وَمِن حَينِ قَحطاني سَجَستانِ أَصبَحوا
عَلى سَيِّئٍ مِن دينِهِم قَد تَغَيَّرا
Since the drought struck me, the people of Sajistan
Have turned to evil in their religion and changed
وَهُم مائَتا أَلفٍ وَلا عَقلَ فيهِمِ
وَلا رَأيَ مِن ذي حيلَةٍ لَو تَفَكَّرا
Two hundred thousand of them, with no sense among them
No wisdom from a cunning schemer, even if they pondered
يَسوقونَ حَوّاكاً لِيَستَفتِحوا بِهِ
عَلى أَولِياءِ اللَهِ مِمَّن تَخَيَّرا
They lead an impostor to use him
To attack the friends of God whom they chose
عَلى عُصبَةٍ عُثمانُ مِنهُم وَمِنهُمُ
إِمامٌ جَلا عَنّا الظَلامَ فَأَسفَرا
A group who sided with Uthman, and among them
An eminent Imam who cleared the darkness so it lit up
خَليقَةُ مَروانَ الَّذي اِختارَهُ لَنا
بِعِلمٍ عَلَينا مَن أَماتَ وَأَنشَرا
The creation of Marwan whom he chose for us
With knowledge of who would kill and revive over us
بِهِ عَمَرَ اللَهُ المَساجِدَ وَاِنتَهى
عَنِ الناسِ شَيطانُ النِفاقِ فَأَقصَرا
Through him God gave life to the mosques and ceased
The devil of hypocrisy from the people so he was banished
وَلَو زَحَفوا بِاِبنَي شَمامٍ كِلَيهِما
وَبِالشُمِّ مِن سَلمى إِلى سَروِ حِميَرا
Even if they marched with the two sons of Shamam both
And the Syrians from Salma to the Sarah of Himyar
عَلى دينِهِم وَالهِندُ تُزجى فُيولُهُم
وَبِالرومِ في أَفدانِها رومِ قَيصَرا
Against their religion, with India arraying their vanguards
And the Romans in their land, the Romans of Caesar
إِلى بَيعَةِ اللَهِ الَّذي اِختارَ عَبدَهُ
لَها اِبنَ أَبي العاصي الإِمامَ المُؤَمَّرا
To the pledge of God which his servant chose
For it the son of Abu Al-Aasi, the Imam to be trusted
لَفَضَّ الَّذي أَعطى النُبُوَّةَ كَيدَهُم
بِأَكيَدَ مِمّا كايَدوهُ وَأَقدَروا
He would thwart those whose prophecy he gave their cunning
With more cunning than what they plotted and contrived
أَتاني بِذي بَهدى أَحاديثُ راكِبٍ
بِها ضاقَ مِنها صَدرُهُ حينَ خَبَّرا
The rider at Zuby Buhda brought me narrations
Which straitened his chest when he told the tale
وَقائِعُ لِلحَجّاجِ تَرمي نِساؤُها
بِأَولادِ ما قَد كانَ مِنهُنَّ مُضمَرا
Events for Hajjaj where his wives were discarding
The children of what was conceived of them in secret
فَقُلتُ فِدىً أُمّي لَهُ حينَ صاوَلَت
بِهِ الحَربُ نابَي رَأسِها حينَ شَمَّرا
So I said, my mother as ransom for him when
War gored him, erecting its head when he prepared
سَقى قائِدَيها السُمَّ حَتّى تَخاذَلوا
عَلَيها وَأَروى الزاعِبِيَّ المُؤَمَّرا
He poisoned his two commanders until they lost heart
Against him, and quenched the commissioned thirsty one
سَقى اِبنَ رِزامٍ طَعنَةً فَوَّزَت بِهِ
وَمَحروشَهُم مَأمومَةً فَتَقَطَّرا
He stabbed the son of Rizam with a mortal wound laid bare
And their protected one a fatal blow which oozed and dripped
وَأَفلَتَ رَوّاضُ البِغالِ وَلَم تَدَع
لَهُ الخَيلِ مِن إِخراجِ زَوجَيهِ مَعشَرا
The horse hands escaped and did not leave
Any horses depriving them of their pairs
