1. هَيهاتَ أُوتي في سَراتِهُمُ

    أَهل الحُمَيمَةِ مِن فِرعَي خُراسانا

    Far from it! He was given, among their nobles,

    the people of al-Humayma, from Khurasan's two branches.

  2. فاِنقَضَّ أَهلُ خَراسانَ الأُولى غَضِبوا

    رِجلاً عَليَّ عَلى خَوفٍ وَفُرسانا

    Then the people of Khurasan who had grown angry swooped down,

    against me, in fear, as foot soldiers and horsemen.

  3. وَقَتَّلوا كُلَّ جَبّارٍ وَدانَ لَهُم

    مَن قَد أَسَرَّ مُعاداةً وَعِصيانا

    And they slew every tyrant; to them submitted

    whoever had concealed enmity and rebellion.

  4. أَبلى الخَليفَةُ فيها وَهوَ محتَسِبٌ

    بَلاءَ مَن لَم يُرد لِلَّهِ إِدهانا

    The caliph strove valiantly in it, seeking God's reward,

    with the valor of one who sought no compromise in God's cause.

  5. وَجاءَ خَيرُ بَني العَبّاسِ كُلِّهُمُ

    فَنالَ أَعلى أُمورِ الناسِ سُلطانا

    And the best of all al-Abbas's sons came,

    so he attained supreme authority over people's affairs.

  6. فأدخَلَ اللَهُ إِبراهيمَ جَنَّتَهُ

    فَضلاً وَنَزَّلَهُ روحاً وَرَيحانا

    So may God admit Ibrahim into His Garden,

    by His grace, and lodge him amid repose and fragrant herbs,

  7. مَعَ النَبيِّ الِّذي نَرجو شَفاعَتَهُ

    وَقَيَّضَ اللَهُ لِلجَعديِّ شَيطانا

    with the Prophet whose intercession we hope for.

    And may God assign al-Ja'di a devil.

  8. هَذا قَرينُكَ لَم يَمدَحكَ مِن فَزَعٍ

    وَلَم يخُنكَ وَقِدماً كانَ خَوّانا

    This is your companion: he did not praise you out of fear,

    nor betray you, though he had long been treacherous.

  9. فاِشدُد بِرُمَّتِهِ كَفَّيكَ إِنَّ لَهُ

    مِن آلِ عَبّاس آساداً وَعُقبانا

    So grip his rope with both hands; indeed he has

    lions and eagles from the house of Abbas.