مَسَاعٍendeavors غَدَتْcame to be فيin اللّهِGod تُنضَىare worn out رِكابُهاtheir mounts
مَسَاعٍ غَدَتْ في اللّهِ تُنضَى رِكابُها
فَأَنجحَso succeeded مِنهاfrom them عَزْمُهاtheir resolve وإيابُهاand their return
فَأَنجحَ مِنها عَزْمُها وإيابُها
Endeavors whose mounts were worn out in God's cause;
Her feet set out for God become purified
So their resolve and their return proved successful.
So her resolve succeeded and her returning
وَدَاعِيةٌand a summons لِلشَّوْقِto longing نَحْوَtoward مَنَاسِكٍpilgrimage sites
وَدَاعِيةٌ لِلشَّوْقِ نَحْوَ مَنَاسِكٍ
شِفَاءُa cure العُيُونِthe eyes الرُّمْدِinflamed مِنهاfrom them تُرابُهاtheir dust
شِفَاءُ العُيُونِ الرُّمْدِ مِنها تُرابُها
And a call that stirs longing for pilgrimage sites,
A caller to yearning for the sacred rites
Whose dust is a cure for inflamed eyes.
The dust of it a cure for eyes with rheum
رَكِبْتَyou braved إليهاtoward them الهَوْلَterror فيin كُلِّevery لُجَّةٍsea-depth
رَكِبْتَ إليها الهَوْلَ في كُلِّ لُجَّةٍ
كَأَنَّas though نَداthe bounty كَفَّيْكَof your two hands فَيْضاًin overflowing abundance عُبَابُهاits surging flood
كَأَنَّ نَدا كَفَّيْكَ فَيْضاً عُبَابُها
You braved terror on your way to them through every deep sea,
You rode the panic in every dark pass
As though your hands' overflowing bounty were its surging flood.
As if its vapors were abundant bounty on your palms
وَقَدْand already حَجَبتْit veiled وَجْهَthe face الفَضاءِof the open sky كَأَنَّماas though
وَقَدْ حَجَبتْ وَجْهَ الفَضاءِ كَأَنَّما
جَوانبُهاits edges مَوْصُولةٌjoined وسَحَابُهاand its clouds
جَوانبُها مَوْصُولةٌ وسَحَابُها
And it had veiled the face of the open sky, as though
It had veiled the face of the horizon as if
Its edges and its clouds were joined.
Its sides were joined and its clouds
كَأَنَّas though اخضْرارَthe greenness اللُّجّof the deep ضَاهَىmatched سَماءَهُits sky
كَأَنَّ اخضْرارَ اللُّجّ ضَاهَى سَماءَهُ
وَجَارَىand raced alongside عَلَيْهاupon it الجَارِياتِthe sailing ships شِهابُهاits shooting star
وَجَارَى عَلَيْها الجَارِياتِ شِهابُها
As though the deep's green hue matched its sky,
As if the green of the darkness outshone its sky
And its shooting star raced alongside the ships upon it.
And its shooting stars flow upon it
كَأَنَّas though قِلاعَthe sails الفُلْكِof the ships مَدَّتْstretched out بِجوِّهِin its air
كَأَنَّ قِلاعَ الفُلْكِ مَدَّتْ بِجوِّهِ
جَناحاًa wing بهِwith it يَبْغيseeks السَّماءَthe sky عُقَابُهاtheir eagle
جَناحاً بهِ يَبْغي السَّماءَ عُقَابُها
As though the ships' sails stretched through its air
As if the castles of ships had extended its atmosphere
A wing with which their eagle seeks the sky.
With a wing by which its eagle seeks the sky
فَتِلكَso those وَسفْنُand the ships البَرِّof land تَخترِقُcleave الفَلاthe desert wastes
فَتِلكَ وَسفْنُ البَرِّ تَخترِقُ الفَلا
ولاand no لُجَّdeep sea إلاّexcept أَنْthat يَلوحَcomes into view سَرابُهاits mirage
ولا لُجَّ إلاّ أَنْ يَلوحَ سَرابُها
Such were those ships; and the ships of land cleave the desert,
So those ships of land cleave the emptiness
And no deep sea is there, save its mirage coming into view.
And no darkness unless its mirage appears
كَأَنَّas though السُّرَىnight travel يَقتَاتُfeeds مِنهاfrom them غَوارِباًwithers
كَأَنَّ السُّرَى يَقتَاتُ مِنها غَوارِباً
بَرَىpared away النَّيَّthe fat مِنهاfrom them نَأْيُهاtheir distant travel واغْتِرابُهاand their wandering
بَرَى النَّيَّ مِنها نَأْيُها واغْتِرابُها
As though night travel feeds upon their withers,
As if the Pleiades snatch prey from it
Their distant travels and wandering have pared their fat away.
Its remoteness from it and estrangement saw goodness
تَفاءَلْتُI took a good omen خَيْراًgood fortune وَهْيَwhile they تَدْمَىbleed مَناسِماًfootpads
تَفاءَلْتُ خَيْراً وَهْيَ تَدْمَى مَناسِماً
بِأنَّbecause عَلاماتِthe signs السُّرورِof rejoicing خِضابُهاtheir dye
بِأنَّ عَلاماتِ السُّرورِ خِضابُها
I took it as a good omen, while their footpads bled,
I augured good when it was overflowing with landmarks
For their dye was a sign of rejoicing.
For the signs of bliss are its kohl
وَطَامِسَةِand effacing الأعلامِthe waymarks يُوحِشُfeels desolate ذِئبُهاits wolf
وَطَامِسَةِ الأعلامِ يُوحِشُ ذِئبُها
بِهَاwithin it وَيَهابُand fears الإغْتِرابَestrangement غُرَابُهاits raven
بِهَا وَيَهابُ الإغْتِرابَ غُرَابُها
And a waste that effaces waymarks—its wolf feels desolate
And the submerger of flags its wolf frightens
Within it, and its raven dreads estrangement.
Its crow fears estrangement from it
مُمَوَّهَةِobscured الآثارِthe tracks عَنْfrom كُلِّevery سَالِكٍtraveler
مُمَوَّهَةِ الآثارِ عَنْ كُلِّ سَالِكٍ
يَسِيرُtravels بِقَلْبِin the heart of الجَيْشِthe army وَهْوَwhile he يَهابُهاfears it
يَسِيرُ بِقَلْبِ الجَيْشِ وَهْوَ يَهابُها
Its tracks concealed from every traveler
The hider of traces from every traveler
Who travels in the heart of the army, yet fears it.
Who marches with the heart of an army and fears it
كَأَنَّas though الدُّجَىthe darkness لَمْdid not يَسْرِtravel by night فيهاwithin it نُجومُهاits stars
كَأَنَّ الدُّجَى لَمْ يَسْرِ فيها نُجومُها
وَلاnor خُطَّwas drawn away عَنfrom شَمْسِthe sun of النّهارِdaytime نِقابُهاits veil
وَلا خُطَّ عَن شَمْسِ النّهارِ نِقابُها
As though its stars had not traveled through the darkness there,
As if its gloom did not travel in it are its stars
Nor had its veil been drawn away from the daytime sun.
Nor the veil of its sun by day drawn
فماso not زِلْتَyou ceased حتَّىuntil نِلْتَyou attained مارُمْتَwhat you sought مِنfrom قُباًQuba
فما زِلْتَ حتَّى نِلْتَ مارُمْتَ مِن قُباً
وَبُشِّرْتَand you were given glad tidings هذِيthis يَثرِبٌYathrib وقِبابُهاand its domes
وَبُشِّرْتَ هذِي يَثرِبٌ وقِبابُها
So you pressed on until you gained what you sought from Quba,
So you did not stop until you attained what you sought of tombs
And you were given glad tidings: "This is Yathrib and its domes."
And you were given good news this Yathrib and its dwellings
Sol 6.1