هات اسقنيها مِن عَتيق مدامِ

حَيث الزَمان صَفا وَنلتُ مَرامي

Bring me a drink from the aged wine

Where time was pure and I attained my hopes

وَاترك خيول صَبابَتي أَلقى بِها

بَينَ الصُفوف كَتائبَ اللوّام

And leave my steeds of youth, I cast them

Amongst the ranks, battalions of blame

فَعَساكَ تَنظُر مِن غلامك في الوَغى

ما لا رُؤي مِن عنترٍ وَعصام

May you look from your boy in the fray

What was not seen from Antar and Asaam

وَتَرى العَواذل عِندَ ذَلِكَ أُلجِموا

مِن هَيبَتي في حضرَتي بلجام

And you see the cowards then were silenced

By my awe in my presence, bridled

وَتَرى اللَواحي في المَواقف أَحجموا

بِالقَول عَن نَقض وَعَن إبرام

And you see the slanderers in the stations were deterred

From falsity and fromresolve, muted

وَتَخال أَن طَوائف الرقباء قَد

هابوا مضارب لهذَمي وَحسامي

And you’d think the gangs of necks were

Frightened of my club and sword

وَكَذا الوشاة مِن الخمول تظنُّهم

يَوم اللقا خُلقوا بِغَير كَلام

And likewise the gossipers, from languor you’d think

They were created without speech

فَإِذا نقضت عُهودهم وَأمرتني

بِقتالهم جبنوا عَن الإقدام

So if they break their vows and you order me

To battle them, they shrink from daring

وَكماتُهم شاموا السُيوف وَسالموا

وَرموا بِأَنفسهم عَلى أَقدامي

And their vectis have tasted swords and made peace

And flung themselves upon my feet

لتزَوُّجِ الأَخوين عزٌّ هامي

For the marriage of the two brothers, pride encamps