1. May God preserve a far-branching Khalidid stock—

    its root sprung from one great forebear after another.

  2. It gathered, between its Nushirvan and Muhammad,

    every scattered excellence of high glory and proud distinction.

  3. And Jalal al-Din came, invincible in valor,

    when the venturesome champion’s very spirit flinches:

  4. a hero—oppression never alights in his protégé’s precinct,

    nor can his enemies find shelter behind armies.

  5. But he is either a forgiving friend,

    or a foe who thrusts at throats.

Sol 5.6