وَلَمّا دَعا الداعونَ وَاِنشَقَّتِ العَصا

وَلَم تَخبُ نيرانُ العَدُوِّ المُقاذِفِ

When the callers called and the staff split,

And the enemy's blazing fires did not go out,

فَزِعنا إِلى العَبّاسِ مِن خَوفِ فِتنَةٍ

وَأَنيابِها المُستَقدِماتِ الصَوارِفِ

We took refuge in Al-Abbas, fearing the occurrence of strife

And its bared teeth swiftly approaching.

وَكَم مِن عَوانٍ فَيلَقٍ قَد أَبَرتَها

بِأُخرى إِلَيها بِالخَميسِ المُراجِفِ

How many helpers of the impudent you made childless

By striking their sons with spears on ominous Thursdays!

فَقَد أَوقَعَ العَبّاسُ إِذ صارَ وَقعَةً

نَهَت كُلَّ ذي ضِغنٍ وَداءٍ مُقارِفِ

So Al-Abbas caused a calamity when he became a calamity

That stopped every belligerent transgressor.

وَأَغنَيتَ مَن لَم يَغنَ مِن أَبطَأِ السُرى

وَقَوَّمتَ دَرءَ الأَزوَرِ المُتَجانِفِ

You enriched those who were not enriched among the slowest of horsemen,

And you rectified the repelling of the cunning plotters.

وَأَنتَ الَّذي يُخشى وَيُرمى بِكَ العِدى

إِذا أَحجَمَت خَيلُ الجِيادِ المَخالِفِ

You, whom hostility is feared and against whom the enemies hurl their spears

When the horses of the valiant warriors charge.

سَمَوتَ فَلَم تَترُك عَلى الأَرضِ ناكِثاً

وَآمَنتَ مِن أَحيائِنا كُلَّ خائِفِ

You rose high and left no betrayer on earth,

And secured all our frightened lives.

أَبَرتَ زُحوفَ المُلحِدينَ وَكِدتَهُم

بِمُستَنصِرٍ يَتلو كِتابَ المَصاحِفِ

You refuted the assaults of the apostates and foiled their plots

With a victorious one reciting the scripture.

تَأَخَّرَ أَقوامٌ وَأَسرَعتَ لِلَّتي

تُغَلَّلُ نُشّابَ الكَمِيِّ المُزاحِفِ

Some lagged behind while you hastily moved

To restrain the goring of the daring assailant.

وَأَنتَ إِلى الأَعداءِ أَوَّلُ فارِسٍ

هُناكَ وَوَقّافٌ كَريمُ المَواقِفِ

You are, over there, the foremost horseman against the enemies

And a generous host at the battle positions.

بِضَربٍ يَزيلُ الهامَ عَن مُستَقَرِّهِ

وَطَعنٍ بِأَطرافِ الرِماحِ الجَوائِفِ

With a strike that removes resolve from its settled place

And a lunge with the tips of piercing spears.

سَبَقتَ بِأَهلِ الكوفَةِ المَوتَ بَعدَما

أُريدَ بِإِحدى المُهلِكاتِ الجَوالِفِ

You outran death for the people of Kufa after

Their destruction by one of the roaming catastrophes was intended.

فَلَم يُغنِ مَن في القَصرِ شَيئاً وَصَيَّحوا

إِلَيكَ بِأَصواتِ النِساءِ الهَواتِفِ

So those in the palace did not benefit at all and cried out

To you in the voices of pleading women.

أَخو الحَربِ يَمشي طاوِياً ثُمَّ يَقتَدي

مُدِلّاً بِفُرسانِ الجِيادِ المَتالِفِ

The brother of war walks bending then follows

Humbly the horsemen of the trained steeds.

يُغادِرنَ صَرعى مِن صَناديدَ بَينَها

بِسوراءَ في إِجرائِها وَالمَزاحِفِ

They leave among their dead some champions between them,

At Sura, in its raids and counter raids.

وَما طَعِمَت مِن مَشرَبٍ مُذ سَقَيتَها

بِتَدمُرَ إِلّا مَرَّةً بِالشَفائِفِ

And since you quenched its thirst with Tadmur

It has not tasted any drink except morning draughts.