السيف والحُجَّة الغراءُ قد شهدا

لناصر الدين بالإقدام والظَّفرِ

The sword and eloquence, radiant witnesses

To Nasir al-Din's valor and triumph.

تُقطِّرُ الفارس المشهور فتكتُهُ

فيه ويصطلم الأحبارَ في النَّظرِ

The renowned knight makes his swords drip

With bloodshed, while the monks gaze askance.

مُستشعرٌ لتُقى الرحمن يُسهره

كَرُّ الصلاة ودرس الآي والسُّور

Devoted to the Piety of the Merciful, he keeps vigil;

Reciting prayers, verses and surahs.

يرى الحوادثَ والأيامَ سائرةً

بعين يقظان بالتَّوحيد مُعْتبرِ

He sees events and days go by

With wakeful eyes, contemplating Divine Oneness.

دليلهُ في نفوسِ اللُّدِّ سُرتهُ

كرمحه في نحور الصيد والثُّغَرِ

To obstinate souls his proof is his zeal,

Like his spear toward the prey and the battle lines.

فخصمهُ أبداً ما بين مُنْقطعٍ

يرى فصاحته عِيّاً ومُنْعَفِرِ

His adversary remains forever disconnected,

Seeing his eloquence useless and enraged.

خشونةٌ لا يطولُ الجبرؤُتُ بها

ولِينةٌ كرُمتْ عن رقَّةِ الخورِ

A harshness, with which arrogance cannot long persist,

And a gentleness, nobler than the tenderness of youth.

وأين مِثْلٌ لمسعودٍ وهمَّتِهِ

في العرب والعجم أو في البدو والحضرِ

And who is equal to Saoud in resolve and ambition

Among Arabs or Persians, nomads or townspeople?