لِلَّهِ قَلْعَةُ بِيرانٍ وَعِزَّتهَا

عَلَى الأَعَاصِيرِ فِي ماضِي الأَعَاصِيرِ

God's fortress is Biran and its might

Against the storms throughout the storms of the past

عَنَتْ وَدَانَتْ عَلَى حُكْمِ المُنَى فَرَقاً

مِنْ سَيِّد قَدْ هَوَتْ مِنْ أَرْفَعِ السُّورِ

It bent and submitted to the rule of fate separately

From a lord it had fallen from the highest of walls

وَأَذْعَنَتْ وَهيَ الشمَّاءُ ذُرْوَتُها

عَلَى حجَاجٍ لهَا مِنْ قَبْلُ مَذْكورِ

And it surrendered while being the towering peak

To Hajjaj who had been mentioned before

وَلَوْ أَصَرَّتْ عَلَى الإعْراضِ ثَانِيَةً

لأَصْبَحَتْ بَيْنَ تَخْريبٍ وَتَدْميرِ

And if it had insisted on turning away again

It would have been amidst destruction and ruin

مَدَّتْ إِلَيكَ أَبَا زَيْدٍ بِطَاعَتِها

يَداً مَخَافَةَ صَوْلٍ مِنكَ مَشْهُورِ

It extended to you Abu Zaid in its obedience

A hand fearing your famed severity

وَأَكَّدَتْ في الرِّضَى والصَّفحِ رَغْبَتَها

كَمَا تَقَدَّمَ تَأييدُ الْمَقَادِيرِ

And it emphasized in pleasure and forgiveness its desire

As the support of fate had preceded

فَجُدْتَ جُودَكَ بِالنُعْمَى بِمَا سَأَلَتْ

مِنَ الأَمَانِ لَهَا طَلْقُ الأَسَارِيرِ

So you were generous with grace as it had asked

For safety, freeing the prisoners