1. أَتَذكُرُ داراً بَينَ دَمخٍ وَمَنوَرا

    وَقَد آنَ لِلمَخزونِ أَن يَتَذَكَّرا

    Do you remember a dwelling between Damkh and Manwar?

    And the time has come for one with pent-up sorrow to remember.

  2. دِيارٌ لَنا كانَت وَكُنّا نَحُلُّها

    لَدى الدَهرُ سَهلٌ صَرفُهُ غَيرُ أَعسَرا

    Dwellings that once were ours, where we used to live,

    when time's turns were gentle, not harsh.

  3. فَحالَ قَضاءُ اللَهِ بَيني وَبَينَها

    فَما أَعرِفُ الأَطلالَ إِلّا تَذَكُّرا

    Then God's decree stood between me and them,

    so I recognize the ruins only through remembrance.

  4. قَضى اللَهُ أَن أَوحى إِلَينا رَسولَهُ

    مُحَمَّداً البَرَّ الزَكِيَّ المُطَهَّرا

    God decreed to send us his messenger—

    Muhammad, the righteous, the pure, the purified.

  5. فَأَنقَذَنا مِن حَيرَةٍ وَضَلالَةٍ

    فَفازَ بِدينِ اللَهِ مَن كانَ مُبصِرا

    So he saved us from bewilderment and error,

    and whoever had insight triumphed through God's faith.

  6. وَكانَ رَسولُ اللَهِ يَدعوهُمُ إِلى الر

    رَشادِ وَلا يَألو مَساءً وَمَسفَرا

    And God's messenger kept calling them toward

    right guidance, sparing no effort, evening and dawn.

  7. فَيَسَّرَ قَوماً لِلهُدى فَتَقَدَّموا

    وَأَهلَكَ بِالعِصيانِ قَوماً وَدَمَّرا

    He readied a people for guidance, and they advanced,

    and destroyed another people for disobedience, laying them waste.

  8. فَأَورَدَ قَتلى المُؤمِنينَ جِنانَهُ

    وَأَلبَسَهُم مِن سُندُسِ المُلكِ أَخضَرا

    He brought the slain believers into his gardens,

    and clothed them in the kingdom's fine green silk.

  9. تُحَيّيهِمُ بيضُ الوَلائِدِ بَينَهُم

    وَيَسعَرنَهُم مِسكاً ذَكِيّاً وَعَنبَرا

    Fair-skinned maidens greet them in their midst,

    and perfume them with fragrant musk and ambergris.

  10. وَأَورَدَ قَتلى المُشرِكينَ لِبُغضِهِم

    جَحيماً وَأَسقاهُم حَميماً مُسَعَّرا

    And he brought the slain idolaters, for their hatred,

    into Hell, and gave them seething, scalding water to drink.

  11. وَلَم يَبعَثِ اللَهُ النَبِيَّ مُحَمَّداً

    بِإيحائِهِ إِلّا لِيَسنى وَيَظهَرا

    And God did not send the prophet Muhammad

    with his revelation except that he might rise high and prevail.

  12. فَأَعلاهُ إِظهاراً عَلى كُلِّ مُشرِكٍ

    وَحَلَّت بَلاياهُ بِمَن كانَ أَكفَرا

    So he raised him in triumph above every idolater,

    and his afflictions befell the most unbelieving.

  13. وَأَفلَحَ مَن قَد كانَ لِلَّهِ طائِعاً

    فَخَفَّ إِلى أَمرِ الإِلهِ وَشَمَّرا

    And whoever was obedient to God prospered,

    hastening to God's command and girding himself.

  14. وَآزَرَهُ أَبناءُ قَيلَةَ فَاِبتَنَوا

    مِنَ المَجدِ بُنياناً أَغَرَّ مُشَهَّرا

    And the sons of Qayla supported him and built

    a radiant, renowned edifice of glory.

  15. وَسَمّاهُمُ الأَنصارَ أَنصارَ دينِهِ

    وَكانَ عَطاءُ اللَهِ أَعلى وَأَكبَرا

    He named them the Ansar, helpers of his faith,

    and God's gift was loftier and greater.

  16. وَأَثنى عَلَيهِم صالِحاً في كِتابِهِ

    فَكانَ الَّذي أَثنى أَجَلَّ وَأَكثَرا

    He praised them favorably in his Book,

    and the praise he gave was nobler and more abundant.

  17. رَأى لَهُمُ فَضلاً فَأَعطاهُمُ المُنى

    وَكانَ بِما أَعطى أَطَبَّ وَأَبصَرا

    He saw merit in them and granted them their wishes,

    and was wisest and most discerning in what he gave.

  18. فَلَمّا أَبانَ الخَيرَ فيهِم أَجادَهُم

    وَلَيسَ مُجادٌ مِثلَ مَن كانَ مُحصَرا

    When he revealed their goodness, he lavished gifts upon them;

    one generously endowed is not like one kept in want.

  19. وَكَم بَذَلوا لِلَّهِ جَهدَ نُفوسِهِم

    فَصاروا بِذاكَ البَذلِ مِن سادَةِ الوَرى

    And how often they gave their souls' utmost strength for God,

    and through that giving became leaders of humankind.

  20. فَهُم خيرَةُ الرَحمنِ مِن كُلِّ مُشرِكٍ

    وَكُلِّ يَهودِيٍّ وَمَن قَد تَنَصَّرا

    For they are the All-Merciful's chosen, above every idolater,

    and every Jew and whoever has become Christian.

  21. وَآوَوا رَسولَ اللَهِ إِذ حَلَّ دارَهُم

    بِلا ضَجَرٍ خُلقاً سَجيحاً مُيَسَّرا

    They sheltered God's messenger when he settled in their home,

    without impatience, gentle and easy in disposition.

  22. وَلَم يَمنَحوا الأَعداءَ إِلّا مُقَوَّماً

    أَصَمَّ رُدَينِيّاً وَعَضباً مُذَكَّرا

    They gave their enemies nothing but a straightened spear—

    solid, Rudayni—and a keen, hard-steeled sword.

  23. أُباةٌ يَفوزُ مَن تَقَدَّمَ مِنهُمُ

    وَسَوفَ يَنالُ الفَوزَ مَن قَد تَأَخَّرا

    Unyielding men: whoever advances among them triumphs,

    and whoever has lagged behind will yet attain triumph.

  24. هُمُ اِبتَدَروا في يَومِ بَدرٍ عَدُوَّهُم

    بِكُلِّ اِمرِىءٌ في الرَوعِ لَيسَ بِأَوجَرا

    They rushed upon their enemy on the day of Badr,

    each man unafraid amid battle's terror,

  25. عَلى كُلِّ غَوجٍ أَخدَرِيٍّ مُعاوِدٍ

    يُرى الماءُ عَن أَعطافِهِ قَد تَحَدَّرا

    on every supple Akhdari steed, seasoned in war,

    with water seen streaming down its flanks.

  26. كَأَنَّ عَلى كِتفَيهِ وَاللَيلُ مُظلِمٌ

    إِذا زَبَنَتهُ الحَربُ في الرَوعِ قَسوَرا

    As though upon its shoulders in the dark of night,

    when war buffeted it amid terror, there sat a lion.

  27. يَطَأنَ القَنا وَالدارِعينَ كَأَنَّما

    يَطَأنَ قَواريرَ العِراقِ مُكَسَّرا

    They trample spears and armored men as though

    they were trampling shattered glass vessels from Iraq.

  28. فَكانَت رِجالُ المُشرِكينَ وَخَيلُهُم

    يَرَونَ بِهِنَّ المَوتَ أَسوَدَ أَحمَرا

    Thus the idolaters' men and their horses

    saw in those steeds death, black and red,

  29. إِلى أَن أَعَزَّ اللَهُ مَن كانَ بِالهُدى

    مُقِرّاً وَرَدّى الذُلَّ مَن كانَ أَنكَرا

    until God exalted those who held right guidance

    to be true, and robed its deniers in humiliation,

  30. وَأَوطا نَبِيَّ اللَهِ أَطرافَ مَكَّةٍ

    وَأَدخَلَهُ البَيتَ العَتيقَ المُسَتَّرا

    and let God's prophet tread the outskirts of Mecca,

    and brought him into the ancient, veiled House.

  31. فَطَهَّرَ مِن أَرجاسِ مَكَّةَ بُقعَةً

    حَقيقٌ لَها أَكرومَةً أَن تُعَطَّرا

    He cleansed a place in Mecca of its defilements,

    worthy, as an honor, of being perfumed,

  32. بِأَيدي رِجالٍ لا يُرامُ لَهُم حِمىً

    إِذا لَبِسوا فَوقَ الدُروعِ السَنَوَّرا

    by the hands of men whose protected ground none dare assail,

    when they don full armor over their coats of mail.

  33. فَما زَالَتِ الأَصنامُ تَحبَطُ كُلَّما

    أَشارَ إِلى مِنها وَثيقٍ تَفَطَّرا

    And the idols kept falling: whenever

    he pointed to a firmly set one of them, it split apart.

  34. فَأَربَحَ أَقواماً بِأَنفَعِ سَعيِهِم

    وَضَرَّ أُناساً آخَرينَ وَأَخسَرا

    Thus he brought some peoples gain through their most fruitful striving,

    and harmed other people and brought them loss.

  35. وَوَفّى النَبِيَّ اللَهُ ما كانَ أَوعَدا

    مِنَ النَصرِ وَالفَتحِ المُبينِ لِيَغفِرا

    And God fulfilled for the prophet what he had promised

    of victory and manifest conquest, that he might forgive.

  36. فَحَجَّ إِلَيهِ الناسُ مِن كُلِّ جانِبٍ

    بِأَحسَنِ دينِ اللَهِ خُلقاً وَمَنظَرا

    So people came on pilgrimage to it from every side,

    in God's faith, fairest in character and appearance,

  37. كَما شاءَهُ الرَبُّ العَظيمُ وَما يُرِد

    يَكُن لَم يَخَف راجوهُ أَن يَتَعَذَّرا

    as the mighty Lord willed it; whatever he wills

    comes to be; those who hope in him feared no failure.

  38. قَضى اللَهُ لِلإِسلامِ عِزّاً وَرِفعَةً

    وَكانَ قَضاءُ اللَهِ حَتماً مُقَدَّرا

    God decreed might and exaltation for Islam,

    and God's decree was irrevocable, foreordained.