وبعدُ في غزوة كانت مباركةً

تروى زراعة أقوام وتحتصدُ

After the blessed raid,

whose clouds watered people's crops and harvested them,

نالت غمامتُها فيلاً بوابلها

والسُغْد حين دنا شؤوبها البردُ

whose heavy rain captured an elephant,

and when winter approached, made Sughd shiver.

إذ لا يزال له نهبٌ يُنفِّله

من المقاسم لا وُخشٌ ولا نكدُ

He still had plenty of booty to distribute

with no fear or sorrow in the shares.

تلك الفتوح التي تدلي بحجتها

على الخليفة أنا معشر حُشُدُ

These are the openings proven by their argument

to the Caliph, we are the mobilized troops.

لم تثن وجهك عن قوم غزوتهم

حتى يقال لهم بُعْدا وقد بعِدوا

You did not turn your face from the people you raided

until it was said they are far, and they were far.

لم ترض من حِصنهم أن كان ممتنِعاً

حتى يُكَبَّرُ فيها الواحدُ الصمدُ

You were not pleased if their fortress was impregnable

until the One, the Eternal was glorified in it.