أَنتَyou النَبِيُّthe Prophet مُحَمَّدMuhammad
أَنتَ النَبِيُّ مُحَمَّد
قرمٌa noble chieftain أَغَرُّradiant مُسَوَّدُacknowledged as lord
قرمٌ أَغَرُّ مُسَوَّدُ
You are the Prophet Muhammad,
You are the Prophet, Muhammad,
a radiant, commanding noble chief,
a noble, radiant chieftain, acknowledged as lord
لِمُسَوّدينover honored lords أَكارِمٍnoble
لِمُسَوّدين أَكارِمٍ
طابواthey were noble وَطابَand was noble المَولِدُthe birth
طابوا وَطابَ المَولِدُ
of a line of honored, noble lords,
over noble lords.
pure themselves and pure in birth.
They were noble, and noble was their birth.
نِعمَexcellent is الأَرومَةُthe ancestral stock أَصلُهاits root
نِعمَ الأَرومَةُ أَصلُها
عَمرُوAmr الخِضَمُّthe sea of bounty الأَوحَدُthe peerless one
عَمرُو الخِضَمُّ الأَوحَدُ
How excellent the stock, whose root was
Excellent is the ancestral stock whose root is
ʿAmr, the peerless, bountiful one.
Amr, the sea of bounty, the peerless one.
هَشَمَhe crumbled الرَبيكَةَthe mixed dish فيin الجِفاthe bowls (word begins)
هَشَمَ الرَبيكَةَ في الجِفا
نِend of 'the bowls' وَعَيشُand the life مَكَّةَMecca أَنكَدُwretched
نِ وَعَيشُ مَكَّةَ أَنكَدُ
He crumbled the rabīka in great serving bowls,
He crumbled the mixed dish into the bowls,
while life in Mecca was at its hardest.
while life in Mecca was wretched.
فَجَرَتso became established بِذَلِكَthrough that سُنَّةa custom
فَجَرَت بِذَلِكَ سُنَّة
فيهاin it الخَبيزَةُthe bread تُثردُis crumbled
فيها الخَبيزَةُ تُثردُ
By that deed a custom was born:
Thus a custom was established,
in it, khabīza is crumbled and soaked.
in which the bread is crumbled.
وَلَناand ours السِقايَةُthe provision of drink لِلحَجيfor the pilgrims (word begins)
وَلَنا السِقايَةُ لِلحَجي
جِend of 'pilgrims' بِهاin it يُماثُare macerated العُنجُدُraisins
جِ بِها يُماثُ العُنجُدُ
Ours is the pilgrims’ water service;
And ours is the provision of drink for the pilgrims;
with its water the raisin drink is mixed.
in it, raisins are macerated.
وَالمَأزمانِand al-Ma'ziman (the two mountain passes) وَماand what حَوَتencompassed
وَالمَأزمانِ وَما حَوَت
عَرَفاتُهاits Arafat وَالمَسجِدُand the Mosque
عَرَفاتُها وَالمَسجِدُ
Ours, too, are the two passes and all
And al-Ma'ziman—the two mountain passes—and all that
that its ʿArafāt and the Sacred Mosque encompass.
its Arafat and the Mosque encompass.
أَنّىhow تُضامُyou are wronged وَلَمand not أَمُتI die
أَنّى تُضامُ وَلَم أَمُت
وَأَناand I الشُجاعُthe bold one العِربِدُthe mighty serpent
وَأَنا الشُجاعُ العِربِدُ
How could you be wronged while I yet live,
How can you be wronged while I still live,
when I am the fierce, undaunted warrior?
and I am the bold, mighty serpent?
وَبِطاحُand the broad valleys مَكَّةَMecca لاnot يُرىis seen
وَبِطاحُ مَكَّةَ لا يُرى
فيهاin them نَجيعٌblood أَسوَدُblack
فيها نَجيعٌ أَسوَدُ
Upon Mecca’s broad flats no one sees
And Mecca's broad valleys—there is no
any dark, fresh-spilled blood;
black blood seen within them.
وَبَنوand the sons أَبيكَof your father كَأَنَّهُمas though they were
وَبَنو أَبيكَ كَأَنَّهُم
أُسدُlions العَرينِthe lair تَوَقَّدُare ablaze
أُسدُ العَرينِ تَوَقَّدُ
and your father’s sons seem to be
And your father's sons are as though they were
lions of the den, blazing with fury.
lions of the lair, ablaze.
وَلَقَدand indeed عَهِدتُكَI have known you صادِقاًtruthful
وَلَقَد عَهِدتُكَ صادِقاً
فيin القَولِspeech لاnot تَتَزَيَّدُyou exaggerate
في القَولِ لا تَتَزَيَّدُ
Indeed, I have always known you truthful,
And indeed, I have known you to be truthful
never embellishing what you say.
in speech; you do not exaggerate.
ماnot زِلتَyou ceased تَنطِقُyou speak بِالصَواwith what is right (word begins)
ما زِلتَ تَنطِقُ بِالصَوا
بِend of 'with what is right' وَأَنتَwhile you طِفلٌa child أَمرَدُbeardless
بِ وَأَنتَ طِفلٌ أَمرَدُ
You have always spoken what is right,
You have always spoken what is right,
even as a beardless child.
even as a beardless child.
Sol 6.1