إِذا خَصمي تَقاضاني بِدَينِ

قَضَيتُ الدَينَ بِالرُمحِ الرُدَيني

When my opponents demand a debt from me,

I repay the debt with my long, slender spear.

وَحَدُّ السَيفِ يُرضينا جَميعاً

وَيَحكُمُ بَينَكُم عَدلاً وَبَيني

The edge of my sword satisfies us all,

And judges fairly between you and me.

جَهِلتُم يا بَني الأَنذالِ قَدري

وَقَد عَرَفَتهُ أَهلُ الخافِقينَ

You ignoble people do not know my worth,

Though the heroic know it well.

وَما هَدَمَت يَدُ الحِدثانِ رُكني

وَلا اِمتَدَّت إِلَيَّ بَنانُ حَيني

No youngster has demolished my pillar,

Nor has old age reached out to my prime.

عَلَوتُ بِصارِمي وَسِنانِ رُمحي

عَلى أُفقِ السُها وَالفَرقَدَينِ

With my sword and the tips of my spears

I rose above the horizon of Suhā and Farqadayn.

وَغادَرتُ المُبارِزَ وَسطَ قَفرٍ

يُعَفِّرُ خَدَّهُ وَالعارِضينَ

I left my challenger in the middle of the desert,

Smudging his cheek and his companions.

وَكَم مِن فارِسٍ أَضحى بِسَيفي

هَشيمَ الرَأسِ مَخضوبَ اليَدَينِ

And how many horsemen by my sword

Became severed heads with bloody hands.

يَحومُ عَلَيهِ عِقبانُ المَنايا

وَتَحجُلُ حَولَهُ غِربانُ بَينِ

Vultures of death hover above them

And ravens gather around them.

وَآخَرُ هارِبٌ مِن هَولِ شَخصي

وَقَد أَجرى دُموعَ المُقلَتَينِ

Another escapes, horrified by my person,

His tears flowing copiously.

وَسَوفَ أُبيدُ جَمعَكُمُ بِصَبري

وَيَطفا لاعِجي وَتَقَرُّ عَيني

Soon I will destroy all of you with my patience,

My banner will be raised and my eye soothed.