فَطامَنَ نَفسي بَعدَما نَشَزَت بِها

مَخافَتَها وَالريقُ لَم يَبلُلِ الفَما

My soul was calmed after it rebelled

Fearing it, though no saliva wet my mouth

وَما تَرَكَت كَفّا هِشامٍ مَدينَةً

بِها عِوَجٌ في الدينِ إِلّا تَقَوَّما

And Hisham left no crooked town

With wrong in religion, without straightening it

يُؤَدّي إِلَيهِ الخَرجَ مَن كانَ مُشرِكاً

وَيَرضى بِهِ مَن كانَ لِلَّهِ مُسلِما

Payment of tax comes from whoever was an idolater

And whoever was Muslim for God is satisfied with it

أَبوكُم أَبو العاصي الَّذي كانَ يَنجَلي

بِهِ الضَوءُ عَمَّن كانَ بِاللَيلِ أَظلَما

Your father, Abu Al-'Asi, who used to shine

His light on whoever was in the night, darker

وَكانَت لَهُ كَفّانِ إِحداهُما الثَرى

ثَرى الغَيثِ وَالأُخرى بِها كانَ أَنعَما

And he had two palms, one for the soil

The soil of rain, the other with which he was generous

ضَرَبتَ بِها النُكّاثَ حَتّى اِهتَدَوا بِها

لِمَن كانَ صَلّى مِن فَصيحٍ وَأَعجَما

You struck the slanderers with it until they were guided by it

To whoever prayed, eloquent speaker or mute

بِسَيفٍ بِهِ لاقى بِبَدرٍ مُحَمَّدٌ

إِذا مَسَّ أَصحابَ الضَريبَةِ صَمَّما

With a sword with which Muhammad met

At Badr, when it touched the people of tyranny, resolute