1. جَلَبنا الخَيلَ مِن أَكنافٍ نيقٍ

    إِلى كِسرى فَوافَقَها رِجالا

    We brought the horses from the flanks of Niq

    to Kisra, who met them with men.

  2. تَرَكنَ لَهُم عَلى الأَقسامِ شَجواً

    وَبِالحَنَوينِ أَيّاماً طِوالا

    They left them sorrow at al-Aqsam,

    and at al-Hanawayn, for long days.

  3. وَداعِيَةً بِفارِسَ قَد تَرَكنا

    تُبَكّي كُلَّما رأتِ الهِلالا

    And in Persia we left a mourning woman,

    who makes others weep whenever she sees the crescent moon.

  4. قَتَلنا رُستُماً وَبَنِيه قَسراً

    تُثيرُ الخَيلُ فَوقَهُم الرِمالا

    We killed Rustam and his sons by force;

    the horses stir up the sands over them.

  5. وَفَرَّ البيرزان وَلَم يُحامِ

    وَكانَ عَلى كَتيبَتِهِ وَبالا

    And al-Birzan fled and offered no defense,

    and was a calamity to his battalion.

  6. تَرَكنا مِنهُمُ حَيثُ التَقَينا

    فِئاماً ما يُريدونَ اِرتِحالاً

    We left some of them where we met—

    multitudes with no wish to depart.

  7. وَنَجّى الهُرمُزانَ حِذارُ نَفسٍ

    وَرَكضُ الخَيلِ موصِلَةً عِجالا

    And al-Hurmuzan was saved by fear for his life,

    and by the galloping of horses bearing him swiftly onward.