Sol 6.1

  1. تَرومُ عَلى نَعمانَ في الفَجرِ ناقَتي

    وَإِن هِيَ حَنَّت كُنتُ بِالشَوقِ أَعذَرا

    At dawn my she-camel seeks her way over Nu‘man,

    And if she moans, I have more excuse for longing,

  2. إِلى حَيثُ تَلقاني تَميمٌ إِذا بَدَت

    وَزُدتُ عَلى قَومٍ عُداةٍ لِتُنصَرا

    Toward where Tamim meets me when it appears;

    And I surpassed a hostile people, so Tamim might be aided.

  3. فَلَم تَرَ مِثلي ذائِداً عَن عَشيرَةٍ

    وَلا ناصِراً مِنهُم أَعَزَّ وَأَكثَرا

    You have never seen my like defending a clan,

    Nor an ally mightier or more numerous than they.

  4. فَإِنَّ تَميماً لَن تَزولَ جِبالُها

    وَلا عِزُّها هادِيُّهُ لَن يُغَيَّرا

    For Tamim's mountains will never pass away,

    Nor will its glory; its guide will never be changed.

  5. أَقولُ لَها إِذ خِفتُ تَحويلَ رَحلِها

    عَلى مِثلِها جَهداً إِذا هُوَ شَمَّرا

    I speak to her, fearing her saddle must be moved

    To another like her through exhaustion, when he presses on.

  6. تُساقُ وَتُمسي بِالجَريضِ وَلَم تَكُن

    مِنَ اللَيثِ أَن يَعدو عَلَيها لِتُذعَرا

    She is driven on, choking at dusk, though

    No lion has charged upon her to put her in fear.

  7. فَإِنَّ مُنى النَفسِ الَّتي أَقبَلَت بِها

    وَحِلَّ نُذوري إِن بَلَغتُ المُوَقَّرا

    For the soul's hopes that she has come bearing,

    And fulfillment of my vows, await me if I reach al-Muwaqqar.

  8. بِهِ خَيرُ أَهلِ الأَرضِ حَيّاً وَمَيِّتاً

    سِوى مَن بِهِ دينُ البَرِيَّةِ أَسفَرا

    There is the best of earth's people, living or dead,

    Save him through whom mankind's religion shone forth.

  9. جَزى اللَهُ خَيرَ المُسلِمينَ وَخَيرَهُم

    يَدَينِ وَأَغناهُم لِمَن كانَ أَفقَرا

    May God reward the best of Muslims, and the best of them

    In bounty of both hands, and their greatest benefactor to the poorest.

  10. إِمامٌ كَأَيِّن مِن إِمامٍ نَمى بِهِ

    وَشَمسٍ وَبَدرٍ قَد أَضاءا فَنَوَّرا

    An imam, raised high by many an imam,

    And by a sun and full moon that shone and shed light.

  11. وَكانَ الَّذي أَعطاهُما اللَهُ مِنهُما

    إِمامَ الهُدى وَالمُصطَفى المُتَنَظَّرا

    And what God granted those two, from them both,

    Was the imam of guidance and the awaited chosen one.

  12. تَلَقَّت بِهِ في لَيلَةٍ كانَ فَضلُها

    عَلى اللَيلِ أَلفاً مِن شُهورٍ مُقَدَّرا

    She received him on a night whose excellence

    Above other nights was reckoned at a thousand months.

  13. فَلَيتَ أَميرَ المُؤمِنينَ قَضى لَنا

    فَرُحنا وَلَم تَنظُر غَداً مَن تَعَذَّرا

    If only the Commander of the Faithful would decide for us,

    Then we could leave, and you would not wait tomorrow for one making excuses.

  14. كَأَنَّ المَطايا إِذ عَدَلنا صُدورَها

    بَعَثنا بِأَيديها الحَمامَ المُطَيَّرا

    It was as though, when we turned the mounts' breasts,

    We had set doves flying with their forefeet.

  15. فَكَم مِن مُصَلٍّ قَد رَدَدتَ صَلاتَهُ

    لَهُ بَعدَ ما قَد كانَ في الرومِ نُصَّرا

    And how many a worshipper's prayer you have restored

    To him, after he had been Christianized among the Romans,

  16. يَدَيهِ بِمَصلوبٍ عَلى ساعِدَيهِما

    فَأَصبَحَ قَد صَلّى حَنيفاً وَكَبَّرا

    His hands marked with a crucified figure upon their forearms!

    Then he prayed as a true monotheist and proclaimed, 'God is greatest.'