - if time were to go back,

It would throw the daughters of the beloved with their loved ones.

وَأَينَ اِبن أَوسٍ وَآياتُهُ

مِنَ اللّاءِ أَودَت بِحسّابِها

And where is the son of Aws and his signs

From La - it has perished in its calculation.

مِنَ اللّاءِ عادَ عَتيقٌ لَها

وَرَدَّ عَلَيها اِبن خَطَّابها

From La - Atiq has returned to it

And the son of its Khatab has turned to it.

فَأيّامُهُ من حُبُورٍ تَكادُ

يَطيرُ بِها فَرْطُ إِعجابِها

So its days are from spirits that almost

Fly with it - the intensity of its fascination.

لَكَ الفَضلُ إِنْ رَاسَلتكَ الجيا

دُ وَقامَت أَدلّة أَنجابِها

You have the virtue if the age wrote to you

And its evidence was established with its offspring.

إِذا اِعتَسَفَت هِمَمُ الجائرينَ

أَتَيتَ السِيادَةَ مِن بابِها

Whenever the resolves of the oppressors rebel,

You come to leadership from its door.

أَبوك أَبوها وَأَنتَ اِبنُها ال

عَريق وَدُميَةُ مِحرابِها

Your father is her father, and you are her elitist son,

And the statue of its shrine.

أَقولُ لِمُؤجِرِهِ بِالغرورِ

تَمَطَّت عواها فَأَهوى بِها

I say to the one who boasted with false pride -

It slipped, so it fell with it.

حَذارِ فَعندَ اِبتِسامِ الغُيو

ثِ تُخشى صَواعِقُ أَلهابِها

Beware - for with the smiling of the wolves,

You fear the striking of its burning embers.

وَلا تُخْدَعُوا بِاِفتِرارِ اللّيُو

ثِ فَالنَّار في بَردِ أَنيابِها

And do not be fooled by the fabrication of lies -

For there is fire in the coldness of its fangs.