خَشُنتِ عَلَيهِ أُختَ بَني خُشَينِ

وَأَنجَحَ فيكِ قَولُ العاذِلَينِ

The sister of Bani Khusheen became harsh to him,

And the words of the censurers succeeded regarding you,

أَنَأياً وَاِجتِناباً أَيُّ صَبرٍ

عَلى البَلوى يُعَرِّسُ بَينَ ذَينِ

What patience and avoidance, which wedding dress

On affliction marries between the two?

أَلَم يُقنِعكِ فيهِ الهَجرُ حَتّى

بَكَلتِ لِقَلبِهِ هَجراً بِبَينِ

Didn’t estrangement satisfy you with him until

You cried estrangement on his heart with separation?

بِما تَرَشَّفينَ نِطافَ وُدّي

وَتَبتَهِجينَ عِندَ حُلولِ دَيني

With what you were gentle, intimate affection,

And you rejoiced during the coming of my presence,

لَيالي لا تَرَينَ الدَمعَ تُنسي

شُئونُكِ غَربَهُ حَتّى تَرَيني

Nights that do not see tears make you forget

His affairs until you see me,

لِإِسحَقَ بنِ إِبراهيمَ كَفٌّ

كَفَت عافيهِ نَوءَ المِرزَمَينِ

For Ishaq ibn Ibraheem is a palm

That protected his well-being from the twisting of the two spears,

وَنورا سُؤدُدٍ وَحِجاً إِذا ما

رَأَيتَهُما رَأَيتَ الشِعرَيَينِ

And a light from Sodod and pilgrimage, if

You saw them, you saw the two poets,

وَمَجدٌ لَم يَدَعهُ الجودُ حَتّى

أَقامَ مُناوِئاً لِلفَرقَدَينِ

And glory that generosity did not leave until

It stood as an adversary to the two horses,

حَليفُ نَدىً وَتِربُ عُلاً إِذا ما

هَتَفتَ بِهِ وَسَيفُ خَليفَتَينِ

An ally of Nada and bred on nobility when

The two swords of the two caliphs called for it,

سَلِ الجَبَلَ المُمَنَّعَ كَيفَ أَخنى

عَلَيهِ زُخرُفا نَكَدٍ وَحينِ

Ask the impenetrable mountain how the decoration

Of misery and hatred wore out on it,

أَزَلتَ الشَكَّ عَنهُم يَومَ رانَت

ضَلالَتُهُم عَلَيهِم أَيَّ رَينِ

You removed doubt from them the day their

Misguidance appeared to them in any way,

لَقيتَهُمُ بِحَلّابِ المَنايا

بَعيدِ الرِزِّ نائي الحَجرَتَينِ

You met them at the cistern of death,

Far from wealth, remote in the two encampments,

فَما أَبقَيتَ لِلسَيفِ اليَماني

شَجاً فيهِم وَلا الرُمحِ الرُدَيني

So you did not leave the Yemeni sword

A wound in them, nor the two-edged spear,

وَقائِعُ أَشرَقَت مِنهُنَّ جَمعٌ

إِلى خَيفَي مِنىً فَالمَوقِفَينِ

Events shone forth from them, an army

To the valley of Mina, so the two standing-places,

ثَوى بِالمَشرِقَينِ لَهُم ضَجاجٌ

أَطارَ قُلوبَ أَهلِ المَغرِبَينِ

Noisy for them in the two Easts, which

Excited the hearts of the people of the two Wests,

عَمَمتَ الخَلقَ بِالنَعماءِ حَتّى

غَدا الثَقَلانِ مِنهُما مُثقَلَينِ

You encompassed creation with blessings until

The two creations from them became overloaded,

وَلَولا سَيفُكَ الماضي لَسَمَّوا

خَليلَي مِلَّةٍ وَمُحَمَّدَينِ

And were it not for your past sword they would have named

Two gods, the gods of Abraham and Muhammad,

وَلَكِن قُلتَ وَالمُهجاتُ تَجري

مَعاذَ اللَهِ مِن كَذِبٍ وَمَينِ

But you said - and the pure hearts were flowing -

"I take refuge in God from lies and defiance."

مَحَوتَ بِها وَقائِعَ مِن مُلوكٍ

وَكُنَّ وَقَد مَلَأتَ الخافِقَينِ

You erased with it events from kings

When they were many, and you had filled the cosmos,

صَبيحَةَ خازِرٍ أَنسَت وَمَهوى

عُبَيدِ اللَهِ فيها وَالحُصَينِ

The morning of Khosrow erased, and the perishing

Of Ubaydullah in it and the fortress,

وَفيفَ الريحِ إِذ دَلَفَت مَعَدٌّ

بِأَجمَعِها وَأُسرَةُ ذي رُعَينِ

And the whirlwind of wind when Ma’add entered,

All of them, and the family of Ru’ayn,

وَأَيّامَ الذَنائِبِ زَعزَعَتها

وَيَومَ مُهَلهِلٍ وَالشَعثَمَينِ

And the days of Dhu Nuwas which it shook,

And the day of Muhalhil and the two plains,

وَأَيّامِ الكُلابِ غَداةَ هَزَّت

مُرارِيَينِ فيها مُترَفَينِ

And the days of dogs when in the morning they shook

The Marib dam, the debauched acting superior,

أَخٌ تَرَكَت أَسِنَّتُهُ أَخاهُ

تَليلاً لِلجَبينِ وَلِليَدَينِ

A brother whose tongues left his brother

Exhausted, on the forehead and the hands,

وَمِن ساتيدَما بَروازَ فَلَّت

شَبا فَخرٍ فَسيحَ الطائِفَينِ

And from what destroyed Parwiz, so the pride

Of glory shook, wide in the two encampments,

بَلا فيها إِياسٌ كُلَّ لَدنٍ

وَكُلَّ مُصَمِّمٍ في العَظمِ لينِ

Without despair in it ever, and every

Stubborn one submissive and flexible,

وَحُجراً وَاِمرَأَ القَيسِ بنَ حُجرٍ

لَيالي كاهِلٍ وَبَني مُعَينِ

And Khajra, and Imraul Qais ibn Hujr

The nights of Kahil and the tribe of Mu’ayn,

وَيَومَ البِشرِ أَنسَتهُ وَهَدَّت

وَقائِعَ راهِطٍ وَبَناتِ قَينِ

And the day of good news which erased

The events of Rabeet and the daughters of Qayn,

وَيَومَ المَصدقِيَّةِ حينَ ساموا

أَنوشَروانَ خَطباً غَيرَ هَينِ

And the day of reconciliation when they

Asked for the hand of Anushiravan improperly,

فَغاداهُم هَريتُ الشِدقِ جَهمٌ

لَدى أَشبالِهِ ذو لِبدَتَينِ

So Herit of the Lion’s Jaw, Jahm, confronted them

Among his cubs, of two hanging sides,

فَأَضحَوا بَعدَ عِزٍّ وَاِختِيالٍ

وَهُم عِبَرٌ لِأَهلِ المَشرِقَينِ

And they became, after might and arrogance,

A lesson for the people of the two Easts,

وَلَكِن أَذكَرَتنا يَومَ بَدرٍ

وَمُشتَجَرَ الأَسِنَّةِ في حُنَينِ

But the day of Badr reminded us, when

The two tongues entangled at Hunayn,

رَدَدتَ الدينَ وَهوَ قَريرُ عَينٍ

بِها وَالكُفرَ وَهوَ سَخينُ عَينِ

You restored the religion while it was delightful

With it, and disbelief while boiling hot,

أَلا إِنَّ النَدى أَضحى أَميراً

عَلى مالِ الأَميرِ أَبي الحُسَينِ

Indeed, Nada has become the prince

Over the wealth of the prince Abu Al-Husayn,

إِذا يَدُهُ بِنائِلِهِ اِستَهَلَّت

فَوَيلٌ لِلنُضارِ وَلِلُّجَينِ

When his hand with its attainments began

So woe to the delicate and the piercings,

نَوالُكَ رَدَّ حُسّادي فُلولاً

وَأَصلَحَ بَينَ أَيّامي وَبَيني

Your gifts returned my enviers defeated

And repaired between my days and me,

فَأَصبَحَ وَهوَ لي طَوقٌ وَأَمسى

مَديحُكَ نُقلَ أَهلِ العَسكَرَينِ

So it became a necklace for me and your

Praise spread among the people of the two armies,