1. خَطَراتٌ هي العُلا وارتياحُ

    وغُدوٌ إلى الوَغَى ورَواحُ

    Lofty glory is impulses and gladness,

    And going forth to battle, morning and evening;

  2. وأيادٍ تحُثُّهنَّ عِداتٌ

    مثلَ ما حثَّتِ السَّحَابَ الرِّياحُ

    And favors spurred on by promises,

    Just as the winds drove the clouds.

  3. يا حُسامَ الإلهِ يا جبلَ الدن

    يا ويا بحرَها الذي يُستَماحُ

    O sword of God, O mountain of the

    World, and O its sea from which bounty is sought!

  4. ففِداكَ الهُمامُ والمَلِكُ المَر

    جُوُّ للبَذلِ والفَتى الجَحْجاحُ

    So may the valiant hero be your ransom, and the king

    Looked to for bounty, and the mighty noble youth!

  5. خَطَأٌ قَولُنا لمثلِك يَفدي

    ه ذَوو النَّقْصِ والنفوسُ الشِّحاحُ

    It is wrong for us to say of one like you: 'He is ransomed

    By the flawed and by miserly souls.'

  6. كيفَ تَفدي الرُّبا الشواهقَ أم كي

    فَ يُساوى بغَمرَةٍ ضَحْضَاحُ

    How can hillocks ransom towering peaks—or how

    Can shallow water be equated with deep waters?

  7. بك تَمضي الظُّبَى وتَجري المَذاكي

    ويَصولُ الرَّدى ويَدْمَى السِّلاحُ

    Through you sword-edges cut, and full-grown steeds gallop,

    And death charges, and weapons grow bloodstained.

  8. سَفَرٌ مُسفِرٌ لك السعدُ فيه

    قادَه اليُمْنُ وانتحاهُ النَّجاحُ

    A journey in which good fortune shines for you:

    Blessing guided it, and success sought it out.

  9. في خَميسٍ كاللَّيلِ وجهُكَ مصبا

    حٌ تَجلَّى ضياه بل إصباحُ

    Amid an army like night, your face is a

    Lamp whose radiance has shone forth—nay, daybreak.

  10. هاكَ منك العدوَّ أرقمَ يَسري

    في سُراه إليه حَيْنٌ مُتاحُ

    Behold the foe, a speckled serpent fleeing from you; there steals

    Toward him on his night journey an appointed doom.

  11. عبدُ نُعماكَ منذُ شهرينِ ثاوٍ

    فاعتلاقٌ يَحيا به أو سَراحُ

    Your bounty's servant has lingered for two months:

    So either a bond that keeps him alive, or release.