وَرَدَّ الَّذي كادوا وَما أَزمَعوا لَهُ

عَلَيَّ وَما قَد نَمَّقوا في الصَحائِفِ

That which they had intended and planned against me,

And what they had written in scrolls,

لَدى مَلِكٍ وَاِبنِ المُلوكِ كَأَنَّهُ

تَمامُ بُدورٍ ضَوءُهُ غَيرُ كاسِفِ

In the presence of a king and son of kings, as though

It were the full moon whose light is not dimmed,

أَبوهُ أَبو العاصي وَحَربٌ تَلاقَيا

إِلَيهِ بِمَجدِ الأَكرَمينَ الغَطارِفِ

His father, father of the obstinate one, and war met

Towards it with the glory of the noble heroes.

هُمُ مَنَعوني مِن زِيادٍ وَغَيرِهِ

بِأَيدٍ طِوالٍ أَمَّنَت كُلَّ خائِفِ

They prevented me from Ziyad and others

With long arms that gave security to every fearful one.

وَكَم مِن يَدٍ عِندي لَكُم كانَ فَضلُها

عَلَيَّ لَكُم يا آلَ مَروانَ ضاعِفِ

And how many a hand I had whose merit upon me

For you, O family of Marwan, was doubled,

فَمِنهُنَّ أَن قَد كُنتُ مِثلَ حَمامَةٍ

حَراماً وَكَم مِن نابِ غَضبانَ صارِفِ

Among them that I had been like a sacrosanct dove

And how many a bitter, angry one was turned away.

رَدَدتُ عَلَيهِ الغَيظَ تَحتَ ضُلوعِهِ

فَأَصبَحَ مِنهُ المَوتُ تَحتَ الشَراسِفِ

I repelled the anger from it beneath its ribs

So that death for it was beneath the horse blankets.