أَلَم يَأَتيكَ وَالأَنباءُ تَنمي

وَتَصعُدُ في المَلمَعَةِ الفَيافِ

Did not the news reach you, and prosper,

And ascend in the shining heavens?

تَوَقَينا وَمَنزِلَنا جَميعاً

أَمامَ الخَيلِ بِالسَمرِ الثِقافِ

We avoided it, and our homes altogether,

Before the cavalry with the firm hills.

قَسَمنا أَرضَهُم نِصفَينِ حَتّى

نَزَلنا مِثلَ مَنزِلَهُم كَفافِ

We divided their land in half, until

We descended like their dwellings, plenty.

دُعاءً ما دَعونا آلَ كِسرى

وَقَد هَمَّ المَرازِبُ بِاِنصِرافِ

Calling whom we did not call, the family of Chosroes,

And the watchmen were eager to leave.

وَما إِن طبُّهُم جبنٌ وَلَكِن

رَمَيناهُم بِرامِيَةٍ ذُعافِ

And it was not their courage but cheese,

We shot them with a shot of piercing.

فَتَحنا نَهرَ شيرَ بِقَولِ حَقٍّ

أَتانا لَيسَ مِن سَجعِ العَوافِ

So we opened the river Shir with a word of truth,

It came to us, not from the poetry of deception.

وَقَد طارَت قُلوبُ القَومِ مِنّا

وَسَروا الضَربَ بِالبيضَ الخفافِ

And the hearts of the people flew from us,

And they walked the beating with the light thin.