أَتاني الَّذي لا يَقدِرُ الناسُ قَدرَهُ

لِزَينَبَ فيهِم مِن عُقوقٍ وَمَأثَمِ

The one whom people cannot appreciate his worth

Came to me, for Zainab they were ungrateful and sinners,

وَإِخراجُها لَم يُخزَ فيها مُحَمَّدٌ

عَلى مَأقِطٍ وَبَينَنا عِطرُ مَنشِمِ

And her expulsion did not dishonor Muhammad

While between us was the fragrance of musk.

وَأَمسى أَبو سُفيانَ مِن حِلفِ ضَمضَمٍ

وَمِن حَربِنا في رَغمِ أَنفٍ وَمَندَمِ

And Abu Sufyan spent the night with a worthless covenant

And from our war angrily regretful.

قَرَنّا اِبنَهُ عَمراً وَمَولى يَمينِهِ

بِذي حَلَقٍ جَلدِ الصَلاصِلِ مُحكَمِ

He paired his son Umar and his freed slave

With one having a neck bound in chains.

فَأَقسَمتُ لا تَنفَكُّ مِنّا كَتائِبٌ

سُراةُ خَميسٍ في لُهامٍ مُسَوَّمِ

I swear our battalions will not cease

The cavalry of Thursday, marked with stabs.

نَزوعُ قُرَيشَ الكُفرَ حَتّى نَعُلَّها

بِخاطِمَةٍ فَوقَ الأُنوفِ بِمَيسَمِ

We will pull out the unbelief of Quraysh until we make them

Walk on their noses with their shoes.

نُنَزِّلُهُم أَكنافَ نَجدٍ وَنَخلَةٍ

وَإِن يُتهِموا بِالخَيلِ وَالرَجلِ نُتهِمِ

We will bring them down to the sides of Najd and Nakhlah

And if they accuse with horses and men, we will accuse.

يَدَ الدَهرِ حَتّى لا يُعَوَّجَ سِربُنا

وَنُلحِقَهُم آثارَ عادٍ وَجُرهُمِ

By the hand of fate so our flock is not skewed

And we will make them follow the tracks of 'Aad and their persecution.

وَيَندَمُ قَومٌ لَم يُطيعوا مُحَمَّداً

عَلى أَمرِهِم وَأَيُّ حينَ تَنَدُّمِ

And a people will regret they did not obey Muhammad

In his order, and what a time for regret!

فَأَبلِغ أَبا سُفيانَ إِمّا لَقيتَهُ

لَئِن أَنتَ لَم تُخلِص سُجوداً وَتُسلِمِ

So convey to Abu Sufyan that if you meet him,

Be sincere in prostration and submission.

فَأَبشِر بِخِزيٍ في الحَياةِ مُعَجَّلٍ

وَسِربالِ قارٍ خالِداً في جَهَنَّمِ

Receive news of disgrace in accelerated worldly life

And a cloak of tar, eternally in hellfire.