وكنتُ إذا فَتَكَت بالنَّدى

صُروفُ الرَّدى فَمحَت رَسمَهُ

When the turns of fate would erase the dew

Obliterating its trace

أتيتُ المُظفَّرَ مُستَنصِراً

على حَربِها فاستَعرتُ اسمَهُ

I would come to Al-Muzaffar seeking aid

Against its war, borrowing his name