بشراك تم بفعلك الفضلُ

وسما فلا رضوى ولا الفضل

Your deeds have brought great merit

And ascension, no consent or merit

وغدَت أصول المجد باسقةً

إذ فخر مولانا لها حِمل

And the roots of glory grew tall

When our master took pride in bearing them

والأمن عمَّ الخَلق أجمعهم

فالشاة صار يسومها الحِطَل

And security spread among all people

So that the sheep were valued by the ram

وأصول غرس الدين قد مَتنت

ساقاً وكاد يصيبها بَتلُ

And the roots of religion took hold

With stalk and were nearly afflicted by blight

كحلت عيون الدين غِب قَذى

والتامَ بعد تَفَرُّقٍ شَملُ

The eyes of faith were lined with kohl

And the group came together after dispersal

ما بعد هذا الفعل مكرمةٌ

فافخر وحَقَّ لمثلك الطَّولُ

No honor after this deed

So take pride and rightfully yours is length

فَلَكَم عَرَجتَ إلى محل على

لكن لذا لمّا يكن مِثلُ

For how you climbed to a high place

But then this was not like it

فُقتَ الملوك به وشِدتَ على

كل الورى فأطاعك الكُلُّ

You surpassed kings thereby and cracked down on

All the people so all obeyed you

وأذيعَ ذِكرُك في البلاد وفي ال

زيزاء حيث يُرَنّ َح الأَثلُ

And your name rang out in the lands and in the

Wilderness where the oryx calls

فأهبت أهل الجور أجمعهزو

مذ زان منك الحلم والعَدلُ

So you roused all the unjust people

Since rationality and justice shone from you

فإذا ذُكِرَت لهم وعَقلُهُم

راسٍ وهي فكأنَّ بهم خَبلُ

When you were mentioned to them and their minds

Were vigilant it was as if they were confused

فالبشرُ للخُنكار حيث له

بَطلٌ وزيرٌ باسلٌ سِجلُ

For mankind when they have

A brave minister, a courageous recorder

قَرم همامٌ كاملٌ ملكٌ

شهمٌ جواد سيد خَدلُ

An ambitious perfect king

Brave, generous, a noble prince

غيثٌ غياثٌ كنزُ مفتقرٍ

سمحٌ لكل فضيلةٍ أهلُ

A rain in time of need, treasure of the needy

Lenient towards every virtuous folk

ذو راحةٍ كالبحر يوم ندىً

لكن على أعدائه تُكلُ

At peace like a sea on a dewy day

But against his enemies set aflame

ذو هِمَّة عليا يَذِلّ لها

صعبُ الأمور ويسهل العَضل

With high ambition that lowers

Difficult matters and unties knots

ويَذِلُّ عنترةُ الشجاع لها

وينال حاتَم عندها بُخلُ

And Antarah the brave is humbled by it

And Hatem's stinginess seems generosity by it

ولدى الوغى يسطو الكُماة بها

فيزين منه القَصم والقَصلُ

And in the melee the brave release by it

Beautifying thereby slaying and slaughtering

ويجول في الهيجا فتحسبه

أسداً دعاه لنصرةٍ شِبلُ

And he roams in the fray so you'd think him

A lion called to the aid of cubs

يدع الكماة رماة صارمه

وتفر من وثباته الخيلُ

He leaves the brave, archers split by his blades

And horses flee his pouncing

بمطّهم مثل الظليم فلم

يُعرَف لديه النهم والرَّكل

Hitting them like dark night so neither

Eagerness nor kicking were discerned in him

يجري فيجري العقل يتبعه

فيفوت ثَمَّ ويحسر العقل

He runs and reason runs after him

Missing him and reason regrets

تدري المها أن لا نجاة لها

منه ويعلمُ ذلك الوَعلُ

The skittish mares know that against him

There is no salvation, and the stallion knows it

فلَكَم عليه الشهم غار على

قوم ودون مَنالِهم حَولُ

For how often has he recklessly charged a people

And circled their abode while they had no power

فطوى القفارَ به ففاجأهم

سَحَراً فضاق عليهم السُّبلُ

He sped over the barrens against them taking them

By surprise so their roads narrowed

أو ما ترى لما عصاه بنو

ماء السماء وغرَّهم نَذلُ

Or have you not seen when the unruly

Clan of Ma disobeyed him and scorn provoked him

فَحَصَرته فَفَتَحتَ معقِلها

فتحاً يطيش لفتكه العَقلُ

So he besieged them and opened their fortress

With a conquest that bewilders the mind

وأتوا به فالرعب أوثَقَه

فكأنما في رِجلِه غِلُّ

And they came to him while fear fettered him

As if chains were on his legs

وبدا الحِمام له يلوح على

بيضٍ مُشَرَّعةٍ لها صَقلُ

And the pigeons waved over him on

White outstretched for them and burnished

فَصَلت بحِدَّتها مفاصله

فازدان منها البَترُ والبَتلُ

Their blades severed his joints

So loss and perdition were adorned by them

بشراك دعوى البغي قد فُصِلَت

وحسامُك الماضي لها فصلُ

Your partnership, the claim of tyranny is severed

And your passing sword was its severing

وتَهَنَّ فالأعداء شوكتهم

غِبَّ النُّمُوِّ أصابها جَذل

And the enemies' thorns were abased

Besieged by withering afflicted by decline

فهم اعتدوا والسيف أرَّخَهم

ولجزاء المعتدي القتلُ

They transgressed and the sword made them euro

And for the aggressor is death