إِنَّ امرَءاً تَعتادُهُ ذِكرٌ

إِنَّ امرَءاً تَعتادُهُ ذِكرٌ

مِنها ثَلاثُ مِنىً لَذُو صَبرِ

مِنها ثَلاثُ مِنىً لَذُو صَبرِ

Indeed, a man revisited by memories

The man accustomed to mention it

of her—Mina’s three nights—is truly patient;

Has three wishes from it, he who is patient

وَمَواقِفٌ بِالمشعَرَينِ لَها

وَمَواقِفٌ بِالمشعَرَينِ لَها

وَمَناظِرُ الجَمَراتِ وَالنَحرِ

وَمَناظِرُ الجَمَراتِ وَالنَحرِ

and her halts at the two sacred stations,

And stopping places at Mash'ar, which has

and the sights of the Jamarāt and the sacrifice,

Views of the pebbles and the slaughter

وَإِفاضَةُ الرُكبانِ خَلفَهُمُ

وَإِفاضَةُ الرُكبانِ خَلفَهُمُ

مِثلَ الغَمامِ أَرَذَّ بِالقَطرِ

مِثلَ الغَمامِ أَرَذَّ بِالقَطرِ

and the riders streaming forth behind them,

And the riders pouring forth behind them

like clouds shedding a fine rain,

Like clouds teeming with rain

حَتّى اِستَلَمنَ الرُكنَ في أُنُفٍ

حَتّى اِستَلَمنَ الرُكنَ في أُنُفٍ

مِن لَيلِهِنَّ يَطَأنَ في الأُزرِ

مِن لَيلِهِنَّ يَطَأنَ في الأُزرِ

until they touched the Corner at the beginning

Until they reached the Corner with faces

of their night, treading in their waist-wraps.

In their nights, treading the Pleiades

يَقعُدنَ في التَطوافِ آوِنَةً

يَقعُدنَ في التَطوافِ آوِنَةً

وَيطُفنَ أَحياناً عَلى فَترِ

وَيطُفنَ أَحياناً عَلى فَترِ

They sit at intervals during the circling,

They sit circling for a while

and sometimes circle at a languid pace.

And circle again at intervals

فَفَرَغنَ مِن سَبعٍ وَقَد جُهِدَت

فَفَرَغنَ مِن سَبعٍ وَقَد جُهِدَت

أَحشاؤُهُنَّ مَوائِلَ الخُمرِ

أَحشاؤُهُنَّ مَوائِلَ الخُمرِ

Then they completed seven circuits; exhausted were

Then they finished seven, though their breasts

their insides, their veils askew.

Were exhausted, the haunts of wine