كم إلى كم يجر ذيل المعاصي

أأتاه مبشر بالخلاص

How long does he drag the tail of disobedience,

Did the warner of salvation come to him,

أم أتاه فظل يمرح في الغي

أمان من الردى القناص

Or did he come but he continued to frolic in illusion,

Secured from the hunting downfall?

أترى ما رأى بعينيه كم

أنزل حكم الحمام من ذي صياصي

Do you see what he saw with his eyes how much,

The ruling of the doves descended from the one with beautiful voice.

غافل فرط ذنبه في ازدياد

كل يوم وعمره في انتقاص

Oblivious, exceeding in his sin continuously,

Each day and his lifetime is decreasing.

ليت شعري ما غره ولديه

هول يوم تشبب فيه النواصي

I wish I knew what deluded my son,

The horror of a day when the forelocks are seized.

غير أني أظنه يكتفي

بوجده وبالأخلاص

Except that I think he is satisfied,

With his love and sincerity.

منقذ المؤمنين في الحشر بالله

تعالى من هول يوم القصاص

The savior of the believers on the Day of Resurrection, by Allah,

From the horror of the day of retribution.

ومجير العصاة من كرب يوم الحشر

عطفاً ولات حين مناص

And the protector of sinners from the hardship on the Day of Resurrection,

Out of kindness when in dire need.

أشرف العالمين طرا وخير ال

خلق عطفاً ولات حين مناص

The noblest of both worlds in lineage, and the best

Of creation out of kindness when in dire need.

خير من نحوه ذميل المطايا

مستطاب السرى ووخد القلاص

Better than him is the carrier of burdens,

Of pleasant journey and cheek of youth.

ليرى جار من بلقياه يسمو

من ينادي زهر الدجى ويناضى

To see a neighbor from Bilaqiyah rising,

Calling the flowers of dusk and conversing.

خاتم الرسل أول في اصطفاه الله

فرد لديه في استخلاصي

The seal of prophets, the first chosen by Allah,

Singled out by Him in purification.

صاحب المعجزات ضاق نطاق النطق

عمن برومها باقتصاص

The owner of miracles, the range of speech falls short,

Of telling them in detail.

خصه الله بالكتاب الذي أذعن

قسراً له مطيع وعاصي

God distinguished him with the Book to which,

The obedient and disobedient submitted forcibly.

أعجز العالمين أنساً وجنا

فاقروا بالعجز لا عن تواصي

He rendered speechless the people of both mankind and jinn,

So they acknowledged incapacity, not because of collusion.

نكلوا والنكول آية تعجيز

الناس عن العناد حراصي

They despaired and despair is a sign of the incapacity,

Of people to stubbornly oppose.

كرؤوس عتبة الكفار مع شيبة

ثم الوليد ثم العاص

Like the chiefs of the idolaters, along with Shaybah,

Then Al-Waleed, then Al-'Aas.

وأبي جهل العنيد ومن ما

ت على كفره من الأعياص

And Abu Jahl the obstinate one and whoever

Died upon his blasphemy from the transgressors.

علموا إذ تلاه أن ليس من قبل

الورى وأثنوا وهم في انتقاص

They knew when he recited it that it is not from before,

Mankind and they praised while demeaning themselves.

كل غاوز يدافع الرشد بالغ

ي مصر على الأذى حراض

Every misguided one repels guidance with illusion,

Insisting on harm, keen and eager.

ترك النور كالنهار والوى

يطلب الضوء من شقوف الخصاص

He left the light like daylight but still,

Seeks illumination from the crevices of dry wood.

يا عقول الأنعام خليتم الدا

ر فخبتم للماهر الغواص

O minds of cattle, you left the house so you failed,

For the skillful diver.

ولعمري لولا الهوى لوجدتم

ذلك البحر وهو سهل المغاص

By my life, were it not for desires you would have found,

That ocean yet it is easy to dive in.

لمم تحتها حلوم خفاف

سبقتها حتى ذوات العقاص

With lips under which are sweet meats,

That surpassed even those with gum.

أين أنتم عن اشرف الخلق من أع

لى البرايا واظهر الأعياص

Where are you in relation to the noblest of creation,

Of the highest horizons and most apparent forelocks?

أشبعت كفه المئين من الصحاب

من بهمة ومن أقراص

His palm satisfied the two hundred,

From amongst the emigrants and helpers.

فدمت بعد وضع يمناه فيها

لا ناس ضمر البطون خماص

So after placing his right hand among them,

There were no people with concealed rancor.

فاكتفوا وانثنوا وتلك كما كانت

شواءاً لم ترم باستنقاص

Thus they sufficed, withdrew, and that was as it was,

Roasted meat that was not diminished by taking away.

وببدر جاءته جند من الله

على سبق كرام النواصي

And at Badr came to him an army from Allah,

Preceding, honorable warriors.

ورآهم من شاهد الخصم مقتو

لا وما شق عنه زغف الدلاص

And he saw them from the enemies' perspective detested,

And the gloomy cloud of war did not disperse from him.

كم قتيل منه بعرصة بدر

لم ينله حد القنا العراص

How many killed among them at the Battle of Badr

Did not attain the limit of spears that harvest lives.

أقبلوا كالنسور كثراً وردوا

بأسر كالطير في الأقفاص

They advanced like eagles, great in number, and returned

With captives like birds in cages.

وأتوا كالكواثر الشهب إذ لا

لا وراجوا في قبضة الاقتناص

And they came like abundant meteors when

Not even one survived the grasp of capture.

صلوات الإله تترى عليه

من أداني أقطارها والأقاصي

Blessings of God send peace upon him,

From the nearest and farthest horizons.

ما سرت نسمة ولاحت أعالي الشدوح

بالنور في حلى الأخراص

No breeze blew or lofty dunes shone,

With light in the adornments of thrones.