بُعِثَ النبيُّ فما تلبَّثَ بعدَه

حتى تحنَّفَ غيرَ يومٍ واحدِ

The Prophet was sent, and after him

Scarcely a single day had passed

صلَّى وزكى واستَسرّ بدينهِ

من كلِّ عَمٍّ مُشفِقٍ أو والدِ

When he prayed, gave alms, and secretly practiced his faith

From every anxious or loving father

حِججاً يكاتِمُ دينَه فإذا خلا

صلَّى ومجَّد ربّه بمحامدِ

On pilgrimage, hiding his religion, then when alone

He prayed and praised his Lord with hymns of praise

صلّى ابنَ تسعٍ وارتدى في بُرْجُدٍ

ولداته يَسعون بين براجِدِ

The nine year old prayed wearing a brocaded gown

While his playmates frolicked between carpets

وسَرى النبيّ وخافَ أنْ يُسْطى به

عندَ انقطاع مواثقٍ ومعاهد

And the Prophet traveled, fearing he would be stripped

When covenants and pacts were severed

وأتى النبيُّ فبات فوقَ فراشِهِ

متدثِّراً بدثارِه كالراقدِ

So the Prophet came and slept atop his bed

Wrapped in his cloak like one asleep

وذكت عيونُ المشركين ونطَّقوا

أبياتَ آلِ محمدٍ بمراصدِ

The eyes of the pagans were wakeful and they spoke

Verses of Muhammad's family with hidden observers

حتى إذا ما الصبحُ لاح كأَنّه

سيفٌ تخرَّقَ عنه غمدُ الغامِدِ

Until dawn broke through like a sword

Unsheathed from its scabbard

ثاروا وظنّوا أنّهم ظَفِروا بهِ

فتعاوَروهُ وخابَ كيدُ الكائِدِ

They rose up, thinking they had triumphed over him

And encircled him, but the plotter's scheme failed

فوقَاهُ بادرةَ الحُتوفِ بنفسِهِ

ولقد تنوَّلَ رأسُه بجلامِدِ

He protected himself from the blows with his own life

And his head was surely garlanded in bands