Claude 2

  1. حَمى نَبِيَّ الهُدى بِالسَيفِ مُنصَلِتاً

    حَتّى إِذا اِنكَشَفوا حامَى عَنِ الدينِ

    The Prophet's zeal was guarded by the sword unsheathed

    Until when they were routed, zeal for the faith took wing,

  2. صَبراً عَنِ الطَعنِ إِذ وَلَّت جَماعَتُنا

    وَالناسُ مِن بَينِ مَحرومٍ وَمَغبونِ

    Patience instead of thrusting when our band retreated,

    And men amid the blinkered and the bilked.

  3. يا طَلحَةَ بنَ عُبَيدِ اللَهِ قَد وَجَبَت

    لَكَ الجِنانُ وَتَزويجُ الدُمى العينِ

    O Talha ibn Ubayd Allah, owed you now

    Are Heaven's gardens and the dark-eyed houris' bed.