وفارسٍ أجبنَ من صِفْرِد

يحولُّ أو يثولُّ من صَفْرَهْ

A cowardly knight, more yellow than saffron,

Who turns this way or that out of cowardice.

لو صاح في الليل به صائحٌ

لكانت الأرض له طفرَهْ

If someone were to shout at him in the night,

The earth would erupt under him.

يرحمه الرحمن من جبنه

فيُطعم الله به نصرَهْ

May the Merciful have mercy on him for his cowardice,

So that God may feed him his victory.

من أقدم الناس ولكنما

إقدامه تضييعه حِذرَهْ

He is among the first to charge, but rather

His bravery leads him to lose his caution.