وكنت سماءً والعجاج سحائباً

وكنت سماءً والعجاج سحائباً

وخيلك أبراجاً وجيشك أنجما

وخيلك أبراجاً وجيشك أنجما

And you were a sky, the dust its clouds,

You were a sky, and your steeds clouds

Your horses its constellations, your army its stars.

Your towers were castles, your army stars

وأنزلت منها كوشيار وإنما

وأنزلت منها كوشيار وإنما

تقنصت من فوق المجرة ضيغما

تقنصت من فوق المجرة ضيغما

And you brought Kushyar down from it; in truth,

And you rained down from them Koshyar, though

You captured a lion from above the Milky Way.

You were but hunting a hyena from above the galaxy

عرفتك صياد الأسود ولم أكُن

عرفتك صياد الأسود ولم أكُن

عرفتك صياد الأسود من السما

عرفتك صياد الأسود من السما

I knew you as a hunter of lions, but I had not

I knew you as the hunter of lions, though I was not

Known you as a hunter of lions from the sky.

I knew you as the hunter of lions from the sky

خدمتكم يا آل بويةَ مدّةً

خدمتكم يا آل بويةَ مدّةً

غدا بينها فرخ الوسائل قشعما

غدا بينها فرخ الوسائل قشعما

I served you, O House of Buya, for a time,

I served you, O Buwayhid family, for a time

During which the fledgling of my appeals for favor became an aged vulture.

Tomorrow between them the fledglings of the mediators will flutter