قُل لِلفَتى نَصرَ أَبي الفَتحِ

إِنَّ المُقاتِلَ حَلَّ بِالنَطحِ

Tell the young man Nasr Abu al-Fath

That the warrior attacked with a headbutt

وَأَراهُ قَهقَرَ فيهِ ثُمَّ مَضى

قُدماً وَمُدَّبِراً إِلى الرُمحِ

And I saw him retreat from it, then go

Forward and turn back to the spear

وَأَرى النُحوسَ لَهُ مُساعَدَةً

فَاِنظُر لِنَفسِكَ وَاِقبَلَن نُصحي

And I see misfortune helping him

So look out for yourself and accept my advice

وَوَجَدتُ ذَلِكَ إِذ حَسِبتَ لَهُ

مِمّا يَدُلُّ عَلى غَلا القَمحِ

And I found that when you counted for him

What indicates the expensiveness of wheat

وَنُزولَ أَمرٍ لا أَفوهُ بِهِ

لَو كانَ يَبلُغُ بي إِلى الرِبحِ

And the descent of a matter I dare not utter

Even if it would profit me

وَإِذا رَأَيتَ البَدرَ في بُلَعٍ

نَزَلَ القَضاءُ بِأَبرَحِ البَرحِ

And when you see the full moon in eclipse

Destiny descended with the most intense eclipse

يا رُبَّ طالِعَةِ العِشاءِ أَتَت

بِخِلافِ ذاكَ طَوالِعُ الصُبحِ

O Lord of the rising of the evening, it came

Unlike the risings of dawn

وَلَرُبَّ رافِلَةٍ عَشِيَّتُها

في الوَشيِ أَضحَت وَهيَ في المِسحِ

And the Lord of a barge that darkened in the evening

At dawn emerged damp

تَبكي عَلى مَن كانَ يُكرِمُها

نَحّاءَ بَينَ نَوادِبٍ نُحِّ

Crying over one who honored her

A wail between mourning women's laments