1. سَلُوا اِبنَ رُؤَيمٍ عَن جِلادي وَموقِفي

    بِإيوانِ كِسرى لا أُوَلّيهِمُ ظَهرِي

    Ask Ibn Ru'aym about my sword-fighting and my stand

    In Kisra's vaulted hall, where I do not turn my back on them.

  2. أَكُرُّ عَليهِم مُعلِماً وَتَراهُمُ

    كَمَعزى تَحَنّى خَشيَةَ الذِئبِ بِالصَخرِ

    I charge at them, bearing battle insignia, and you see them

    Like goats crouching among the rocks for fear of the wolf.

  3. وَبَيَّتُّهُم في حِصنِ كِسرى اِبنِ هُرمزٍ

    بِمَشحوذَةٍ بيضٍ وَخَطِيَّةٍ سُمرِ

    And I attacked them by night in the fortress of Kisra, son of Hurmuz,

    With sharpened white blades and brown Khatti spears.

  4. فَأَجزَمتُهُم طَعناً وَضَرباً تَراهُمُ

    يَلوذونَ مِنّا موهِناً بِذُرا القَصرِ

    So I broke them with thrusts and blows; you see them

    Seeking refuge from us late at night on the palace's heights.

  5. يَلوذونَ مِنّي رَهبَةً وَمَخافَةً

    لِواذاً كَما لاذَ الحَمائِمُ مِن صَقرِ

    They seek refuge from me in terror and fear,

    Seeking shelter as doves seek shelter from a falcon.