يا هندُ حسبكِ مغنماً وكَفاكِ

يا هندُ حسبكِ مغنماً وكَفاكِ

إنّ الذي يَهدِي النُّفوسَ هَداكِ

إنّ الذي يَهدِي النُّفوسَ هَداكِ

O Hind, this is gain enough for you, and it suffices you:

O Hind, you have gained enough, so stop

indeed, He who guides souls has guided you.

The one who guides souls has guided you

أقبلتِ تُرخِينَ القناعَ حَيِيَّةً

أقبلتِ تُرخِينَ القناعَ حَيِيَّةً

تُخفينَ نفسَكَ والنبيُّ يَراكِ

تُخفينَ نفسَكَ والنبيُّ يَراكِ

You approached, shyly lowering your veil,

You came unveiling your veil joyfully

hiding yourself, while the Prophet saw you.

You hide yourself while the Prophet sees you

أوَ لَستِ هِنداً قلتِ في خَجَلٍ بَلَى

أوَ لَستِ هِنداً قلتِ في خَجَلٍ بَلَى

لا تخجلي فاللّهُ قد عَافاكِ

لا تخجلي فاللّهُ قد عَافاكِ

“And are you not Hind?” You said bashfully, “Yes.”

“Are you not Hind?” you said shyly “Yes”

Do not be ashamed, for God has healed you.

Do not be shy, God has pardoned you

داويتِ بالإسلامِ قلبكِ فاشتَفَى

داويتِ بالإسلامِ قلبكِ فاشتَفَى

وغَسَلْتِ من تلكِ الجريمَةِ فَاكِ

وغَسَلْتِ من تلكِ الجريمَةِ فَاكِ

You treated your heart with Islam, and it recovered,

You healed your heart with Islam so it recovered

and washed your mouth clean of that crime.

And washed away from that crime, so be healed

لا تَذكُرِي الكَبِدَ التي مَارَسْتِها

لا تَذكُرِي الكَبِدَ التي مَارَسْتِها

فَأَبَتْ عَليكِ لعلّها تَنساكِ

فَأَبَتْ عَليكِ لعلّها تَنساكِ

Do not recall the liver you handled,

Do not mention the hatred you practiced

but it resisted you; perhaps it will forget you.

Perhaps it will forget you if you forget it

وَدَعِي قلائِدَ يومِ بَدرٍ وَالْبَسِي

وَدَعِي قلائِدَ يومِ بَدرٍ وَالْبَسِي

في بَهْجَةِ الفتحِ المُبينِ حِلاكِ

في بَهْجَةِ الفتحِ المُبينِ حِلاكِ

And leave the necklaces of Badr's day, and put on

Leave the necklaces from the day of Badr

your ornaments amid the joy of the manifest conquest.

And wear the garments of the clear victory

أَخَذَ الهُدَى بكِ في سبيلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

أَخَذَ الهُدَى بكِ في سبيلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

فَخُذِي عنِ الشَّيخِ الجليلِ أذَاكِ

فَخُذِي عنِ الشَّيخِ الجليلِ أذَاكِ

Guidance has led you along Muhammad's path,

Guidance has taken you in the path of Muhammad

so spare the venerable elder your harm.

So take the morals of the great Sheikh as your guide

ما كان بالمفتونِ حِينَ شَتَمْتِهِ

ما كان بالمفتونِ حِينَ شَتَمْتِهِ

وبَلَغْتِ في سُوءِ الصّنيعِ مَدَاكِ

وبَلَغْتِ في سُوءِ الصّنيعِ مَدَاكِ

He was not deluded when you reviled him

It was not like you when you insulted him

and reached your utmost in evil conduct.

And went too far in your evil ways

قُلْتِ اقتلُوهُ ولو أطاعَكِ جَمعُهُم

قُلْتِ اقتلُوهُ ولو أطاعَكِ جَمعُهُم

لَجَرى الدَّمُ المسفوكُ من جَرَّاكِ

لَجَرى الدَّمُ المسفوكُ من جَرَّاكِ

You said, “Kill him!” And had their crowd obeyed you,

You said “Kill him” and if all of them obeyed you

shed blood would have flowed because of you.

The spilled blood would have flowed from your hands

يا هندُ إنّ الحقَّ أعظمُ صَوْلَةً

يا هندُ إنّ الحقَّ أعظمُ صَوْلَةً

مِن أَنْ يَهابَكِ أو يَهابَ أباكِ

مِن أَنْ يَهابَكِ أو يَهابَ أباكِ

O Hind, truth is too mighty in its onslaught

O Hind, truth has greater power

to fear you or fear your father.

Than your father or anything you fear

ما مِثلهُ إن رُمْتِ في الدّنيا أباً

ما مِثلهُ إن رُمْتِ في الدّنيا أباً

يا بنتَ عُتبةَ مِن أبٍ يَرعاكِ

يا بنتَ عُتبةَ مِن أبٍ يَرعاكِ

There is none like him, if you seek a father in this world,

None is like him, even if you seek in the world a father

O daughter of Utbah, among fathers who would care for you.

O daughter of Utba, from a father who pastures you

مَنْ قَدَّمَ الدُّنيا فليس ببالِغٍ

مَنْ قَدَّمَ الدُّنيا فليس ببالِغٍ

ما قدَّمَتْ عِندَ الرسولِ يَدَاكِ

ما قدَّمَتْ عِندَ الرسولِ يَدَاكِ

Whoever offers the world cannot match

Who puts the world first is not virtuous

what your hands have offered before the Messenger.

Unlike what your hands presented to the Messenger

فِيمَ اعتذارُكِ والهديَّةُ سَمحةٌ

فِيمَ اعتذارُكِ والهديَّةُ سَمحةٌ

وهَواكِ في تَقْوَى الإلهِ هَواكِ

وهَواكِ في تَقْوَى الإلهِ هَواكِ

Why your apology, when the gift is generous,

Why do you apologize? The gift is noble

and all your desire is for reverence of God?

And your love now is in fearing God

بايعتِ أهدَى العالمينَ طريقةً

بايعتِ أهدَى العالمينَ طريقةً

ورَضِيتِ منه مُهَذَّباً يَرضَاكِ

ورَضِيتِ منه مُهَذَّباً يَرضَاكِ

You pledged allegiance to the most rightly guided of all in his way,

You pledged to the best of guides a way

and accepted him as a man of noble character who accepts you.

And you accepted his refined morals that please you

يَنْسَى الإساءَةَ وَهْيَ جُرحٌ بالغٌ

يَنْسَى الإساءَةَ وَهْيَ جُرحٌ بالغٌ

ويعوذُ بالخُلُقِ الكريمِ الزّاكِي

ويعوذُ بالخُلُقِ الكريمِ الزّاكِي

He forgets an offense, though it is a deep wound,

He forgets the harm though it was deep

and seeks refuge in noble, pure character.

And seeks refuge in generous untainted morals

مهما تَنَلْهُ المُحفِظاتُ مِنَ الأُلَى

مهما تَنَلْهُ المُحفِظاتُ مِنَ الأُلَى

جَهِلوا فليس بعاتبٍ أو شاكِ

جَهِلوا فليس بعاتبٍ أو شاكِ

Whatever provocations reach him from those

No matter the accusations of the hypocrites

who act ignorantly, he neither reproaches nor complains.

Let them be ignorant, he is neither blaming nor doubtful

أَعَجِبْتِ إذ ذَكَرَ الفواحِشَ هادياً

أَعَجِبْتِ إذ ذَكَرَ الفواحِشَ هادياً

فَنَهَى اللّواتِي جِئْنَهُ وَنَهاكِ

فَنَهَى اللّواتِي جِئْنَهُ وَنَهاكِ

Were you surprised when, as a guide, he mentioned indecencies,

You admired when he mentioned lewdness forbidding

then forbade such acts to the women who came to him—and to you?

Those who came to him from it and you too

إن تَعْجَبِي لِلعِرضِ يُبذلُ هَيِّناً

إن تَعْجَبِي لِلعِرضِ يُبذلُ هَيِّناً

وهو الحياةُ بأسرها فَكَذاكِ

وهو الحياةُ بأسرها فَكَذاكِ

If you marvel at honor being surrendered cheaply,

My wonder is for chastity offered easily

though it is all of life—such indeed

Though it is all of life, thus you have it

عِرضُ الحرائِرِ ما عَلمتِ وإنّما

عِرضُ الحرائِرِ ما عَلمتِ وإنّما

يَرضَى سِواهُنَّ الزِّنَا وَسِواكِ

يَرضَى سِواهُنَّ الزِّنَا وَسِواكِ

is freeborn women's honor, as you know; only

The honor of free women you have learned

women other than they, and other than you, accept fornication.

Only accepting you equal to adultery

يَحْفَظْنَهُ ويَذُدْنَ عن مَمنوعِهِ

يَحْفَظْنَهُ ويَذُدْنَ عن مَمنوعِهِ

شَهواتِ كلِّ مُخادِعٍ فَتَّاكِ

شَهواتِ كلِّ مُخادِعٍ فَتَّاكِ

They guard it and drive away from its inviolable bounds

They guard it and protect it from forbidden

the lusts of every deadly deceiver.

Passions of every sly betrayer

تَأْبَى التي منهنّ يَقتلُها الطوى

تَأْبَى التي منهنّ يَقتلُها الطوى

أن يشترى بذخائر الأملاكِ

أن يشترى بذخائر الأملاكِ

The woman among them whom hunger is killing refuses

She who refuses it kills her desires

to have it bought with the treasures of kings.

Though her bed be strewn with the stars

وتصدُّ معرضةً تضنُّ بنفسِها

وتصدُّ معرضةً تضنُّ بنفسِها

ولو اَنّ مَضجَعَها ذُرَى الأفلاكِ

ولو اَنّ مَضجَعَها ذُرَى الأفلاكِ

And she turns away, averting herself, jealously guarding her person,

The shame of fornication disgraces faces

even if her bed were the heights of the celestial spheres.

And its evil casts lands and people to ruin

عارُ الزِّنَا يُخزِي الوُجوهَ وشَرُّه

عارُ الزِّنَا يُخزِي الوُجوهَ وشَرُّه

يَرمِي البلادَ وأهلَهَا بِهَلاكِ

يَرمِي البلادَ وأهلَهَا بِهَلاكِ

The shame of fornication disgraces faces, and its evil

O Hind, God has decreed His rule

strikes lands and their people with destruction.

So suffice you from the evil of His torment that He protected you from

يا هِنْدُ إنّ اللَّهَ أمضى حُكْمَهُ

يا هِنْدُ إنّ اللَّهَ أمضى حُكْمَهُ

فَكفَاكِ سُوءَ عذابِهِ وَوَقاكِ

فَكفَاكِ سُوءَ عذابِهِ وَوَقاكِ

O Hind, God has indeed carried out His judgment,

You were given your provision of piety and guidance

so He spared you His grievous punishment and protected you.

So thank the One who delivered you

أُوتيتِ زَادَكِ مِن تُقىً وهدايةٍ

أُوتيتِ زَادَكِ مِن تُقىً وهدايةٍ

فَتَزوَّدِي سُبحانَ مَن نَجَّاكِ

فَتَزوَّدِي سُبحانَ مَن نَجَّاكِ

You have been given your provision of piety and guidance,

so take provisions—glory be to Him who saved you!