هذا العَقيقُ فَعَدِّ أَي

هذا العَقيقُ فَعَدِّ أَي

دي العيسِ عَن غُلَوائِها

دي العيسِ عَن غُلَوائِها

This is al-ʿAqīq; turn the forelegs

This carnelian, so count, O hand of Isa,

of the white camels away from their headlong haste.

Away from its passionate ardors,

وَاِمنَع نَواجِيَها النَجا

وَاِمنَع نَواجِيَها النَجا

ءَ فَلاتَ حينَ نَجائِها

ءَ فَلاتَ حينَ نَجائِها

And keep their swift ones from speeding away,

And deny its soft whispers success

for this is no time for their swift departure.

When it whispers its success.

وَإِذا مَرَرتَ بِبِئرِ عُر

وَإِذا مَرَرتَ بِبِئرِ عُر

وَةَ فَاِسقِني مِن مائِها

وَةَ فَاِسقِني مِن مائِها

And when you pass the well of

And when you pass by the well of Urwa

ʿUrwah, give me a drink of its water.

Quench me with its water,

وَاِجنَح إِلى السَمُراتِ أَو

وَاِجنَح إِلى السَمُراتِ أَو

لِلسَّفحِ مِن جَمّائِها

لِلسَّفحِ مِن جَمّائِها

And turn toward the acacia trees, or

And take to the Samr trees or

toward the slope of its Jammāʾ.

To the foothills among its thickets,

إِنّا وَعَيشِكَ ما ذَمَم

إِنّا وَعَيشِكَ ما ذَمَم

نا العَيشَ في أَفنائِها

نا العَيشَ في أَفنائِها

Indeed, by your life, we never condemned

We and your livelihood, we did not blame

life in its precincts.

Living in its plains,

أَيّامَ لَم تَجرِ النَوى

أَيّامَ لَم تَجرِ النَوى

بَينَ العَصا وَلِحائِها

بَينَ العَصا وَلِحائِها

In the days when separation did not run

Days when desires did not pass

between the staff and its bark.

Between the staff and its belongings.

سَقياً لِتِلكَ مَعاهِداً

سَقياً لِتِلكَ مَعاهِداً

إِذ نَحنُ في أَرجائِها

إِذ نَحنُ في أَرجائِها

May rain bless those haunts,

It watered those covenants, while we

when we were within their bounds.

Were in its expanses,

ما كانَ آنَسَها وَأَش

ما كانَ آنَسَها وَأَش

عَفَ أُسدَها بِظِبائِها

عَفَ أُسدَها بِظِبائِها

How delightful they were, and how enamored

It did not make its lion cubs comfortable,

their lions were of their gazelles!

Or whiten its gazelles with its wolves.

وَقَصيدَةٍ غَرّاءَ يَف

وَقَصيدَةٍ غَرّاءَ يَف

نى الدَهرُ قَبلَ فَنائِها

نى الدَهرُ قَبلَ فَنائِها

And a radiant ode—

And an eloquent poem whose elegance

time will perish before it does.

Time ruins before its demise,

تَبقى عَلى الأَيّامِ نُص

تَبقى عَلى الأَيّامِ نُص

بَ صَباحِها وَمَسائِها

بَ صَباحِها وَمَسائِها

It endures through the days, standing before

It remains for days a monument

their mornings and their evenings.

Of its mornings and evenings.

لَم تَستَمِح أَيدي الرِجا

لَم تَستَمِح أَيدي الرِجا

لِ بِمَدحِها وَهِجائِها

لِ بِمَدحِها وَهِجائِها

It never sought largesse from the hands of

It did not beg the hands of men

men through its praise and its satire.

With its praise and satire,

باتَت تُصانُ فَآنَ أَن

باتَت تُصانُ فَآنَ أَن

تُهدى إِلى أَكفائِها

تُهدى إِلى أَكفائِها

It lay protected; now the time has come

It remained protected, so when

for it to be presented to those worthy of it.

You are guided to its peers,

حَتّى إِذا أَكمَلتُ رَغ

حَتّى إِذا أَكمَلتُ رَغ

بَ الرَأيِ في إِبقائِها

بَ الرَأيِ في إِبقائِها

Until, when I had fully satisfied

Until when I completed the desire of opinion

my judgment's desire to preserve it,

In maintaining it,

خُصَّ الخَليفَةُ جَعفَرُ ب

خُصَّ الخَليفَةُ جَعفَرُ ب

نُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِثَنائِها

نُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِثَنائِها

the caliph Jaʿfar, son

The Caliph Ja'far ibn Muhammad was distinguished

of Muḥammad, was singled out for its praise.

With its praise,

مَلِكٌ أَعَدَّتهُ المُلو

مَلِكٌ أَعَدَّتهُ المُلو

كُ لِخَوفِها وَرَجائِها

كُ لِخَوفِها وَرَجائِها

A king whom kings have held in reserve

A king the kings prepared

for their fears and their hopes.

For fear of him and hope in him

ما زالَ مُذ وَلِيَ الخِلا

ما زالَ مُذ وَلِيَ الخِلا

فَةَ وَاِرتَدى بِرِدائِها

فَةَ وَاِرتَدى بِرِدائِها

Ever since he assumed the caliphate

He has not stopped since assuming the caliphate

and donned its mantle,

And wearing its gown,

مُتَوَكِّلاً فيها عَلى

مُتَوَكِّلاً فيها عَلى

مَن خَصَّهُ بِسَنائِها

مَن خَصَّهُ بِسَنائِها

he has continued to rely, in it, upon

Relying in it on Him who distinguished him

the One who singled him out for its splendor.

With His brilliance,

تُدنيهِ أُمَّةُ أَحمَدٍ

تُدنيهِ أُمَّةُ أَحمَدٍ

لِلثَأرِ مِن أَعدائِها

لِلثَأرِ مِن أَعدائِها

Aḥmad's community draws him near

The nation of Ahmad draws him near

to take vengeance upon its enemies,

For vengeance from its enemies,

مِن بَعدِ ما طَعَنَت قُرو

مِن بَعدِ ما طَعَنَت قُرو

نُ الشِركِ في أَحشائِها

نُ الشِركِ في أَحشائِها

after the horns of polytheism had pierced

After the centuries of polytheism stabbed

its entrails,

Its entrails,

وَتَحَكَّمَ الزِيّاتُ في

وَتَحَكَّمَ الزِيّاتُ في

أَموالِه وَدِمائِها

أَموالِه وَدِمائِها

and al-Zayyāt ruled at will over

And the deviants controlled

his wealth and its blood,

Its money and blood,

زارٍ عَلى سُنَنِ النَبِ

زارٍ عَلى سُنَنِ النَبِ

يِّ يَجُدُّ في إِطفائِها

يِّ يَجُدُّ في إِطفائِها

scorning the ways of the Prophet,

Aiding the traditions of the Prophet, active

striving hard to extinguish them.

In extinguishing them,

وَالرُخَّجِيُّ الأَعوَرُ ال

وَالرُخَّجِيُّ الأَعوَرُ ال

دجّالُ مِن أُمَرائِها

دجّالُ مِن أُمَرائِها

And al-Rukhkhajī, the one-eyed

And the one-eyed Anti-Christ from its princes

arch-deceiver, was among its commanders,

Implementing matters defiantly against Allah in implementing them

يُمضى الأُمورَ مُعانِداً

يُمضى الأُمورَ مُعانِداً

لِلَّهِ في إِمضائِها

لِلَّهِ في إِمضائِها

carrying affairs through, defying

Inciting to slander chaste women, yet he is not of its sons,

God in carrying them through.

There were dark tribulations and people bewildered in its blindness,

يُغري بِقَذفِ المُحصَنا

يُغري بِقَذفِ المُحصَنا

تِ وَلَيسَ مِن أَبنائِها

تِ وَلَيسَ مِن أَبنائِها

He incites the slander of chaste women,

Confused as cattle after their grazing,

and he is not one of their sons.

While this was so, the truth shone in its darkness,

كانَت غَياهِبُ فِتنَةٍ

كانَت غَياهِبُ فِتنَةٍ

وَالناسُ في عَميائِها

وَالناسُ في عَميائِها

There were dark depths of strife,

And your Lord chose Ja'far ibn Muhammad for its glory.

and the people were in its blind confusion,

مُتَحَيِّرينَ كَما تَحا

مُتَحَيِّرينَ كَما تَحا

رُ البَهمُ بَعدَ رِعائِها

رُ البَهمُ بَعدَ رِعائِها

bewildered, as young beasts are bewildered

after their shepherds are gone.

بَينا كَذلِكَ إِذ أَضا

بَينا كَذلِكَ إِذ أَضا

ءَ الحَقُّ في ظَلمائِها

ءَ الحَقُّ في ظَلمائِها

While things were thus, suddenly there shone

the truth amid its darkness,

وَاِختارَ رَبُّكَ جَعفَرُ ب

وَاِختارَ رَبُّكَ جَعفَرُ ب

نَ مُحَمَّدٍ لِجَلائِها

نَ مُحَمَّدٍ لِجَلائِها

and your Lord chose Jaʿfar, son

of Muḥammad, to dispel it.