بَكَت جَرَعاً مَروا خُراسانَ إِذ رَأَت

بِها باهِلِيّاً بِعدَ آلِ المُهَلَّبِ

Khorasan wept bitterly when it saw

Its protection lost, after the family of Muhallab

تَبَدَّلَتِ الظِربى القِصارَ أُنوفُها

بِكُلِّ فَنيقٍ يَرتَدي السَيفَ مُصعَبِ

The slender waisted girls changed

Into rough warriors wearing Yemeni swords

أَغَرَّ كَأَنَّ البَدرَ تَحتَ ثِيابِهِ

كَريمٍ إِلى الأُمِّ الكَريمَةِ وَالأَبِ

As if the full moon was under his clothes

A generous man to his generous mother and father

فَأَصبَحَ رَدَّ اللَهِ زَينَ قُصورِها

إِلَيها وَروحَ المُستَغيثِ المُثَوِّبِ

So God brought back the beauty of its palaces

And the spirit of the answered supplicant, rewarding

فَوارِسُ ضَرّابونَ وَالخَيلُ يَلتَقي

عَلَيها عَبيطُ الثائِرِ المُتَلَهِّبِ

Cavalry warriors who strike, and horses meet

For it, stirred up by the heated leader

إِذا جَلَسوا زانَ النَدِيَّ جُلوسُهُم

وَلَيسوا بِفُحّاشٍ عَلى الناسِ أَكلُبِ

When they sit, the friend's sitting adorns

And they are not vulgarians imposed on people, dogs