ترى شبهَ الآساد فيهم مبيّناً
ولكنهم أدهَى دهاء وأنكرُ
Their likeness to lions is apparent
But they are more cunning and outrageous
وجوههُمُ عند اللقاء وجوهها
وألحاظهم ألحاظها حين تنظرُ
Their faces when meeting are their faces
And their glances are their glances when you look
هُمُ هيَ لولا إرْبُهم وحلومهم
لهم منظر منها مَهيبٌ ومخبر
They are them, if not for their dusty hair and flesh
Fearsome and Informidable in appearance
لهم عُدّة تكفيهُمُ كل عُدّةٍ
بناتُ المنايا والحِنيُّ المدثّر
They have enough equipment for any equipment
The daughters of death, and the shrouded grievers
هي القوةُ الحق المسمّاة قوة
بتسمية القرآن فيما يفسَّر
It is the true power called strength
In the naming of the Qur'an in what is interpreted
يُزلّون عن أكباد كل حَنِيّة
خِفافاً مع الآجال تعلو وتقصر
They slip from the livers of every grieving woman
Lightly with destinies that rise and fall
نواها نواهم في الرمايا كأنما
مواقعُها فيما يشاؤون يُقدَر
Their determination is their determination in archery as if
Their positions in what they want are predestined
لها ألسُنٌ ما تستفيق لهاتها
يكاد لُعاب الموت منهن يقطر
They have tongues that do not tire for these
The saliva of death nearly drips from them
ظِماء إلى وِرد الدماء نواهلٌ
لها مورد من غير مأتاهُ نَصدُر
Thirsty to the roses of blood, suckling does
For them a source without a breast flows
يولي المُولّي منهُمُ وهْو مانعٌ
حقيقتهُ لم يخزَ منه المذمَّر
The Guardian makes them retreat while preventing
His truth has not been concealed from the clad
يليك بحدّ شائك وهْو مقبلٌ
يليك بحد مثله حين يدبر
He meets you with a thorny edge while facing you
He meets you with an edge like it when he turns away
هو النار من أي النواحي غشيتَها
تلقَّاك منها جانب يتسعَّر
It is the fire from whichever sides you took it
You find a side from it that flares up
أو الرمحُ ذو النصلين كيف رهِقتهُ
رِهقت حِمام الموت أو يتأخر
Or is it the spear with two barbs however you exhausted it
You exhausted the pigeons of death or lagged
تكون له إجفالةٌ ثم كَرّةٌ
يدمّر فيها سادراً ما يدمَّر
He intimidates you then suddenly attacks
Destroying in it aggressively that which is destroyed
كذلك تلقى الليث فضلَ شهامةٍ
تكون له إجلاءة ثم يَعْكُر
Thus you meet the lion with superior bravery
He intimidates you then turns turbid
تِراكُهُمُ ما تاركوك غنيمةٌ
شهيدي رسول الله والحقُّ يبهر
You see them leaving no spoils
My martyred Prophet and the truth dazzles
فإن كنت منهم جاهلاً أو مُغمَّراً
وهل من نثاهم جاهل أو مغمَّر
So if you were ignorant or clad of them
Is there any of their equals ignorant or clad?
فسائل بهم أعداءهم أو ديارهم
تخبِّرك إن لم يبق منهم مخبِّر
Then ask their enemies or their homes about them
In case none of them survive to inform you
