أَشاقَكَ مِن أُمِّ الوَليدِ رُبوعُ

أَشاقَكَ مِن أُمِّ الوَليدِ رُبوعُ

بَلاقِعُ ما مِن أَهلِهِنَّ جَميعُ

بَلاقِعُ ما مِن أَهلِهِنَّ جَميعُ

Have the dwellings of Umm al-Walid stirred your longing?

The meadows of Umm Al-Walid have yearned for you

Desolate wastes, with no gathering of their inhabitants left.

Now empty, none of their people remain

عَفاهُنَّ صَيفِيُّ الرِياحِ وَواكِفٌ

عَفاهُنَّ صَيفِيُّ الرِياحِ وَواكِفٌ

مِنَ الدَلوِ رَجّافُ السَحابِ هُموعُ

مِنَ الدَلوِ رَجّافُ السَحابِ هُموعُ

Summer winds have effaced them, and dripping rain

The summer winds have uncovered them

From the Bucket, its clouds quaking, pouring copiously.

And the pouring clouds have left them bare

فَلَم يَبقَ إِلّا موقَدُ النارِ حَولَهُ

فَلَم يَبقَ إِلّا موقَدُ النارِ حَولَهُ

رَواكِدُ أَمثالُ الحَمامِ وُقوعُ

رَواكِدُ أَمثالُ الحَمامِ وُقوعُ

So nothing remained but the fire's hearth, around it

Naught remains but the glowing embers

Motionless stones like pigeons settled down.

And the settlements of doves upon them

فَدَع ذِكرَ دارٍ بَدَّدَت بَينَ أَهلِها

فَدَع ذِكرَ دارٍ بَدَّدَت بَينَ أَهلِها

نَوىً فَرَّقَت بَينَ الجَميعِ قَطوعُ

نَوىً فَرَّقَت بَينَ الجَميعِ قَطوعُ

So leave the memory of a dwelling whose people were scattered

So leave the mention of a house torn apart

By a sundering distance that split the whole company apart.

By enmity that severed all its people

وَقُل إِن يَكُن يَوماً بِأُحدٍ يَعُدُّهُ

وَقُل إِن يَكُن يَوماً بِأُحدٍ يَعُدُّهُ

سَفيهٌ فَإِنَّ الحَقَّ سَوفَ يَشيعُ

سَفيهٌ فَإِنَّ الحَقَّ سَوفَ يَشيعُ

And say: if a day at Uhud is reckoned up

And say that if one day they think it grand

By a fool, the truth will surely spread.

Then soon enough the truth will spread

وَقَد ضارَبَت فيهِ بَنو الأَوسِ كُلُّهُم

وَقَد ضارَبَت فيهِ بَنو الأَوسِ كُلُّهُم

وَكانَ لَها ذِكرٌ هُناكَ رَفيعُ

وَكانَ لَها ذِكرٌ هُناكَ رَفيعُ

And all the sons of al-Aws fought there,

The Aus struck there, all of them

And theirs was a lofty renown there.

And tales of it will glorious be

وَحامى بَنو النَجّارِ فيهِ وَضارَبوا

وَحامى بَنو النَجّارِ فيهِ وَضارَبوا

وَما كانَ مِنهُم في اللِقاءِ جَزوعُ

وَما كانَ مِنهُم في اللِقاءِ جَزوعُ

And the sons of al-Najjar stood in defense there and fought,

The Helpers fought there too and struck

And none of them was fainthearted in the clash.

And none but the steadfast remained

أَمامَ رَسولِ اللَهِ لا يَخذُلونَهُ

أَمامَ رَسولِ اللَهِ لا يَخذُلونَهُ

لَهُم ناصِرٌ مِن رَبِّهِم وَشَفيعُ

لَهُم ناصِرٌ مِن رَبِّهِم وَشَفيعُ

In front of the Messenger of God, they did not forsake him;

Before Allah's Messenger they did not waver

They have a helper from their Lord, and an intercessor.

For them a helper and intercessor was He

وَفَوا إِذ كَفَرتُم يا سَخينَ بِرَبِّكُم

وَفَوا إِذ كَفَرتُم يا سَخينَ بِرَبِّكُم

وَلا يَستَوي عَبدٌ عَصى وَمُطيعُ

وَلا يَستَوي عَبدٌ عَصى وَمُطيعُ

They kept faith when you disbelieved in your Lord, O Sakhin,

Oh heathens, evil is your disbelief in your Lord

And a disobedient servant is not equal to an obedient one.

A disobedient slave is not like one obedient

بِأَيمانِهِم بيضٌ إِذا حَسِرَ الوَغى

بِأَيمانِهِم بيضٌ إِذا حَسِرَ الوَغى

فَلا بُدَّ أَن يَردى بِهِنَّ صَريعُ

فَلا بُدَّ أَن يَردى بِهِنَّ صَريعُ

In their right hands are gleaming swords; when battle bares itself,

When war flares their oaths shine white

Then someone must inevitably fall slain by them.

And many by them will be struck down

كَما غادَرَت في النَقعِ عُثمانَ ثاوِياً

كَما غادَرَت في النَقعِ عُثمانَ ثاوِياً

وَسَعداً صَريعاً وَالوَشيجُ شُروعُ

وَسَعداً صَريعاً وَالوَشيجُ شُروعُ

As they left Uthman lying in the dust,

As they left Othman rotting at Naq‘a

And Sa'd struck down, while the spears were leveled.

And Sa‘d a corpse with Al Washij raging

وَقَد غادَرَت تَحتَ العَجاجَةِ مُسنَداً

وَقَد غادَرَت تَحتَ العَجاجَةِ مُسنَداً

أُبَيّاً وَقَد بَلَّ القَميصَ نَجيعُ

أُبَيّاً وَقَد بَلَّ القَميصَ نَجيعُ

And they left, propped up beneath the dust-cloud,

And they left under the boughs one propped up

Ubayy, his shirt already soaked with blood,

Ubayy as his shirt soaked up the gore

بِكَفِّ رَسولِ اللَهِ حَتّى تَلَفَّفَت

بِكَفِّ رَسولِ اللَهِ حَتّى تَلَفَّفَت

عَلى القَومِ مِمّا قَد يُثِرنَ نُقوعُ

عَلى القَومِ مِمّا قَد يُثِرنَ نُقوعُ

By the hand of the Messenger of God, until there closed

By the hand of Allah’s Messenger they wrapped him

Around the people clouds of dust that they stirred up.

To shield the people from things profane

أولَئِكَ قَومي سادَةٌ مِن فُروعِهِم

أولَئِكَ قَومي سادَةٌ مِن فُروعِهِم

وَمِن كُلِّ قَومٍ سادَةٌ وَفُروعُ

وَمِن كُلِّ قَومٍ سادَةٌ وَفُروعُ

Those are my people, lords from their noble branches;

Those are my people, the chiefs of their branches

And every people has lords and noble branches.

For each people chiefs and branches there are

بِهِنَّ يُعِزُّ اللَهُ حينَ يُعِزُّنا

بِهِنَّ يُعِزُّ اللَهُ حينَ يُعِزُّنا

وَإِن كانَ أَمرٌ يا سَخينَ فَظيعُ

وَإِن كانَ أَمرٌ يا سَخينَ فَظيعُ

Through them God grants might when He makes us mighty,

Through them Allah gives us honor

Even if the matter, O Sakhin, is dreadful.

When gives us honor, Oh heathens, dread He does

فَإِن تَذكَروا قَتلى وَحَمزَةُ فيهِمُ

فَإِن تَذكَروا قَتلى وَحَمزَةُ فيهِمُ

قَتيلٌ ثَوى لِلَّهِ وَهوَ مُطيعُ

قَتيلٌ ثَوى لِلَّهِ وَهوَ مُطيعُ

So if you mention the slain, with Hamza among them,

And if you recall the dead with Hamzah among them

A slain man who rests for God's sake, obedient to Him,

A martyr whose place is in heaven sublime

فَإِنَّ جِنانَ الخُلدِ مَنزِلُهُ بِها

فَإِنَّ جِنانَ الخُلدِ مَنزِلُهُ بِها

وَأَمرُ الَّذي يَقضي الأُمورَ سَريعُ

وَأَمرُ الَّذي يَقضي الأُمورَ سَريعُ

Then indeed his home is in the gardens of eternity,

Indeed the gardens of eternity are his abode

And swift is the command of Him who determines all affairs.

And the One who decides all matters is swift

وَقَتلاكُمُ في النارِ أَفضَلُ رِزقِهِم

وَقَتلاكُمُ في النارِ أَفضَلُ رِزقِهِم

حَميمٌ مَعاً في جَوفِها وَضَريعُ

حَميمٌ مَعاً في جَوفِها وَضَريعُ

And your slain are in the Fire; the best of their sustenance

While your deaths in the fire are better fortune for them

Is boiling water and thorny fodder together in its depths.

Parched together in its depths, suckling there