خَفَّ القَطِينُ وأَخَلفُوا أَربي

واعتادَني مِن ذِكرِهِم وصَبَي

The kittens grew quiet and left their game

And I had grown used to their play and noise

واحتَلَّ أَهلي بِالخَورَنقِ وال

حِيرةِ واحتَلُّوا بِذي خُشُبِ

My family settled in al-Khornaq and Dhat al-Shub

They settled in Hirat exhausted, followed by the pigeons

ظَعنُوا وأُتبعُهُم عُذافِرَةص

حَرفاً أَمُوناً سَهوَةَ الَخَبَبِ

An unerring, keen-sighted group

Stout-hearted when they raised the dead as they passed by

أجداً إذا رَفَعَ الأَمواتَ مَرَّ بِها

وتَكمَّشَت كمَسرول سَبَبِ

And curled up like a tightly rolled turban sash

I fulfill my pledge to them and they bring me

أَقضي بِها أَرَبي وتُبلِغُني

قابُوسَ أَهلَ الُملكِ والَحَسبِ

To the palace of the kings and nobles

And with them as ransom for whatever my feet attained

وبِها فِدىً لَكَ ما عَلا قَدَمي

قابُوسُ مِن جَسَدي نَعَم وأَبي

The palace of Qabus - yes and my father

With victory you gained the kingdom, the people knew

بِالنَّصرِ نِلتَ الُملكَ قَد عَلِمَ ال

أَقوامُ لَم تَغدِر ولَم تَخَبِ

One who did not betray or waver

One day more loyal than you they knew

يَوماً بِأَصدَقَ مِنكَ قَد عَلِمُوا

بَأساً وأَسرَعَ في الطَّلَبِ

Fierce and quick to pursue