إِن أَستَطِع مِنكَ الدُنُوِّ فَإِنَّني

سَأَدنو بِأَشلاءِ الأَسيرِ المُقَيَّدِ

If I could seek closeness from you through flattery

I would come to the best of mankind, bound in shackles,

إِلى خَيرِ أَهلِ الأَرضِ مَن يَستَغِث بِهِ

يَكُن مِثلَ مَن مَرَّت لَهُ طَيرُ أَسعَدُ

The one who, when called upon for help,

Would be like one whose good fortune has passed.

وَلَو أَنَّني أَسطيعُ سَعياً سَعَيتُهُ

إِلَيكَ وَأَعناقِ الهَدِيِّ المُقَلَّدِ

If I were able to make effort, I would make the effort

Toward you, with the necks of sacrificed animals adorned.

خَليفَةُ أَهلِ الأَرضِ أَصبَحَ ضَوءُهُ

بِهِ كانَ يَهدي لِلهُدى كُلَّ مُهتَدِ

The caliph of mankind, his light has risen;

Through him, all who seek guidance are guided.

فَإِنَّ أَميرَ المُؤمِنينَ مُحيطَةٌ

يَداهُ بِأَهلِ الأَرضِ مِن كُلِّ مَرصَدِ

Indeed, the Commander of the Faithful, his hands

Encompass all mankind from every vantage point.

فَلَستُ أَخافُ الناسَ ما دُمتَ سالِماً

وَلَو أَجلَبَ الساعي عَلَيَّ بِحُسَّدي

So I do not fear people as long as you are safe,

Even if the slanderer brings envy upon me.

سَيَأبى أَميرُ المُؤمِنينَ بِعَدلِهِ

عَلى الناسِ وَالسَبعَينِ في راحَةِ اليَدِ

The Commander of the Faithful will refuse, through his justice

Over people and beasts, when hands are at ease.

وَلا ظُلمَ ما دامَ الخَليفَةُ قائِماً

هِشامٌ وَما عَن أَهلِهِ مِن مُشَرَّدِ

There is no injustice as long as the Caliph remains

Hisham, and not an outcast from his family.

فَهَل يا بَني مَروانَ تُشفى صُدورُكُم

بِأَيمانِ صَبرٍ بادِياتٍ وَعُوَّدِ

So will your hearts be healed, O Banu Marwan,

By true oaths, clear and firmly sworn?

فَلا رَفَعَت إِن كُنتُ قُلتُ الَّتي رَوَوا

عَلَيَّ رِدائي حينَ أَلبَسُهُ يَدي

I did not raise my cloak, if I said what they claim

Against me, when I don my cloak with my hands.

وَنَحنُ قِيامٌ حَيثُ كانَت وَطاءَةً

لِرِجلِ خَليلِ اللَهِ مِن خَيرِ مَحتِدِ

We are standing where the ground was once trodden

By the foot of God's dear friend, the best to tread there.

فَلا تَترُكوا عُذري المُضيءَ بَيانَهُ

وَلا تَجعَلوني في الرَكِيَّةِ كَالرَدي

So do not leave my excuse, shining clear,

And do not make me, in doubt, like one discarded.

وَكَيفَ أَسُبُّ النَهرَ لِلَّهِ بَعدَما

تَرامى بِدَفّاعٍ مِنَ الماءِ مُزبِدِ

How can I insult the river of God, after

It has surged with ramparts of water, frothing?

إِلى كُلِّ أَرضٍ قادَ دِجلَةَ خالِدٌ

إِلَيها وَكانَت قَبلَهُ لَم تُقَوَّدِ

To every land which Khaled led Dijlah

And it had not been led there before him.