إِنّي أَظُنُّ نِزاراً سَوفَ يَجمَعُها

بَعدَ التَفَرُّقِ حَربٌ شَبَّها زُفَرُ

I think that Nizar will someday gather them,

After separation, a war resembling their sighs.

صَلتُ الجَبينِ رَشيدُ الأَمرِ تَعرِفُهُ

إِذا تَكَشَّفَ عَن عِرنينِهِ القَتَرُ

The determined leader knows the prayer of the forehead,

When the bitterness of his soul is uncovered.

سارى بِهِم أَرضَهُم لَيلاً فَصَبَّحَهُم

بِوَقعَةٍ لَم يُقَدَّم قَبلَها النُذُرُ

He took them through their land at night and woke them up

With an unprecedented battle, no warnings preceded it.

فَهُم عَلى آلَةٍ قَد بَيَّنَت لَهُمُ

أَمراً عَلانِيَةً غَيرَ الَّذي اِئتَمَروا

So they were taken by surprise, it made clear to them

A public matter, not what they had conspired.

حَتّى رَأَوهُ صَباحاً في مُلَملَمَةٍ

شَهباءَ يَبرَقُ في حافاتِها البَصَرُ

Until they saw it in the morning, in a fiery

Dust storm, its edges flashing before the eyes.

في عارِضٍ مِن كِلابٍ يُبرِقونَ إِذا

نالَ الأَعادِيَ مِنهُم فَيلَقٌ هَبَروا

Among packs of dogs who shine when

The enemies get some of them, and they bark and flee.

سَعى بِأَوتارِ أَقوامٍ فَأَدرَكَها

لَولا أَياديهِ ما اِمتَنّوا وَلا اِنتَصَروا

He strove with the strings of the people and reached them.

Had it not been for his hands, they would not have endured or been victorious.