حَمِدنا الَّذي أَدّى اِبنُ يَحيى فَأَصبَحَت

بِمَقدَمِهِ تَجرى لَنا الطَيرُ أَسعُدا

We praise the one whose son Yahya fulfilled,

So birds now glide happily to us,

وَما هَجَعَت حَتّى رَأَتهُ عُيونُنا

وَما زِلنَ حَتّى آبَ بِالدَمعِ حُشَّدا

Our eyes did not sleep until they saw him,

Nor did they cease, until they wept copiously.

لَقَد صَبّحَتنا خَيلُهُ وَرِجالُهُ

بِأَروَع بدءِ الناسِ بِأساً وَسُؤدَدا

His horses and men greeted us at dawn,

With the finest of violence and generosity,

نَفى عَن خُراسانَ العَدُوَّ كَما نَفى

ضُحى الصُبحِ جِلبابَ الدُجى فَتَعَرَّدا

He dispelled the enemy from Khurasan,

As the dawn dispels the cloak of darkness arrogantly,

لَقَد راعَ مَن أَمسى بِمَروٍ مَسيرُهُ

إِلَينا وَقالوا شَعبُنا قَد تَبَدَّدا

It startled those who marched to Merv,

And they said our people have scattered,

عَلى حينَ أَلقى قُفلَ كُلِّ ظُلامَةٍ

وَأَطلَقَ بِالعَفوِ الأَسيرَ المُقَيَّدا

When he unlocked every darkness,

And freed the chained prisoner,

وَأَفشى بِلا مَنٍّ مَعَ العَدلِ فيهِم

أَيادِيَ عُرفِ باقِياتِ وَعُوَّدا

And spent without reserve, with justice among them,

The hands of familiar generosity and promise,

فَأَذهَبَ رَوعاتِ المَخاوِفِ عَنهُمُ

وَأَصدَرَ باغي الأَمنِ فيهِمِ وَأَورَدا

He took away their fears,

And brought secure life to them,

وَأَجدى عَلى الأَيتامِ فيهِم بِغُرفِهِ

فَكانَ مِنَ الآباءِ أَحنى وَأَعوَدا

He was most affectionate and kind to the orphans among them,

More so than fathers who show tenderness,

إِذا الناسُ راموا غايَةَ الفَضلِ في النَدى

وَفي البَأسِ أَلفَوها مِنَ النَجمِ أَبعَدا

When people seek the epitome of grace and nobility,

And the furthest star in valor,

سَما صاعِداً بِالفَضلِ يَحيى وَخالِدٌ

إِلى كُلِّ أَمرٍ كانَ أَسنى وَأَمجَدا

Ascending in grace are Yahya and Khalid,

To every matter most auspicious and glorious,

يَلينُ لِمَن أَعطى الخَليفَةَ طاعَةً

وَيَسقى دَم العصى الحُسامَ المُهَنَّدا

Gentle to those who obeyed the Caliph,

And watered the sword with the blood of rebels,

أَذَلَّت مَعَ الشِركِ النِفاقَ سُيوفُهُ

وَكانَت لِأَهلِ الدينِ عِزّاً مُؤَبَّدا

His swords humbled hypocrisy and polytheism,

And were a lasting honor for the people of religion,

وَشَدَّ القُوى مِن بَيعَةِ المُصطَفى الَّذي

عَلى فَضلِهِ عَهدَ الخَليفَةِ قُلِّدا

And strengthened the force of swearing allegiance to Al-Mustafa,

To whom the Caliph was entrusted,

سَمِيُّ النّبِيِّ الفاتِحُ الخاتِمِ الَّذي

بِهِ اللَهُ أَعطى كُلَّ خَيرٍ وَسَدَّدا

The honorable prophet, the opener and the sealer,

Through whom God bestowed all good and guided,

أَبَحتَ جِبالَ الكابُلِيِّ وَلَم تَدَع

بِهِنَّ لِنيرانِ الضَلالَةِ مَوقِدا

You ransacked the mountains of Kabul,

Leaving no place for the fires of misguidance,

فَأَطلَعتَها خَيلاً وَطِئنَ جُموعَهُ

قَتيلاً وَمَأسوراً وَفَلّاً مُشَرَّدا

Your horses trampled their crowds,

Leaving them dead, captive, routed, and scattered,

وَعادَت عَلى اِبن البَرمِ نُعماكَ بَعدَما

تَحَوَّبَ مَخذولاً يَرى المَوت مُفرَدا

And the son of Barmak returned to your blessings, after

He saw death solitary and helpless.