وَلَو أَنَّ قَومي في الحُروبِ أَذِلَّةً

لَأَحنَت عَلَيهِم فارِس في المَلاحِمُ

And if my people were humiliated in wars,

The Persian knight would have gloated in epics,

وَلَكِنَّ قومي أَحرَزَتهُم سُيوفُهُم

فآبوا وَقَد عادوا حُماةَ المَكارِمُ

But my people's swords protected them,

So they returned having safeguarded all virtues,

أَبَينا فلم نعطِ الظَلامَةَ فارِساً

وَلَكِن قَبلَنا السِلمَ مِمَّن يُسالِمُ

We refused to grant the darkness to Persia,

But accepted peace from those inclined to it,

وَنَحنُ حَبَسنا في نَهاوَندَ خَيلَنا

لَعَشرِ لَيالٍ أُنتِجَت لِلأَعاجِمُ

And we kept our horses confined in Nihawand

For ten nights they were readied for the non-Arabs,

نَتَجنَ لَهُم بِنتاً وَعَضَّلَ سَجلُها

غَداةَ نَهاوَندٍ لِإِحدى العَظائِمُ

In the morning after Nihawand they gave birth to a daughter,

On one of the magnificent days,

مَلَأنا شِعاباً في نَهاوَندَ مِنهُم

رِجالاً وَخَيلاً أَسلَمَت في الصَرائِمُ

We filled the valleys of Nihawand with them,

Men and horses who surrendered in battles,

وَأَركَضُهُنَّ الفَيرُزانَ عَلى الصَفا

فَلَم يُنجه مِنها اِنفِساحُ المَخارِمُ

And we galloped the FIRUZAN on the plain,

So that the wide open spaces did not save them.