قَضَيْنَا مِنْ تِهَامَةَ كُلَّ رَيْبٍ

وخيبَر ثمَّ أَجْمَمْنَا السّيُوفا

We have dispelled all doubt from Tihama,

And Khaibar, then we sheathed our swords.

نُخَيّرُهَا وَلَوْ نَطَقَتْ لَقَالَتْ

قواطِعُهُنَّ دوساً أو ثَقيفَا

We scrutinize them, and if they could speak, they would say

Their blades in Daws or Thaqif struck violently.

فَلَسْتُ لِحَاضنٍ أنْ لَمْ تَرُوهَا

بِسَاحَةِ دارِكُمْ منّا أُلُوفَا

So I am no woman to nurse if you do not see them

In the courtyard of your abode, thousands from us.

وَنَنْتَزِعُ العُروشَ بِبَطْنِ وجٍّ

وتصبحُ دُورُكم منكمُ خَلُوفَا

And we snatch the citadels belly-first,

And your homes will be empty of you by morning.

ويَأتِيكُمْ لَنَا سَرعَانُ خَيْلٍ

يُغَادِرُ خَلْفَهُ جمعاً كَثيفَا

And there will come to you our horses quickly,

Leaving behind them a dense gathering.

إذا نزلُوا بسَاحَتِكُم سَمِعْتُمْ

لَهَا مِمّا أناخَ بها رَجِيفَا

When they descend upon your courtyard, you will hear

From it what its housing thundered loudly.

بأيدِيهمْ قَوَاضِبُ مُرهَفَاتٌ

يُزِرْنَ المُصْطَلينَ بِهَا الحُتوفَا

In their hands sharp straight swords

That make the armored glint dangerously.

كأمْثالِ العَقَائقِ أَخْلَصَتْهَا

قُيُونُ الهندِ لم تُضْرَبْ كَتِيفَا

Like carnelians whose purity

Indian eyes have never seen the like of.

تخالُ جَديَّةَ الأَبْطَالِ فيها

غَدَاةَ الزّحْفِ جَادِيّاً مَدوفَا

You imagine the bravery of heroes in them

The morning of battle, charging violently.

أَجِدَّهُمُ أَليسَ لَهُمْ نَصِيحٌ

منَ الأَقْوامِ كانَ بِنَا عَرِيفَا

Do I not implore them, is there not among the tribes

One who was intimate with us to advise them

يخبّرهُمْ بِأَنّا قَدْ جَمَعْنَا

عِتَاقَ الخَيْلِ والنُّجُبَ الطُّروفَا

To inform them that we have gathered

The noble horses and gallant knights?

وأنّا قَدْ أَتَيْنَاهُمْ بِزَحْفٍ

يُحِيطُ بِسُورِ حُصْنِهُمُ صُفُوفَا

And that we have come upon them with a march

That encircles the fence of their fortress in rows.

رئيسُهُم النّبيُّ وكانَ صُلْباً

نقيَّ القَلْبِ مُصْطَبِراً عَزُوفَا

Their leader the Prophet, steadfast he was

Pure of heart, patient, aloof.

رَشِيدُ الأَمْرِ ذُو حُكْمٍ وَعِلْمٍ

وَحِلْمٍ لَمْ يكنْ نَزقاً خَفِيفَا

Wise in command, judicious and learned

And forbearing, not frivolous or weak.

نُطِيعُ نَبيَّنَا وَنُطِيعُ ربّاً

هُوَ الرّحمن كانَ بِنَا رَؤُوفَا

We obey our Prophet and obey a Lord

Who is Merciful and has been gentle with us.

فإن تُلقُوا إلينا السِّلْمَ نَقْبَلْ

وَنَجْعَلْكُمْ لَنَا عَضُداً وَرِيفَا

So if you incline toward peace we will accept

And make you for us a pillar and ally.

وإنْ تَأْبَوا نُجَاهِدْكُمْ ونَصْبُرْ

وَلاَ يكُ أمرُنَا رَعِشاً ضَعِيفَا

And if you refuse we will battle you and be steadfast

And our matter will not tremble, frail.

نُجَالِدُ مَا بَقِينَا أَو تُنِيبُوا

إلى الإسْلاَمِ إذْعَاناً مُضيفَا

We will struggle as long as we last, or you relent

To Islam, submissively inclining.

نُجَاهِدُ لا نُبَالي مَنْ لَقِينَا

أَأَهْلَكْنَا التِّلادَ أمِ الطَّريفَا

We will battle heedless of whom we meet

Whether we destroy the settlements or the peripheries.

وَكَمْ مِنْ مَعْشَرٍ ألَبُوا عَلَيْنَا

صَمِيمَ الجِذْمِ مِنْهُمْ والحَلِيفَا

And how many groups attacked us

Obstinately, of them and their allies.

أَتُونا لا يرونَ لَهُمْ كِفَاءً

فجدَّعْنَا المَسَامِعَ والأُنُوفَا

They came to us seeing no match for themselves

So we shattered the ears and the noses.

بكلِّ مهنّدٍ لَيْنٍ صَقِيلٍ

نَسُوقُهُمُ بها سَوْقاً عَنِيفَا

With every polished, pliant, sharpened blade

We drive them violently like cattle.

لأمرِ اللهِ والإسلاَمِ حتَّى

يَقُومَ الدّينُ معتدلاً حَنِيفَا

For the cause of God and Islam until

The religion stands upright, tolerant and straight.

وتُنْسَى اللاّتُ والعُزَّى وَوُدٌّ

ونَسْلُبُها الَقلاَئِدَ والشُّنُوفَا

And Al-Lat, Al-Uzza, and Wadd are forgotten

And we take their necklaces and crescents.

فأمْسُوا قَدْ أَقَرُّوا واطمأَنّوا

وَمَنْ لا يَمْتَنِعْ يُقْتَلْ خُسُوفَا

So they settled and grew calm,

And whoever does not resist is killed despondently.