سمعت مقال نفسي فاعتراني

ذهول حرت فيه وضقت صدرا

I heard my soul speak, so I was seized

By confusion, perplexed and my chest narrowed.

وبعد تأملي في ما ارتأتهث

شهدت لها بصحتِه مقرا

After reflecting on what it intended,

I confessed it was right, admitting it fully.

وأيقظت القريحة من كراها

فلبتني ولي لم تعصِ امرا

I awakened inspiration from its dislike,

So it obeyed me though it never disobeyed an order.

وسالت واليراع يمد منها

ويرقم وحيَها سطراً فسطرا

It flowed and imagination extended from it,

Writing its revelation line by line.

عن الحرب التي دارت رحاها

فصار لها سوادُ الناس برا

About the war that happened during its time,

So the color of people turned white from it.

تدفق سيلها فطما عليهم

وأصبح غامراً للارض غمرا

Its flood overwhelmed them

And the land was completely submerged.

وشبّ ضرامها فشوى البرايا

كما تشوي الاتاتين الاجرا

Its embers blazed so it scorched the land

As fire scorches the twigs.

أضلمت بالوليد فشاب هولاً

ولامست الحديد فذاب صهرا

It darkened with resolve so it flamed with horror,

And touched iron so it melted completely.

ولستُ أرى لها وصفاً سوى ما

زهير قالهُ وكفاهُ فخرا

I see no description for it but what

Zuhair said about it, and that suffices as pride.

كأن الغيب صورها لديهِ

فأحكم وصفها فرواه شعرا

It's as if the unknown pictured it for him

So he precisely described it and narrated it in verse.

ولو كبرى حروب الارض عُدَّت

لما حسبت لديها غير صغرى

If the great wars of the earth were counted,

None would be considered small beside it.