قال ابنُ ثابت الذي فخرتْ به

فقرُالكلامِ ونشأةُ الأشعار

The son of Thabit, of whom I am proud

The elite of poetry and the genesis of verse

شغف السهادُ بمقلتي ومزاري

فعلى الدموعِ معوَّلي ومشاري

My eyes were captivated by their beauty and shrines

So my reliance and aspirations are upon tears

فلذا جعلتُ رويه الراء التي

هي من حروف الردِّ والتكرار

Thus I made its rhyme the letter 'r'

Which is among the letters of repetition

فأقولُ مبتدئاً لطاعة أحمد

في مدح قومٍ سادةٍ أخيار

So I say, beginning in obedience to Ahmed

In praise of excellent and noble people

إني امرؤ من جملة الأنصار

فإذا مدحتهمُ مدحتُ نجاري

I am a man among the Ansar

So if I praise them, I praise my carpenters

لسيوفهم قام الهدى وعلتْ بهم

أنواره في رأس كلِّ منارِ

By their swords guidance stood tall and by them

Its lights became elevated on every minaret

فاموا بنصر الهاشميّ محمدٍ

ألمصطفى المختارِ من مختار

They supported the victory of the Hashimite Muhammad

The Chosen One, the Elect of the Elect

صحبوا النبيّ بنيةٍ وعزائم

فازوا بهنَّ حميدة الآثار

They accompanied the Prophet with purpose and determination

And thereby won praiseworthy traces

باعوا نفوسهمُ لنصرةِ دينه

ولذاك ما صحبوه بالإيثار

They sold their souls to champion His religion

And that is why they accompanied Him with sacrifice

لهمُ كنى المختار بالنفس الذي

يأتيه من يمن مع الأقدار

The Chosen One gave them the appellation ‘The Trusted One’

Who comes to him from the right with destinies

سعد سليل عبادة فخرت به

يومَ السقيفةِ جملةُ الأنصار

Sa’d, the scion of Ubadah, I take pride in him

On the day of Saqifah, the leader of the Helpers

لله آسادٌ لكلِّ كريهةٍ

نزلتْ بدينِ الله والأبرار

For God there are lions against every calamity

That has befallen the religion of God and the righteous

عزوا بدين الله في إعزازهم

دين الهدى بالعسكر الجرّار

They empowered the religion of God by empowering it

The religion of guidance by the great army

فيهم علا يوم القيامةِ مشهدي

وبهم يرى عند الورود فخاري

Through them my spectacle will be raised on Judgement Day

And through them my pride will be seen at the Fountain

لو أنني صغتُ الكلامَ قلائداً

في مدحهم ما كنت بالمكثار

If I were to string words as necklaces

In praise of them, I would not be excessive

كرش النبي وعيبة لرسوله

لحقت به أعداؤه بتبار

The Prophet’s father-in-law and the messenger’s companion-in-arms

Whom his enemies tried with betrayal

رُهبان ليلٍ يقرأونَ كلامه

آساد غابٍ في الوغَى بنهار

Ascetic monks by night who read His word

Lions absent in battle by day