كَأَنّي بِعَبدِ اللَهِ يَركَبُ رَدعَهُ

وَفيهِ سِنانٌ زاعِبيٌ مُحَرَّبُ

I see Abdullah riding his swift steed

With a sharp, keen sword in hand

وَقَد فَرَّ عَنهُ المُلحِدونَ وَحَلَّقَت

بِهِ وَبِمَن آساهُ عَنقاءُ مُغرِبُ

The faithless ones fled from him, and the necks

Of those who pained him bowed westward

تَوَلّوا فَخلَّوه فُشالَ بِشِلوِهِ

طَويلٌ مِن الأَجذاعِ عارٍ مُشَذَّبُ

They abandoned him, leaving him with his brave band

Tall frames, bare, well-adorned

بِكَفّي غُلامٍ مِن ثَقيفٍ نَمَت بِهِ

قريشٌ وَذو المَجدِ التَليدِ مُعَتَّبُ

With the hands of a Thaqif youth whom

Quraysh and those of inherited glory blamed