أَقيمي لا أَعَدُّ الحَجَّ فَرضاً

أَقيمي لا أَعَدُّ الحَجَّ فَرضاً

عَلى عُجُزِ النِساءِ وَلا العَذارى

عَلى عُجُزِ النِساءِ وَلا العَذارى

Stay; I do not count pilgrimage a duty

I stand, I no longer consider the Hajj an obligation

for aged women, nor for maidens.

Upon the incapacity of women and virgins

فَفي بَطحاءِ مَكَّةَ سِرُّ قَومٍ

فَفي بَطحاءِ مَكَّةَ سِرُّ قَومٍ

وَلَيسوا بِالحُماةِ وَلا الغَيارى

وَلَيسوا بِالحُماةِ وَلا الغَيارى

For Mecca's gravel plain holds a people's elite,

For in the valley of Mecca is the secret of a people

yet they are neither defenders nor jealous guardians.

Who are neither protectors nor zealots

وَإِنَّ رِجالَ شَيبَةَ سادِنيها

وَإِنَّ رِجالَ شَيبَةَ سادِنيها

إِذا راحَت لِكَعبَتِها الجِمارا

إِذا راحَت لِكَعبَتِها الجِمارا

And Shayba's men, its custodians,

And the elders of Shaybah who reside there

when the throngs set out for its Kaaba,

When she travels to her Kaaba, the pyre

قِيامٌ يَدفَعونَ الوَفدَ شَفعاً

قِيامٌ يَدفَعونَ الوَفدَ شَفعاً

إِلى البَيتِ الحَرامِ وَهُم سُكارى

إِلى البَيتِ الحَرامِ وَهُم سُكارى

stand pushing the pilgrims in pairs

A standing that drives away the delegation in pairs

into the Sacred House, while drunk.

To the Sacred House, while they are drunk

إِذا أَخَذوا الزَوائِفَ أَولَجوهُم

إِذا أَخَذوا الزَوائِفَ أَولَجوهُم

وَلَو كانوا اليَهودَ أَو النَصارى

وَلَو كانوا اليَهودَ أَو النَصارى

Once they take the counterfeit coins, they let them in,

When they took dividends, they drove them

even if they are Jews or Christians.

Even if they were Jews or Christians

مَتى آداكِ خَيرٌ فَاِفعَليهِ

مَتى آداكِ خَيرٌ فَاِفعَليهِ

وَقولي إِن دَعاكِ البِرُّ آرا

وَقولي إِن دَعاكِ البِرُّ آرا

Whenever good lies within your power, do it,

Whenever good comes to you, do it

and say 'Yes' if righteousness calls you.

And say if righteousness calls you, "I see."

فَلَو قيلَ الغُواةُ عَرَفتِ كَشفي

فَلَو قيلَ الغُواةُ عَرَفتِ كَشفي

مِنَ الكَذِب المُمَوَّهِ ما تَوارى

مِنَ الكَذِب المُمَوَّهِ ما تَوارى

Were 'the misguided' mentioned, you would recognize my uncovering

So if the transgressors were told, "You recognize the revelation

of whatever gilded falsehood lay hidden.

Of the veiled lie what was hidden

وَلا تَثِقي بِما صَنَعوا وَصاغوا

وَلا تَثِقي بِما صَنَعوا وَصاغوا

فَقَد جاءَت خُيولُهُمُ تَبارى

فَقَد جاءَت خُيولُهُمُ تَبارى

Do not trust what they have fashioned and forged,

Neither trust what they have made nor wrought

for their horses have come racing one another.

Their horses have come competing

جَرَت زَمَناً وَتَسكُنُ بَعدَ حينٍ

جَرَت زَمَناً وَتَسكُنُ بَعدَ حينٍ

وَأَقضِيَةُ المُهَيمِنِ لا تُجارى

وَأَقضِيَةُ المُهَيمِنِ لا تُجارى

They ran a while, and after a time will rest;

It flowed for a while and settles after a while

and the All-Watching One's decrees cannot be rivaled.

And the purpose of the All-Dominant cannot be matched

لَعَلَّ قِرانَ هَذا النَجمِ يَثني

لَعَلَّ قِرانَ هَذا النَجمِ يَثني

إِلى طُرُقِ الهُدى أُمَماً حَيارى

إِلى طُرُقِ الهُدى أُمَماً حَيارى

Perhaps this star's conjunction will turn

Maybe the conjunction of this star will incline

bewildered nations toward the paths of guidance.

To the paths of guidance nations astray

فَقَد أَودى بِهِم سَغَبٌ وَظِمءٌ

فَقَد أَودى بِهِم سَغَبٌ وَظِمءٌ

وَأَينُقُهُم بِمَتلَفَةٍ حَسارى

وَأَينُقُهُم بِمَتلَفَةٍ حَسارى

For hunger and thirst have brought them to ruin,

For they were destroyed by aridity and thirst

and their she-camels are exhausted in a deadly waste.

And their belvederes with fine gravel

وَما أَدري أَمَن فَوقَ المَهارى

وَما أَدري أَمَن فَوقَ المَهارى

أَلَبُّ إِذا نَظَرتُ أَمِ المَهارى

أَلَبُّ إِذا نَظَرتُ أَمِ المَهارى

I do not know whether those atop the Mahri camels

And I do not know if above the skilled

are wiser, when I look, or the Mahri camels themselves.

I yearn when I look at the mother of the skilled

أَتَتهُم دَولَةٌ قَهَرَت وَعَزَّت

أَتَتهُم دَولَةٌ قَهَرَت وَعَزَّت

فَباتوا في ضَلالَتِها أُسارى

فَباتوا في ضَلالَتِها أُسارى

A ruling power came to them, conquered, and grew mighty;

A state came upon them that subjugated and dignified

so they became captives in its delusion.

So they spent the night in its misguidance captive

وَظَنّوا الطُهرَ مُتَّصِلاً بِقَومٍ

وَظَنّوا الطُهرَ مُتَّصِلاً بِقَومٍ

وَأُقسِمُ أَنَّهُم غَيرُ الطَهارى

وَأُقسِمُ أَنَّهُم غَيرُ الطَهارى

They thought purity bound to a people,

And they thought purity connected to a people

and I swear that they are not among the pure.

And I swear they are not the pure

وَما كَرِيَت عُيونُ الناسِ جَمعاً

وَما كَرِيَت عُيونُ الناسِ جَمعاً

وَلَكِن في دُجُنَّتِها تَكارى

وَلَكِن في دُجُنَّتِها تَكارى

Not all people's eyes have fallen asleep;

And people's eyes never saw everyone

but in its darkness they feign sleep.

But in its shadows they mingle

لَهُم كَلِمٌ تُخالِفُ ما أَجَنّوا

لَهُم كَلِمٌ تُخالِفُ ما أَجَنّوا

صُدورَهُمُ بِصِحَّتِهِ تَمارى

صُدورَهُمُ بِصِحَّتِهِ تَمارى

Their speech contradicts what they conceal;

They have a word that contradicts what they harbored

their hearts question its truth.

In their breasts with its validity they contend