لَحَى اللهُ مَنْ يَرْنُو إِلى أَمَدِ العُلا

بِعَيْنٍ مَتى تَلْحَظْ شَبا السَّيْفِ تَشْخَصِ

May Allah curse whoever aspires to supreme power

With an eye that glances eagerly when swords flash bright.

وَغَيْري إِذا رِيعَ اسْتَكانَ وَإِنْ يُشِدْ

بِذِكْرِ مَساعي قَوْمِهِ يَتَخَرَّصِ

Others cower when war's clarion blares, but I

Stand firm, recalling my people’s valorous might.

وَلِي بِرِباعٍ تُنْبِتُ الذُّلَّ رُبْصَةٌ

وَلَولا انْتِكاسُ الدَّهْرِ لَمْ أَتَرَبَّصِ

Though fortunes shift, I’ll never blench or quail,

But rend my foes beneath my falcon’s flight.

سَأُلْحِفُ أَهْلَ الأَرْضِ ظِلَّ عَجاجَةٍ

إِذا لَبِسَتْهُ الخَيْلُ لَمْ يَتَقَلَّصِ

Their hordes will scatter at my destrier’s charge,

As ostrich chicks when lynxes loom in sight.

وَفِي أُمِّ رَأْسِي نَخْوَةٌ أُمَويَّةٌ

ضَمِنْتُ لَها أَنْ يَلْثِمَ النَّجْمُ أَخْمَصي

In my mother’s womb, deep Omayyad blood

Promised that stars would kiss my horse’s height.