أخالدُ إنّكَ ذو نَجْدَةٍ

أخالدُ إنّكَ ذو نَجْدَةٍ

فَهيَّا إلى دُومَةِ الجندلِ

فَهيَّا إلى دُومَةِ الجندلِ

O Khalid, you are a man of valor!

Ukaydir, you are a man of merit

So onward to Dumat al-Jandal,

So march on to Dumat Al-Jandal

إلى معشرٍ كفروا بالكتابِ

إلى معشرٍ كفروا بالكتابِ

وحَادوا عن المذهبِ الأمثلِ

وحَادوا عن المذهبِ الأمثلِ

To a people who disbelieved in the Book

To the people who rejected the Book

And strayed from the finest path.

And deviated from the best path

دَعاكَ الرسولُ فأنت الرسول

دَعاكَ الرسولُ فأنت الرسول

وليس له عنك من مَعدلِ

وليس له عنك من مَعدلِ

The Messenger summoned you, so you are the envoy;

The Messenger called upon you, so you are the Messenger's

And he has no alternative to you.

He has none other than you to turn to

أمامك حِصنٌ طويلُ الذُّرَى

أمامك حِصنٌ طويلُ الذُّرَى

فَخُذْهُ بِصَمصامِكَ الأطولِ

فَخُذْهُ بِصَمصامِكَ الأطولِ

Before you stands a fortress with lofty summits;

Before you lies a fortress with high walls

So seize it with your longer, keen-edged sword.

So take it with your very long spear

وَمُرْ بالأكيدرِ يَقذفْ به

وَمُرْ بالأكيدرِ يَقذفْ به

إليك على كِبرهِ من عَلِ

إليك على كِبرهِ من عَلِ

And order it to hurl Ukaydir

And pass by Al-Akidar and pelt him with it

Down to you from on high, despite his pride.

Though he is so arrogant and haughty

قتلتَ أخاهُ وألقى إليك

قتلتَ أخاهُ وألقى إليك

جَناحَ الذليلِ فلم يُقتلِ

جَناحَ الذليلِ فلم يُقتلِ

You killed his brother, and he lowered before you

You killed his brother and he surrendered to you

The wing of the humbled, and so was not killed.

The wing of one humbled, yet he was not killed

وجِئتَ به سيِّدَ الفاتحين

وجِئتَ به سيِّدَ الفاتحين

فأوغَلَ في قلبهِ المقفلِ

فأوغَلَ في قلبهِ المقفلِ

And you brought him to the lord of conquerors,

And you came with the master of conquerors

Who delved deep into his locked heart.

Who penetrated the gates of his closed heart

هَداه إلى اللَّهِ بعد الضلالِ

هَداه إلى اللَّهِ بعد الضلالِ

وبعد العَمى لم يَكَدْ يَنجَلِي

وبعد العَمى لم يَكَدْ يَنجَلِي

He guided him to God after he had strayed,

He guided him to God after his misguidance

And after blindness that scarcely cleared.

And after blindness his sight almost cleared

وأعطاه من عهدهِ موئلاً

وأعطاه من عهدهِ موئلاً

يَقيهِ فيا لك من مؤئلِ

يَقيهِ فيا لك من مؤئلِ

And gave him a refuge through his covenant,

And gave him safety through his covenant

To protect him—what a refuge!

What an excellent granter of refuge you are

فَصبراً أُكيدرُ إنّ الزمان

فَصبراً أُكيدرُ إنّ الزمان

سيكشفُ عن غَدِكَ المقْبلِ

سيكشفُ عن غَدِكَ المقْبلِ

So be patient, Ukaydir; indeed, time

So patience Ukaydir, time

Will reveal your coming tomorrow.

Will reveal your forthcoming future

سَتنقُض عهدكَ دَأْبَ الشقِيِّ

سَتنقُض عهدكَ دَأْبَ الشقِيِّ

وتجمعُ في غَيِّكَ الأوّلِ

وتجمعُ في غَيِّكَ الأوّلِ

You will break your covenant, as the wretched do,

Your era will end the habit of the wretched one

And rally in your former waywardness.

And gather again your first perdition

فيرميك ربُّكَ بابنِ الوليدِ

فيرميك ربُّكَ بابنِ الوليدِ

ويشفيكَ من دائِكَ المعضلِ

ويشفيكَ من دائِكَ المعضلِ

Then your Lord will hurl Ibn al-Walid at you

Your Lord will strike you with the son of Al-Walid

And cure you of your intractable ailment

And cure you from your perplexing disease

بصاعقةٍ مَنْ يَذُقْها يَقُلْ

بصاعقةٍ مَنْ يَذُقْها يَقُلْ

كأنَّ الصّواعقَ لم تُرْسَلِ

كأنَّ الصّواعقَ لم تُرْسَلِ

With a thunderbolt—whoever tastes it will say:

With a thunderbolt - whoever tastes it will say

“As though thunderbolts had never been sent!”

It's as if thunderbolts were never sent

أتفعلُ وَيْحَكَ ما لو عقلتَ

أتفعلُ وَيْحَكَ ما لو عقلتَ

لأعرضتَ عنه ولم تفعلِ

لأعرضتَ عنه ولم تفعلِ

Will you do—woe to you—what, had you used reason,

Would you do, woe to you, what if you had reason

You would have shunned and left undone?

You would refrain from it and not do it

أُكيدرُ ليس لنفسٍ وَقاء

أُكيدرُ ليس لنفسٍ وَقاء

إذا ما ابتلى اللَّهُ مَن يبتلي

إذا ما ابتلى اللَّهُ مَن يبتلي

Ukaydir, no soul has protection

Ukaydir, no soul has immunity

When God tests whomever He tests.

When God decides to test those He tests