أَحَجَّاجُ إنَّ اللّهَ أَعْطاك غايَةً

يُقَصِّرُ عنها مَن أَرادَ مَداها

O Hajjaj, truly God has granted you the utmost limit,

Which the aspirations of others fall short of attaining.

أَحَجَّاجُ لا يُفْلَلْ سِلاحُكَ إنّما ال

مَنايا بِكَفِّ اللّهِ حيثُ يَراها

O Hajjaj, your sword shall not be blunted, but only

By the decree of God wherever He has ordained it.

إذا هَبَطَ الحَجَّاجُ أَرْضاً مَريضةً

تَتَبَّعَ أَقْصى دائِها فَشفاها

When Hajjaj descends upon an ailing land,

He follows its disease to its furthest extent and cures it.

شَفاها مِنَ الدّاءِ العُضالِ الذي بِها

غُلامٌ إذا هَزَّ القَناةَ سَقاها

He cures it of insoluble, entrenched disease

Like a young man shaking the spear that quenches its thirst,

سَقاها دِماءَ المارِقينَ وعَلَّها

إذا جَمحَتْ يَوْماً وَخِيفَ أَذاها

Quenching its thirst with the blood of rebels and healing it,

When it grows restive one day and its harm is feared.

إذا سَمعَ الحجَّاجُ رِزّ كَتِيبةٍ

أَعَدَّ لها قَبْلَ النزولِ قِراها

When Hajjaj hears the neighing of an equine troop,

He prepares their settlements for them before they descend.

أَعَدَّ لَها مَصْقُولةً فارِسيَّةً

بأَيْدِي رجالٍ يَحْلُبونَ صُراها

He prepares for them sharpened Persian scimitars

In the hands of men who milk their lobes.

فَمَا وَلَدَ الأَبْكارُ والعَوْنُ مِثْلَهُ

بِنَجْدٍ ولا أَرْضٍ يَجِفُّ ثَراها

Thus no virgin womb or ally has birthed his equal

In Nejd or any land where its ruins decay.

أَحَجَّاجُ لا تُعْطِ العُصاةَ مُناهُمُ

ولا اللّهُ يُعْطِي لِلْعُصاةِ مُناها

O Hajjaj, do not grant the rebels their wish,

And God does not grant the rebels their wish.

ولا كَلَّ حَلاَّفٍ تَقَلَّدَ بَيْعَةً

فأَعْظَمَ عَهْدَ اللّهِ ثُمَّ شَراها

No oath-breaking traitor who assumed the pledge

And broke God's covenant made it great then annulled it.