مَن مُبلِغُ الأَقوامَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً
رَسولَ الإِلَهِ راشِدٌ حَيثُ يَمَّما
Who will inform the people that Muhammad
Is the Messenger of God, rightly guided wherever he turns?
دَعا رَبَّهُ وَاِستَنصَر اللَهَ وَحدَهُ
فَأَصبَحَ قَد وَفىّ إِلَيهِ وَأَنعَما
He called upon his Lord and sought help from Allah alone,
So by morning he had fulfilled his wish and was blessed.
سَرَينا وَواعَدنا قُدَيداً مُحَمَّداً
يَؤُمُّ بِنا أَمراً مِنَ اللَهِ مُحكَما
We agreed and promised Muhammad,
That he would lead us in a matter decreed by Allah.
تَمارَوا بِنا في الفَجرِ حَتّى تَبَيَّنوا
مَعَ الفَجرِ فِتياناً وَغاباً مُقَوَّما
They contended with us at dawn until it was clear
That with the dawn there were young men and elders, resolute.
عَلى الخَيلِ مَشدُوداً عَلَينا دُروعُنا
وَرَجلاً كَدُفّاعِ الأَتِيِّ عَرَمرَما
On horses with coats of mail drawn tight upon us,
And legs like the constant striking of fire stones.
فَإِنَّ سَراةَ الحَيِّ إِن كُنتَ سائِلاً
سُلَيمٌ وَفيهِم مِنهُم مَن تَسَلَّما
For the horsemen of the living, if you are asking,
Are the Sulaym and among them are those who have submitted.
وَجُندٌ مِنَ الأَنصارِ لا يَخذُلونَهُ
أَطاعوا فَما يَعصونَهُ ما تَكَلَّما
And an army of the Helpers who will not fail him,
They obeyed and never disobeyed him while he spoke.
فَإِن تَكُ قَد أَمَّرتَ في القَومِ خالِداً
وَقَدَّمتَهُ فَإِنَّهُ قَد تَقَدَّما
So if you have indeed established Khalid
And put him forward, he has indeed stepped forward
بِجُندٍ هَداهُ اللَهُ أَنتَ أَميرُهُ
تُصيبُ بِهِ في الحَقِّ مَن كانَ أَظلَما
With an army Allah has guided. You are its commander,
Achieving with it truth against whoever was more unjust.
حَلَفتُ يَميناً بَرَّةً لِمُحَمَّدٍ
فَأَكمَلتُها أَلفاً مِنَ الخَيلِ مُلجَما
I swore a solemn oath by Muhammad
That I would complete it with a thousand bridled horses.
وَقالَ نَبِيُّ المُؤمِنينَ تَقَدَّموا
وَحُبَّ إِلَينا أَن نَكونَ المُقَدَّما
The Prophet of the Believers said "Step forward!"
And it was more beloved to us that we would be first.
وَبِتنا بِنَهيِ المُستَديرِ وَلَم يَكُن
بِنا الخَوفُ إِلاّ رَغبَةً وَتَحَزُّما
We stayed by the tent of the Prophet and there was not
In us fear, only zeal and preparedness.
أَطَعناكَ حَتّى أَسلَمَ الناسُ كُلُّهُم
وَحَتّى صَبَحنا الجَمعَ أَهلَ يَلَملَما
We obeyed you until all the people submitted
And until we, in the morning, were a people covered in blood.
يَضِلُّ الحِصانُ الأَبلَقُ الوَردُ وَسطَهُ
وَلا يَطمَئِنُّ الشَيخُ حَتّى يُسَوَّما
The dapple-gray horse wanders amidst the roses and is not soothed
Until it is led with a halter and bridle.
سَمَونا لَهُم وِردَ القَطا زَفَّهُ ضُحىً
وَكُلٌّ نَراهُ عَن أَخيهِ قَد أَحجَما
We let them come to the meadow of battle, driving them at dawn,
And we saw each of them turn away from his brother.
لَدُن غُدوَةً حَتّى تَرَكنا عَشِيَّةً
حُنَيناً وَقَد سالَت مَدامِعُهُ دَما
From morn till leaving at night,
Moaning, with tears flowing from them blood.
إِذا شِئتَ مِن كُلٍّ رَأَيتَ طِمرَّةً
وَفارِسَها يِهوي وَرُمحاً مُحَطَّما
Whenever you wish, you see from each a piece
And its horseman swaying with a broken lance.
وَقَد أَحرَزَت مِنّا هَوازِنُ سَربَها
وَحُبَّ إِلَيها أَن نَخيبَ وَنُحرَما
The Hawazin have gained their share from us
And they prefer that we fail and are deprived.
أَصَبنا قُرَيشاً غَثَّها وَسَمينَها
وَأَنعَمَ حِفظاً بِالَهَمِ فَتَكَلَّما
We obtained the riffraff and fattened ones of Quraysh
And He blessed us with grief's preservation and silence.
فَما كانَ مِنها كانَ أَمراً شَهِدتُهُ
وَساعَدتُ فيهِ بِالَّذي كانَ أَحزَما
What was of it was a matter I witnessed
And aided in it with the one who was most decisive.
وَيَومٍ إِلى موسى تَلاقَت جِيادُنا
قَبائِلَ مِن نَصرٍ وَرَهطِ اِبنِ أَسلَما
And a day to Moses our steeds converged
Against tribes of Nasr and the clan of Ibn Aslam.
فَما أَدرَكَ الأَوتارَ إِلا سُيوفُنا
وَإِلا رِماحاً نَستَدِرُّ بِها الدِّما
They did not attain the tent ropes but our swords did,
And spears with which we spill blood.
