عُيَيْنَةُ ماذا أنتَ وَيْحَكَ صَانِعُ

عُيَيْنَةُ ماذا أنتَ وَيْحَكَ صَانِعُ

وما ذلك الجمعُ الذي أنتَ جَامعُ

وما ذلك الجمعُ الذي أنتَ جَامعُ

ʿUyaynah, what are you doing—woe to you?

Uyainah, what are you doing, alas!

And what is that host you are gathering?

What is this army you are amassing?

رُوَيْدَكَ هل يغزو المدينةَ حانِقٌ

رُوَيْدَكَ هل يغزو المدينةَ حانِقٌ

ويطمعُ فيها يا عُيينَةُ طامِعُ

ويطمعُ فيها يا عُيينَةُ طامِعُ

Take your time! Can a wrathful man raid Medina,

Restrain yourself! Does an enraged one invade the city

and can a covetous man covet it, ʿUyaynah?

And in it, O Uyainah, have ambition?

هي الصّخرةُ العظمى فلا البأسُ نافعٌ

هي الصّخرةُ العظمى فلا البأسُ نافعٌ

إذا جِئتَ تَبغيها ولا السّيفُ قاطِعُ

إذا جِئتَ تَبغيها ولا السّيفُ قاطِعُ

It is the mighty rock: neither martial strength avails

It is the mighty rock; so neither is harm useful

when you come seeking it, nor does the sword cut.

If you come seeking it, nor is the sword cutting.

لها من جَلاَلِ اللهِ حِصْنٌ مُمنَّعٌ

لها من جَلاَلِ اللهِ حِصْنٌ مُمنَّعٌ

يَرُدُّ الأذَى عنها وجَيْشٌ مُدافِعُ

يَرُدُّ الأذَى عنها وجَيْشٌ مُدافِعُ

From God's majesty it has an impregnable fortress

It has, by God's majesty, an impregnable fortress

that wards off harm from it, and a defending army.

Which deflects harm from it and an army defending.

وفيها رسولُ اللهِ والنَّفَرُ الأُلى

وفيها رسولُ اللهِ والنَّفَرُ الأُلى

يَهُونُ عليهم أن تَهُولَ الوقائِعُ

يَهُونُ عليهم أن تَهُولَ الوقائِعُ

And within it are God's Messenger and the band of men

In it is Allah's Messenger and the foremost vanguard

for whom the terrors of battle are a light matter.

To whom terrors are trivial if events turn fearsome.

إذا وَرَدوا الهيجاءَ فالنّقعُ قاتمٌ

إذا وَرَدوا الهيجاءَ فالنّقعُ قاتمٌ

وإن صَدَرُوا بالخيلِ فالنّصرُ لامِعُ

وإن صَدَرُوا بالخيلِ فالنّصرُ لامِعُ

When they enter the fray, the dust is dark,

When they encounter the melee, the striking is conclusive,

and if they return with their horses, victory gleams.

And if they advance on horseback, the victory gleams.

بَشيرُ بنُ سعدٍ يا عُيينَةُ قادِمٌ

بَشيرُ بنُ سعدٍ يا عُيينَةُ قادِمٌ

فهل أنتَ بالجمعِ المضلَّلِ راجِعُ

فهل أنتَ بالجمعِ المضلَّلِ راجِعُ

Bashir ibn Saʿd is coming, ʿUyaynah;

Bashir ibn Sa’d, O Uyainah, is arriving,

so will you turn back with the misguided host?

So are you retreating with your misguided army?

أتاكم على بُعْدِ المَزَارِ حَديثُهُ

أتاكم على بُعْدِ المَزَارِ حَديثُهُ

فلا قَلْبَ إلا واجفٌ منه جَازِعُ

فلا قَلْبَ إلا واجفٌ منه جَازِعُ

News of him reached you, despite the distance,

News of him reached you from afar,

so every heart trembled, terrified of him.

And every heart quaked hearing of him.

فَرَرْتُم تُرِيْدونَ النّجاةَ وقد بَدَا

فَرَرْتُم تُرِيْدونَ النّجاةَ وقد بَدَا

لكم منه يومٌ هائلُ البأسِ رَائِعُ

لكم منه يومٌ هائلُ البأسِ رَائِعُ

You fled, seeking escape, as there loomed

You fled, seeking deliverance, and it became

before you, at his hands, a day of fearsome fighting and terror.

Clear to you from him a tremendously fierce day.

وغادرتمُ الأنعامَ تَعْوِي رُعاتها

وغادرتمُ الأنعامَ تَعْوِي رُعاتها

وتَندبُها آثارُها والمراتِعُ

وتَندبُها آثارُها والمراتِعُ

And you abandoned the livestock, their herdsmen howling,

You abandoned the cattle, their herders wailing

and their tracks and pastures lamented them.

And their vestiges mourning them on the meadows.

فيا لكَ من نَهْبٍ تَوَلَّى حُماتُهُ

فيا لكَ من نَهْبٍ تَوَلَّى حُماتُهُ

وأقبلَ يُزجَى سِربُهُ المتتابِعُ

وأقبلَ يُزجَى سِربُهُ المتتابِعُ

Oh, what booty—its defenders fled,

What plunder turned away its protectors

and its herd came forward, driven along in succession!

And was driven off, its flock in succession!

ويا للأسِيرَيْنِ اللذين نَهاهما

ويا للأسِيرَيْنِ اللذين نَهاهما

عن الشِّرْكِ ناهٍ من هُدَى اللهِ رادعُ

عن الشِّرْكِ ناهٍ من هُدَى اللهِ رادعُ

And oh, the two captives who were deterred

And the two captives who were dissuaded

from polytheism by a restraining admonisher from God's guidance!

From polytheism by a deterrent from Allah's guidance.

هُما أسلما لما بَدَا الحقُّ واضحاً

هُما أسلما لما بَدَا الحقُّ واضحاً

وللحقِّ نورٌ للعَمَايَةِ صادعُ

وللحقِّ نورٌ للعَمَايَةِ صادعُ

They both embraced Islam when the truth appeared clear,

They submitted when the truth became manifest,

and truth has a light that cleaves through blindness.

And for the truth there is a light penetrating the blindness.

أطاعا رسولَ اللهِ فَاهْتَدَيَا بِهِ

أطاعا رسولَ اللهِ فَاهْتَدَيَا بِهِ

وما يَسْتَوِي في النّاسِ عاصٍ وطائعُ

وما يَسْتَوِي في النّاسِ عاصٍ وطائعُ

They obeyed God's Messenger and so found guidance through him;

They obeyed Allah's Messenger, so were guided by him,

and among people, the disobedient and the obedient are not alike.

And the disobedient and obedient are not equal among people.

عُيَيْنَةُ من يَنْزَعْ إلى الرُّشْدِ لا يَزَلْ

عُيَيْنَةُ من يَنْزَعْ إلى الرُّشْدِ لا يَزَلْ

على لاحبٍ منه فهل أنت نازِعُ

على لاحبٍ منه فهل أنت نازِعُ

ʿUyaynah, whoever turns toward right guidance remains

Uyainah, one who inclines toward righteousness continues

on its clear road—will you, then, turn toward it?

Upon insight from it. So are you one who withdraws?