وَلا وَاللَهِ ما تَدري هُذَيلٌ

وَلا وَاللَهِ ما تَدري هُذَيلٌ

أَمَحضٌ ماءُ زَمزَمَ أَم مَشوبُ

أَمَحضٌ ماءُ زَمزَمَ أَم مَشوبُ

No, by God, Hudhayl does not know

No, by Allah, Huzayl does not know

whether Zamzam's water is pure or mixed.

If Zamzam's water is pure or tainted

وَما لَهُم إِذا اِعتَمَروا وَحَجّوا

وَما لَهُم إِذا اِعتَمَروا وَحَجّوا

مِنَ الحَجَرَينِ وَالمَسعى نَصيبُ

مِنَ الحَجَرَينِ وَالمَسعى نَصيبُ

Nor, when they perform ʿumrah and Hajj, do they have

Nor have they any share, when performing Hajj,

any share in the two stones and the course of ritual running.

Of the two Hills or the Sa'y

وَلَكِنَّ الرَجيعَ لَهُم مَحَلٌّ

وَلَكِنَّ الرَجيعَ لَهُم مَحَلٌّ

بِهِ اللُؤمُ المُبَيَّنُ وَالعُيوبُ

بِهِ اللُؤمُ المُبَيَّنُ وَالعُيوبُ

But al-Rajīʿ is their dwelling-place,

Yet for them there is a returning place

where manifest baseness and faults reside.

Wherein are evident dishonor and defects

كَأَنَّهُمُ لَدى الكَنّاتِ أَصلاً

كَأَنَّهُمُ لَدى الكَنّاتِ أَصلاً

تُيوسٌ بِالحِجازِ لَهُم نَبيبُ

تُيوسٌ بِالحِجازِ لَهُم نَبيبُ

As though they, beside the daughters-in-law in the late afternoon,

As though at Mina they had from ancient days

were billy goats in the Hijaz, bleating.

A wailing for them in Hijaz that resounds

هُمُ غَرّوا بِذِمَّتِهِم خُبَيباً

هُمُ غَرّوا بِذِمَّتِهِم خُبَيباً

فَبِئسَ العَهدُ عَهدُهُمُ الكَذوبُ

فَبِئسَ العَهدُ عَهدُهُمُ الكَذوبُ

They deceived Khubayb with their pledge of protection;

They betrayed Khubayb under pact

so evil is the covenant—their deceitful covenant!

So evil is the pact, false is their troth

تَحوزُهُمُ وَتَدفُعُهُم عَلَيَّ

تَحوزُهُمُ وَتَدفُعُهُم عَلَيَّ

فَقَد عاشوا وَلَيسَ لَهُم قُلوبُ

فَقَد عاشوا وَلَيسَ لَهُم قُلوبُ

You herd them and drive them against me,

They stir against me and repel me

for they have lived, yet they have no hearts.

For they lived, yet had no hearts