رعى اللّهُ نجْراً خالدياً تَشعَّبَتْ
أرومَتُه عن كابرٍ بعد كابرِ
May God preserve a far-branching Khalidid stock—
its root sprung from one great forebear after another.
حَوى بين نُوشَرْوانهِ ومحمَّدٍ
جوامعَ أشْتاتِ العُلى والمَفاخِرِ
It gathered, between its Nushirvan and Muhammad,
every scattered excellence of high glory and proud distinction.
وجاء جلالُ الدين أمْنَع نجْدَةً
إذا أحجمت نفس الكَمِيِّ المُغامِر
And Jalal al-Din came, invincible in valor,
when the venturesome champion’s very spirit flinches:
فتىً لا يحُلُّ الضَّيْمُ عَقوةَ جاره
ولا يحتمي أعْداؤهُ بالعَساكِرِ
a hero—oppression never alights in his protégé’s precinct,
nor can his enemies find shelter behind armies.
ولكنَّهُ إِمَّا صَديقٌ مُسامحٌ
وإمَّا عدوٌّ طاعِنٌ في الحَناجِرِ
But he is either a forgiving friend,
or a foe who thrusts at throats.
Sol 5.6