نَداكَ إِذا ضَنَّ الغَمامُ غَمامِ

وَعَزمُكَ إِن فُلَّ الحُسامُ حُسامُ

Your bounty, when the clouds grow stingy, is a rain cloud;

Your resolve, if the sword be blunted, is a sword.

فَهذا يَنيلُ الرِزق وَهُوَ مُمَنَّع

وَذاكَ يرَدُّ الجَيشَ وَهُوَ لُهامُ

The first brings sustenance within reach, though it be withheld;

The latter turns back the host, though vast.

وَمن طَلَب الأَعداء بِالمالِ وَالظُبا

وَبِالسَعدِ لَم يَبعُد عَلَيهِ مُرامُ

Whoever pursues his foes with wealth and blades,

And with good fortune, finds no aim beyond his reach.