لثبات حكمك كاد يذبل يذبلُ

لثبات حكمك كاد يذبل يذبلُ

ويشمّ رائحة الزوال شمامُ

ويشمّ رائحة الزوال شمامُ

So firm is your rule that Yadhbul nearly withers—Yadhbul itself;

So firm is your rule that Yadhbul nearly withers,

and Shammām smells the scent of passing away.

and Shamam smells the scent of demise.

وإذا كتائبهُ انبرت أو كتبه

وإذا كتائبهُ انبرت أو كتبه

فُلِقَت هناك الهامُ والأوهامُ

فُلِقَت هناك الهامُ والأوهامُ

And when his battalions come forth, or his writings,

And when his battalions—or his writings—come forth,

there heads and delusions alike are split asunder.

heads and illusions are cleft asunder there.