أَقولُ لِحَرفٍ قَد تَخَوَّنَ نَيَّها
دُؤوبُ السُرى إِدلاجُهُ وَأَصائِلُه
I say to a letter that betrayed its purpose
Stubborn in keeping it secret and its burdens
عَلَيكَ بِقَصدٍ لِلمَدينَةِ إِنَّها
بِها مَلِكٌ قَد أَترَعَ الأَرضَ نائِلُه
Upon you to head to the city for in it
Is a king who conquered the land in his grasp
نَمَتهُ فُروعُ الزَبرِقانِ وَقَد نَمى
بِهِ مِن قُرَيشِ الأَبطَحَينِ أَوائِلُه
He was nurtured by the branches of glory and grew
Among the nobles of Quraysh as their finest
لَهُ أَبطَحاها الأَعظَمانِ إِذا اِلتَقَت
قُرَيشٌ وَكانَ المَجدُ أَعلاهُ كاهِلُه
To him belong their two greatest lineages when
Quraysh meet and glory sits atop his shoulders
أَقولُ لِأَزوالٍ أَبوهُم مُجاشِعٌ
بَني كُلُّ مَشبوبٍ طَويلٍ حَمائِلُه
I say to rivals whose father is submissive
The sons of every tall, pregnant camel
إِلى خالِدٍ سيروا فَإِن تَنزِلوا بِهِ
جَميعاً وَقَد ضُمَّت إِلَيهِ ذَلاذِلُه
Go to Khalid, and if you descend upon him
Together, though his subordinates cling to him
تَكونوا كَمَن لاقى الفُراتَ إِذا اِلتَقى
عَلَيهِ أَعالي مَوجِهِ وَأَسافِلُه
You'd be like one who meets the Euphrates when
The peaks and troughs of its waves clash upon him
وَكائِن دَعَونا اللَهَ حَتّى أَجابَنا
بِأَبيَضَ عاصِيٍّ تَفيضُ أَنامِلُه
We called upon Allah until he answered us
With a defiant white horse with flooding reins
نَمَتهُ بَطاحِيّو قُرَيشٍ كَأَنَّهُ
حُسامٌ جَلا الأَطباعَ عَنهُ صَياقِلُه
He was nurtured by the knights of Quraysh as if he were
A polished sword that rectified their natures
نَمَتهُ النَواصي مِن قُرَيشٍ وَقَد نَمى
بِهِ مِن تَميمٍ رَأسُ عِزٍّ وَكاهِلُه
He was nurtured by the chiefs of Quraysh and grew
Among Tamim as the head of glory and shoulders
أَتانا رَقيبُ المُستَغيثينَ رَبُّنا
تَفيضُ عَلَينا كُلَّ يَومٍ فَواضِلُه
The watcher over those crying for help came to us
Our Lord, his endless boons pour upon us each day
كَأَنَّ الفُراتَ الجَونَ أَصبَحَ دارِئا
عَلَينا إِذا ما هَزهَزَتهُ شَمايِلُه
As if the roaring Euphrates in the morning
Warded off his left-handed blows from us
أَتى خالِدٌ أَرضاً وَكانَت فَقيرَةً
إِلى خالِدٍ لَمّا أَتَتها رَواحِلُه
Khalid came to a land that was poor
For Khalid when his riding camels came to it
فَلَمّا أَتاها أَشرَقَت أَرضُها لَهُ
وَأَدرَكَ مَن خافَ المُلِحّاتِ نائِلُه
When he came to it, its land shone for him
And those who feared barrenness attained their wants
