تَنَكَلّوا عن بَطنِ مَكَّةَ إِنَّها

كانَت قَديماً لا يُرامُ حَريمُها

They turned away from the belly of Mecca, for it

Was anciently inviolable, its sanctuary untrammeled.

لَم تُخلَقِ الشِعرى لَيالي حُرِّمَت

إِذ لا عَزيزَ مِنَ الأَنامِ يَرومُها

The Pleiades were not created for nights when it was desecrated,

Since no mighty man of men had designs upon it.

سائِل أَميرَ الجَيشِ عَنها ما رَأى

وَلَسَوفَ يُنبى الجاهِلينَ عَليمُها

Ask the leader of the army about it - what did he see?

And ignorant men will be enlightened about its history.

سُتونَ أَلفاً لَم يَئُوبوا أَرضَهُم

وَلَم يَعِش بَعدَ الإِيابِ سَقيمُها

Sixty thousand who never failed their land

And none lived after returning while sick.

كانَت بِها عادٌ وَجُرهُمُ قَبلَهُم

وَاللَهُ مِن فَوقِ العِبادِ يُقيمُها

It was inhabited by ‘Aad and their likes before them

And Allah above His servants ordains its destiny.