Sol 5.6

  1. When heroes grapple with death,

    and dust kisses the sun of their battlefield,

  2. then Qutb al-Din is its champion and the guardian

    of its very essence, its renowned lord.

  3. Foremost of horsemen in generosity and valor,

    whenever drought or the press of battle grows fierce.

  4. Of his hospitality and his warfare both complain

    battle’s champions and the high-humped, full-term she-camels.

  5. I thanked his bounty, though I never sought it,

    as the meadow thanks the rain that visits it at dawn.

Sol 5.6