عَفا مِجدَلٌ مِن أَهلِهِ فَمُتالِعُ

فَمِطلاً أَريكٍ قَد خَلا فَالمَصانِعُ

Mjdal departed from his people though still young

Deserted and empty did his couch remain

دِيارٌ لَنا يا جُملُ إِذ جُلُّ عَيشِنا

رَخِيٌّ وَصَرفُ الدَهرِ لِلحَيِّ جامِعُ

O camel, a home we have when the best of our life

Is easy and time with the living foregathering

حُبَيِّبَةٌ أَلوَت بِها غُربَةُ النَوى

لِبَينٍ فَهَل ماضٍ مِنَ العَيشِ راجِعُ

A sweetheart whose love the longing of meadow effaced

For a separation, is there any life returning?

فَإِن تَبتَغي الكُفّارَ غَيرَ مَلومَةٍ

فَإِنّي وَزيرٌ لِلنَبِيِّ وَتابِعُ

If you seek pagans, blameless you would be

For I am the Prophet's aide and disciple

دَعانا إِلَيهِم خَيرُ وَفدٍ عَلِمتُهُم

خُزَيمَةُ وَالمَدّارُ مِنهُم وَواسِعُ

The best delegation called us to them

Khuzaymah, and Mudar from them and abundant

فَجِئنا بِأَلفٍ مِن سُلَيمٍ عَلَيهِمُ

لَبوسٌ لَهُم مِن نَسجِ داوُدَ رائِعُ

So we came, a thousand strong, Sulaym their match

Raiment of David's weave for them dazzling

نُبايِعُهُ بِالأَخشَبَينِ وَإِنَّما

يَدَ اللَهِ بَينَ الأَخشَبَينِ نُبايِعُ

Bay'ah we gave between the trees, and only

God's hand between the trees did we give bay'ah

فَجُسنا مَعَ المَهدِيِّ مَكَّةَ عَنوَةً

بِأَسيافِنا وَالنَقعُ كابٍ وَساطِعُ

With Mahdi we stormed Makkah defiantly

With our blades as cups and mail were clashing

عَلانِيَةً وَالخَيلُ يَغشى مُتونَها

حَميمٌ وَآنٍ مِن دَمِ الجَوفِ ناقِعُ

Openly, horses covering them

Hot blood from their chests spilling and streaming

وَيَومَ حُنَينٍ حينَ سارَت هَوازِنٌ

إِلَينا وَضاقَت بِالنُفوسِ الأَضالِعُ

And Day of Hunayn, when Hawazin marched

Against us, and breasts with souls were straitened

صَبَرنا مَعَ الضَحّاكِ لا يَستَفِزُّنا

قِراعُ الأَعادي مِنهُمُ وَالوَقائِعُ

With Dhahhak we stood, undaunted by the blows

Of foes, their charges and their fierce attacking

أَمامَ رَسولِ اللَهِ يَخفِقُ فَوقَنا

لِواءٌ كَخُذروفِ السَحابَةِ لامِعُ

Before Allah's Messenger, fluttering atop us

A banner like the Pleiades glittering

عَشِيَّةَ ضَحّاكُ بنُ سُفيانَ مُعتَصٍ

بِسَيفِ رَسولِ اللَهِ وَالمَوتُ كانِعُ

Evening Dhahhak Ibn Sufyan steadfast

With the Messenger's sword, and death fast approaching

نَذودُ أَخانا عَن أَخينا وَلَو نَرى

مَصالاً لَكُنّا الأَقرَبينَ نُتابِعُ

We defend our brother from our brother, and if

Reconciliation we espied, we'd be pursuing

وَلَكِنَّ دينَ اللَهِ دينُ مَحَمَّدٍ

رَضينا بِهِ فيهِ الهُدى وَالشَرائِعُ

But the religion of Muhammad we accepted

In it guidance and law clear and concluding

أَقامَ بِهِ بَعدَ الضَلالَةِ أَمرَنا

وَلَيسَ لِأَمرٍ حَمَّهُ اللَهُ دافِعُ

After misguidance He established our affair

No repelling a command when God's executing