1. لمن الخيول كأنهنَّ سُيُولُ

    غصَّت بهن سباسبٌ وهجول

    Whose are these horses, as though they were torrents?

    Open plains and hollows are choked with them.

  2. طويت لها الدنيا فأبعدما انتحت

    دانٍ وابطأ سيرها تعجيلُ

    The world is folded up for them; the farthest place they seek

    Is near, and their slowest pace is haste.

  3. يغزو أديم الأرض من صهلانها

    مثل اسمها حتى تكاد تزولُ

    From their neighing, the face of the earth is assailed

    By something like their name, until it nearly vanishes.

  4. فصهيلها محض الثناء وإن يكن

    لا يفهم الأقوامَ منها صهيلُ

    So their neighing is pure praise, even if

    The peoples cannot understand a neigh of theirs.

  5. تثني على الملكِ الذي أيامُهُ

    سترٌ على هذا الورى مسدولُ

    They praise the king whose days

    Are a veil drawn over this humankind.

  6. عم البسيطة ملكه فكأنه

    سيلٌ على كلِّ البلادِ يسيلُ

    His dominion has spread across the earth, as though it were

    A torrent flowing over every land.

  7. جهلَ النصارى أنه الملكُ الذي

    يرثُ البلادَ وعذرهم مقبولُ

    The Christians did not know that he is the king who

    Will inherit the lands; their excuse is accepted.

  8. أهل الجهالةِ هم فكيفَ ألومهم

    وعلمت أن الطبع ليس يحولُ

    They are people of ignorance—how can I blame them?

    And I have learned that inborn nature does not change.

  9. لم ينزلوا طوعاً ولا كرها ول

    كن وراء الصين منه مهولُ

    They did not yield willingly or under compulsion, but

    Beyond China, there is terror of him.

  10. ودرت نفوسهم بأنك ظافرٌ

    فأتت تقدم ما إليه تؤول

    And their souls knew that you would triumph,

    So they came, bringing forward the fate they would meet.

  11. فعفوت عفو القادرين تكرماً

    عنهم وعفو القادرين جميلُ

    So, generously, you bestowed the pardon of the powerful

    Upon them—and the pardon of the powerful is beautiful.

  12. شكر البلادُ مع العباد خليفةً

    هو بالبلاد وبالعباد كفيلُ

    The lands, together with the people, thanked a caliph;

    He is the guardian of the lands and the people.

  13. لو تنطقُ المهديتان لقالتا

    في الشكر مالا يُدرك التحصيلُ

    If the two Mahdiyyas could speak, they would both say

    In gratitude, what understanding could not grasp.

  14. بالأمس يملأ سمعها ناقوسهم

    واليوم يملأ سمعها التهليلُ

    Yesterday their church bell filled its ears,

    And today the chant 'There is no god but God' fills its ears.