وَهَل يَترُكُ التَأييدُ خِدمَةَ عَسكَرٍ

وَهَل يَترُكُ التَأييدُ خِدمَةَ عَسكَرٍ

وَإِقدامُ سَيفِ الدَولَةِ العَضبِ قائِدُهُ

وَإِقدامُ سَيفِ الدَولَةِ العَضبِ قائِدُهُ

And would aid ever cease to serve an army,

Would the support ever abandon serving an army,

When the daring of Sayf al-Dawla, the keen blade, is its commander?

And the brave sword of the state leave its leader?

عَفَت عَن سَمَندو خَيلِهِ وَتَنَجَّزَت

عَفَت عَن سَمَندو خَيلِهِ وَتَنَجَّزَت

بِخَرشَنَةٍ ما قَدَّمَتهُ مَواعِدُهُ

بِخَرشَنَةٍ ما قَدَّمَتهُ مَواعِدُهُ

His cavalry spared Samandu and exacted

His horses have abstained from fodder,

At Kharshana what his promises had offered beforehand.

To fulfill with Khurshan what its promises entail.

وَزارَت بِهِ في مَوطِن الكُفرِ حَيثُ لا

وَزارَت بِهِ في مَوطِن الكُفرِ حَيثُ لا

يُشاهِدُ إِلّا بِالرِماحِ مَشاهِدُهُ

يُشاهِدُ إِلّا بِالرِماحِ مَشاهِدُهُ

And with him they visited the land of unbelief, where none

It has raided the land of disbelief, where nothing is seen

Beholds its sights except with spears.

Except by spears what scenes unfold.