وَأَشقر ذي سَبقٍ عَلى الأَين طالَما

وَأَشقر ذي سَبقٍ عَلى الأَين طالَما

صدمتَ بِهِ مِن جَحفَلٍ بَعدَ جَحفَلِ

صدمتَ بِهِ مِن جَحفَلٍ بَعدَ جَحفَلِ

And a chestnut steed, swift despite fatigue—how often

With blond forelock, always winning the race

You have charged with him into mighty army after mighty army!

You have charged again and again through army after army

أَرَدت لَهُ مَدحاً فَأَعجز وَصفه

أَرَدت لَهُ مَدحاً فَأَعجز وَصفه

فَكانَ عَلى قَول اِبن حجر معوّلي

فَكانَ عَلى قَول اِبن حجر معوّلي

I wished to praise him, but describing him was beyond me;

I wanted to praise you but your description leaves me speechless

So I relied on the words of Ibn Hujr:

So I rely on Ibn Hajar's words about you

مكرٌّ مفرٌّ مُقبل مدبرٌ مَعاً

مكرٌّ مفرٌّ مُقبل مدبرٌ مَعاً

كَجلمود صَخر حطَّهُ السَيلُ مِن عَلي

كَجلمود صَخر حطَّهُ السَيلُ مِن عَلي

Charging, retreating, advancing, withdrawing—all at once,

Attacking and withdrawing, advancing and retreating all at once

Like a boulder of rock hurled down from on high by the torrent.

Like a boulder firmly rooted, washed by floods from above