عَرَفتُ الدارَ قَد أَقوَت بِريمِ

إِلى لَأيٍ فَمَدفَعِ ذي يَدومِ

I knew the house had become strong with spears

Of polished blades made for striking endlessly

أَميرَ المُؤمِنينَ إِلَيكَ نَهوي

عَلى البُختِ الصَلادِمِ وَالعَجومِ

To you, O Commander of the Faithful, we complain

Of the hardships of fate and the non-Arabs

كَأَنَّ سَوالِفَ النَجُداتِ مِنها

تَقَطَّرُ بِالأَرَندَجِ وَالعَصيمِ

As if the hanging swords speak of it

Dripping with the snake’s venom and poison

إِذا اِتَّخَذَت وُجوهُ القَومِ نَصباً

أَجيجَ الواهِجاتِ مَنَ السَمومِ

When the faces of the people turn to frown

The clashing of sparkling swords with their poisons

فَكَم غادَرنَ دونَكَ مِن جَهيضٍ

وَمِن نَعلٍ مُطَرَّحَةٍ جَذيمِ

So many deserters left you

And many discarded sandals without straps

يَزُرنَ عَلى تَنائيهِ يَزيداً

بِأَكنافِ المُوَقَّرِ وَالرَقيمِ

They visit Yazid in his authority

With the honored and the despised

تُهَنِّئُهُ الوُفودُ إِذا أَتوهُ

بِنَصرِ اللَهِ وَالمُلكِ العَظيمِ

The delegations congratulate him when they come

For God’s victory and the great kingdom