رَحَلتُ إِلى قَومي لِأَدعو جُلَّهُم

رَحَلتُ إِلى قَومي لِأَدعو جُلَّهُم

إِلى أَمرِ حَزمٍ أَحَكَمتُهُ الجَوامِعُ

إِلى أَمرِ حَزمٍ أَحَكَمتُهُ الجَوامِعُ

I journeyed to my people to call most of them

I traveled to my people to call most of them

to a resolute course made firm by binding ties,

To a matter of firm resolve, refined by the mosques,

لِيوفوا بِما كانوا عَلَيهِ تَعاقَدوا

لِيوفوا بِما كانوا عَلَيهِ تَعاقَدوا

بِخَيفِ مِنىً وَاللَهُ راءٍ وَسامِعُ

بِخَيفِ مِنىً وَاللَهُ راءٍ وَسامِعُ

so they might fulfill what they had pledged together

So they fulfill what they had pledged

at Khayf in Mina, while God sees and hears,

In fear of me while God hears and watches,

وَتوصَلَ أَرحامٌ وَيُفَرَجَ مُغرَمٌ

وَتوصَلَ أَرحامٌ وَيُفَرَجَ مُغرَمٌ

وَتَرجِعَ بِالوُدِّ القَديمِ الرَواجِعُ

وَتَرجِعَ بِالوُدِّ القَديمِ الرَواجِعُ

and kinship ties be restored, and a debtor relieved,

And kinship is joined and the troubled finds relief,

and those returning come back with the old affection.

And the old affection returns to the penitent,

فَأَبلِغ بِها أَفناء عُثمانَ كُلَّها

فَأَبلِغ بِها أَفناء عُثمانَ كُلَّها

وَأَوساً فَبَلِّغها الَّذي أَنا صانِعُ

وَأَوساً فَبَلِّغها الَّذي أَنا صانِعُ

So inform all the clans of Uthman of it,

So convey it through all the quarters of Uthman

and Aws; tell them what I am doing:

And to Aws - so convey what I am doing -

سَأَدعوهُمُ جُهدي إِلى البِرِّ وَالتُقى

سَأَدعوهُمُ جُهدي إِلى البِرِّ وَالتُقى

وَأَمرِ العُلا ما شايَعَتني الأَصابِعُ

وَأَمرِ العُلا ما شايَعَتني الأَصابِعُ

I shall call them with all my effort to righteousness and piety,

I will call on them with all my strength for righteousness and piety

and the cause of high honor, as long as my fingers support me.

And the way of high morals, however many blame me,

فَكونوا جَميعاً ما اِستَطَعتُم فَإِنَّهُ

فَكونوا جَميعاً ما اِستَطَعتُم فَإِنَّهُ

سيَلبَسُكُم ثَوبٌ مِنَ اللَهِ واسِعُ

سيَلبَسُكُم ثَوبٌ مِنَ اللَهِ واسِعُ

So be united as far as you can, for surely

So be altogether, as much as you can, for

an ample garment from God will clothe you.

A garment from God will clothe you, ample and wide,

وَقُوموا فآسوا قَومَكُم فَاِجمَعُوهُمُ

وَقُوموا فآسوا قَومَكُم فَاِجمَعُوهُمُ

وَكونوا يَداً تَبني العُلا وَتُدافِعُ

وَكونوا يَداً تَبني العُلا وَتُدافِعُ

And rise: aid your people, then unite them,

And rise, then heal your people, and gather them together,

and be one hand that builds high honor and stands in defense.

And be a hand that builds glory and wards off attacks,

فَإِن أَنتُمُ لَم تَفعَلوا ما أَمَرتُكُم

فَإِن أَنتُمُ لَم تَفعَلوا ما أَمَرتُكُم

فَأَوفوا بِها إِنَّ العُهودَ وَدائِعُ

فَأَوفوا بِها إِنَّ العُهودَ وَدائِعُ

But if you do not do what I have commanded you,

For if you do not do as I instructed you,

then be faithful to them, for covenants are trusts.

Then keep to it - oaths are trusts -

لشَتانَ مَن يَدعو فُيوفي بِعَهدِهِ

لشَتانَ مَن يَدعو فُيوفي بِعَهدِهِ

وَمَن هُوَ لِلعَهدِ المُؤَكَّدَ خالِعُ

وَمَن هُوَ لِلعَهدِ المُؤَكَّدَ خالِعُ

What a difference between one who calls and then keeps his pledge

Far apart are those who pledge then honor their vow

and one who casts off the firmly confirmed covenant!

And those who break firm covenants and cast them off,

إِلَيكَ أَبا نَصرٍ أَجازَت نَصيحَتي

إِلَيكَ أَبا نَصرٍ أَجازَت نَصيحَتي

تُبَلِّغُها عَني المَطِيُّ الخَواضِعُ

تُبَلِّغُها عَني المَطِيُّ الخَواضِعُ

To you, Abu Nasr, my counsel has traveled,

To you, Abu Nasr, my advice is sincere

the riding camels with lowered heads convey it from me.

My mount conveys it from me, head bowed,

فَأَوفِ بِما عاهَدتَ بِالخَيفِ مِن مِنىً

فَأَوفِ بِما عاهَدتَ بِالخَيفِ مِن مِنىً

أَبا النَصرِ إِذا سُدَّت عَلَيكَ المَطالِعُ

أَبا النَصرِ إِذا سُدَّت عَلَيكَ المَطالِعُ

So keep what you pledged at al-Khayf in Mina,

So honor what you pledged in fear at Mina,

Abu al-Nasr, when the paths upward are barred to you.

Abu Nasr, when ways are closed to you,

فَنَحنُ بَنو الأَشياخِ قَد تَعلَمونَهُ

فَنَحنُ بَنو الأَشياخِ قَد تَعلَمونَهُ

نُذَبِّبُ عَن أَحسابِنا وَنُدافِعُ

نُذَبِّبُ عَن أَحسابِنا وَنُدافِعُ

For we are sons of the elders, as you well know;

For we are the clan of elders, as you know,

we guard our ancestral honor and defend it.

We sacrifice ourselves and fend off attacks,

وَنَحبِسُ بِالثَغرِ المَخوفِ مَحَلُّهُ

وَنَحبِسُ بِالثَغرِ المَخوفِ مَحَلُّهُ

لِيُكشَفَ كَربٌ أَو لِيُطعَمَ جائِعُ

لِيُكشَفَ كَربٌ أَو لِيُطعَمَ جائِعُ

And we hold fast at the frontier whose site is feared,

And we defend the fearful frontier, its place,

so that distress may be dispelled, or a hungry person fed.

So distress may be relieved or the hungry fed.