أَتاني الَّذي لا يَقدِرُ الناسُ قَدرَهُ

أَتاني الَّذي لا يَقدِرُ الناسُ قَدرَهُ

لِزَينَبَ فيهِم مِن عُقوقٍ وَمَأثَمِ

لِزَينَبَ فيهِم مِن عُقوقٍ وَمَأثَمِ

News reached me whose gravity people cannot fathom:

The one whom people cannot appreciate his worth

of mistreatment and sin against Zaynab among them.

Came to me, for Zainab they were ungrateful and sinners,

وَإِخراجُها لَم يُخزَ فيها مُحَمَّدٌ

وَإِخراجُها لَم يُخزَ فيها مُحَمَّدٌ

عَلى مَأقِطٍ وَبَينَنا عِطرُ مَنشِمِ

عَلى مَأقِطٍ وَبَينَنا عِطرُ مَنشِمِ

And in her removal, Muhammad was not disgraced

And her expulsion did not dishonor Muhammad

on a battlefield; and between us lies Manshim's perfume.

While between us was the fragrance of musk.

وَأَمسى أَبو سُفيانَ مِن حِلفِ ضَمضَمٍ

وَأَمسى أَبو سُفيانَ مِن حِلفِ ضَمضَمٍ

وَمِن حَربِنا في رَغمِ أَنفٍ وَمَندَمِ

وَمِن حَربِنا في رَغمِ أَنفٍ وَمَندَمِ

And Abu Sufyan has ended up, through his alliance with Damdam,

And Abu Sufyan spent the night with a worthless covenant

and through our war, with his nose in the dust and in remorse.

And from our war angrily regretful.

قَرَنّا اِبنَهُ عَمراً وَمَولى يَمينِهِ

قَرَنّا اِبنَهُ عَمراً وَمَولى يَمينِهِ

بِذي حَلَقٍ جَلدِ الصَلاصِلِ مُحكَمِ

بِذي حَلَقٍ جَلدِ الصَلاصِلِ مُحكَمِ

We bound together his son Amr and the retainer of his right hand

He paired his son Umar and his freed slave

with a tightly wrought chain of stout, clanking rings.

With one having a neck bound in chains.

فَأَقسَمتُ لا تَنفَكُّ مِنّا كَتائِبٌ

فَأَقسَمتُ لا تَنفَكُّ مِنّا كَتائِبٌ

سُراةُ خَميسٍ في لُهامٍ مُسَوَّمِ

سُراةُ خَميسٍ في لُهامٍ مُسَوَّمِ

So I swore: battalions from among us shall never cease,

I swear our battalions will not cease

the elite of an army, amid a vast host marked with insignia,

The cavalry of Thursday, marked with stabs.

نَزوعُ قُرَيشَ الكُفرَ حَتّى نَعُلَّها

نَزوعُ قُرَيشَ الكُفرَ حَتّى نَعُلَّها

بِخاطِمَةٍ فَوقَ الأُنوفِ بِمَيسَمِ

بِخاطِمَةٍ فَوقَ الأُنوفِ بِمَيسَمِ

stripping Quraysh of unbelief until we strike her again

We will pull out the unbelief of Quraysh until we make them

with a nose-crushing blow above the noses, with a branding iron.

Walk on their noses with their shoes.

نُنَزِّلُهُم أَكنافَ نَجدٍ وَنَخلَةٍ

نُنَزِّلُهُم أَكنافَ نَجدٍ وَنَخلَةٍ

وَإِن يُتهِموا بِالخَيلِ وَالرَجلِ نُتهِمِ

وَإِن يُتهِموا بِالخَيلِ وَالرَجلِ نُتهِمِ

We make them alight in the outskirts of Najd and Nakhla,

We will bring them down to the sides of Najd and Nakhlah

and if they enter Tihama, we enter too, with cavalry and infantry,

And if they accuse with horses and men, we will accuse.

يَدَ الدَهرِ حَتّى لا يُعَوَّجَ سِربُنا

يَدَ الدَهرِ حَتّى لا يُعَوَّجَ سِربُنا

وَنُلحِقَهُم آثارَ عادٍ وَجُرهُمِ

وَنُلحِقَهُم آثارَ عادٍ وَجُرهُمِ

for all time, until our path is no longer bent aside,

By the hand of fate so our flock is not skewed

and send them in the footsteps of Ad and Jurhum.

And we will make them follow the tracks of 'Aad and their persecution.

وَيَندَمُ قَومٌ لَم يُطيعوا مُحَمَّداً

وَيَندَمُ قَومٌ لَم يُطيعوا مُحَمَّداً

عَلى أَمرِهِم وَأَيُّ حينَ تَنَدُّمِ

عَلى أَمرِهِم وَأَيُّ حينَ تَنَدُّمِ

And a people who did not obey Muhammad will regret

And a people will regret they did not obey Muhammad

their conduct—but what a time for regret!

In his order, and what a time for regret!

فَأَبلِغ أَبا سُفيانَ إِمّا لَقيتَهُ

فَأَبلِغ أَبا سُفيانَ إِمّا لَقيتَهُ

لَئِن أَنتَ لَم تُخلِص سُجوداً وَتُسلِمِ

لَئِن أَنتَ لَم تُخلِص سُجوداً وَتُسلِمِ

So tell Abu Sufyan, if you meet him:

So convey to Abu Sufyan that if you meet him,

if indeed you do not make your prostration sincere and embrace Islam,

Be sincere in prostration and submission.

فَأَبشِر بِخِزيٍ في الحَياةِ مُعَجَّلٍ

فَأَبشِر بِخِزيٍ في الحَياةِ مُعَجَّلٍ

وَسِربالِ قارٍ خالِداً في جَهَنَّمِ

وَسِربالِ قارٍ خالِداً في جَهَنَّمِ

then rejoice in swift disgrace in this life,

Receive news of disgrace in accelerated worldly life

and a shirt of pitch as you dwell forever in Hell.

And a cloak of tar, eternally in hellfire.