1. سَقى اللَهُ رَهطاً هُمُ بِالحُجونِ

    قِيامٌ وَقَد هَجَعَ النُوَّمُ

    May God water a band of men who are at al-Hajun,

    standing while the sleepers lie asleep.

  2. قَضَوا ما قَضَوا في دُجى لَيلِهِم

    وَمُستَوسِنُ الناسِ لا يَعلَمُ

    They did what they did in their night's darkness,

    while the drowsy among the people knew nothing.

  3. بَهاليلُ غُرٌّ لَهُمُ سورَةٌ

    يُداوى بِها الأَبلَحُ المُجرِمُ

    Noble, radiant men, possessed of fierce might,

    by which the witless wrongdoer is cured.

  4. كَشِبهِ المُقاوِلِ عِندَ الحُجو

    نِ بَل هُم أَعَزُّ وَهُم أَعظَمُ

    Like the chieftains at al-Hajun—

    rather, they are mightier and greater—

  5. لَدى رَجُلٍ مُرشِدٍ أَمرُهُ

    إِلى الحَقِّ يَدعو وَيَستَعصِمُ

    beside a man whose counsel guides aright;

    he calls to truth and holds fast to it.

  6. فَلَولا حِذاري نَثا سُبَّةٍ

    يَشيدُ بِها الحاسِدُ المُفعَمُ

    Were it not for my fear of a slur's spreading,

    which the man brimming with envy would trumpet,

  7. وَرَهبَةَ عارٍ عَلى أُسرَتي

    إِذا ما أَتى أَرضَنا المَوسِمُ

    and dread of disgrace upon my family

    when the pilgrimage season comes to our land,

  8. لَتابَعتُهُ غَيرَ ذي مِريَةٍ

    وَلَو سيءَ ذو الرَأيِ وَالمُحرمُ

    I would surely have followed him, free of doubt,

    even if the man of judgment and the consecrated pilgrim were displeased.

  9. كَقَولِ قُصَيٍّ أَلا أَقصِروا

    وَلا تَركَبوا ما بِهِ المَأثَمُ

    As Qusayy said: 'Take heed, desist,

    and do not embark on what incurs sin.'

  10. فَإِنّا بِمَكَّةَ قِدماً لَنا

    بِها العِزُّ وَالخَطَرُ الأَعظَمُ

    For we have long been in Mecca; ours

    are honor there and the highest rank.

  11. وَمَن يَكُ فيها لَهُ عِزَّةٌ

    حَديثاً فَعِزَّتُنا الأَقدَمُ

    And whoever has honor there

    only of late—our honor is the oldest.

  12. وَنَحنُ بِبَطحائِها الراسِبو

    نَ وَالقائِدونَ وَمَن يَحكُمُ

    And we are firmly rooted in its gravelly valley,

    and are the leaders and those who judge.

  13. نَشأنا وَكُنّا قَليلاً بِها

    نُجيرُ وَكُنّا بِها نُطعِمُ

    We grew up, and though we were few there,

    we gave refuge, and there we fed others,

  14. إِذا عَضَّ أَزمُ السنين الأَنامَ

    وَحبَّ القُتار بِها المُعدِمُ

    when the harshness of lean years bit humankind,

    and the destitute there loved the smell of roasting meat.

  15. نَماني شَيبَةُ ساقي الحَجيجِ

    وَمَجدٌ مُنيفُ الذُرى مُعلَمُ

    Shaybah, water-giver to the pilgrims, begot me,

    and a renowned glory with towering summits.