1. بكركرَ من جِبالِ الرومِ شُمٌّ

    تَراها للنّجومِ مُصافِحاتِ

    At Karkar stand lofty peaks among the Romans' mountains;

    you see them clasping hands with the stars.

  2. وهَبنا لا نخافُ الرّومَ فيها

    فكيفَ بسدِّها كُلَّ الجِهاتِ

    And grant that we do not fear the Romans there—

    then what of their barring every direction?

  3. شَواهقُ تلتَوي بعضاً ببعضِ

    فقد عَقَدَتْ لَنا عَرضَ الفُراتِ

    Towering peaks twist around one another;

    for they have knotted the breadth of the Euphrates before us.

  4. إذا خَلَصَتْ إلينا الريحُ منها

    تدلّتْ في رشاءٍ من بَناتِ

    When the wind makes its way to us from them,

    it lowers itself on a rope from the Daughters.

  5. فَيا سيفَ الإلهِ سقيتَ كأساً

    يُسَمُّ بفضلِها سُمَّ الجِهاتِ

    So, O Sword of God, you have given a cup to drink,

    by whose dregs the poison of all regions is poisoned.

  6. ومعضلةٍ لو استصحبتَ فيها

    فؤادَك لم يكنْ لكَ بالمَواتِ

    And a predicament in which, had you taken along

    your heart, it would not have complied with you.

  7. ولكنْ يا عليُّ رِضاكَ شيءٌ

    أعَزُّ عليَّ فقداً من حَياتي

    But, O Ali, your approval is something

    harder for me to lose than my own life.

  8. فَلا تستبطِ مدحَكَ من بليغٍ

    تَحيَّر من فِعالِكَ والصّفاتِ

    So do not think an eloquent man's praise of you overdue,

    when he is bewildered by your deeds and qualities.

  9. لمدحكَ ما أُهذبُ من لِساني

    ونصركَ ما أُثقّفُ من قَناتي

    What I refine of my tongue is for your praise,

    and what I straighten of my lance is to aid you.