قد أكملَ اللّه في ذا السيفِ حِلْيَتَهُ

واختالَ باسم معزِّ الدين مُنتَقَشا

God has perfected in this sword His ornament,

And taken the name of al-Mu'izz ad-Din with glory,

كأنّ أفعى سَقَتْ فولاذَه حُمَةً

وألبَسَتْ جلْدَهُ من وَشيِها نَمَشَا

As though a snake had fed its steel venom

And clothed its surface with the speckles of its skin.