لله درُّ جوادِكَ الأصدَى

بالحقِ أن يُهدَى ويُستَهدَى

The echo of your generous steed is praiseworthy to God

To be guided and to guide rightly by the truth

ما شئتَ من خلق ومن خلق

عُنقاً وسَبقاً جاوزَ الحدَا

Whatever creature you wished and whoever you created

Exceeding bounds in nobility and precedence

يَختالً من فرطِ المراحِ فَمَا

أحلاهُ هَزلاً شِيبَ أو جدا

Prancing from an excess of joy, yet he does not

Make it frivolity, whether frolicsome or staid

ما بينَ شُقرَتِهِ وحُمرَتِهِ

لونٌ تَلأَلأ نورُهُ وقدا

Between his blondness and redness is a hue

Whose light glitters and kindles

متوقد اللحظاتِ تحسِبُها

مُلِئَت على أعدائِهِ حقدا

With blazing glances you'd think were filled

With rancor against his enemies

يسري على الأعداءِ صاعقةٌ

ولمن يُحبك كوكباً سعدا

He charges the enemies like lightning

And for those you love a fortunate star

ذو غرة سالت فتحسبها

خَيطَ الصَّبَاحِ بوجهه امتدا

With a forelock that flows and you'd reckon it

The morning's thread stretched across his face

وحوافرٌ مِثلُ الزمرَّدِ في

لونٍ وإن كانت صفاً صلدا

And hooves like emerald even if

They were solid rock in hue

جارى جياد العُدوَتَينِ فما

عرفت له صَدراً ولا وِرداً

Racing the steeds of both battle lines yet none

Knew a chest or rosebed faster