تَقَطَّعَ باقي وَصلِ أُمِّ مُؤَمَّلٍ

بِعاقِبَةٍ وَاِستَبدَلَت نِيَّةً خُلفا

The remainder of Umm Maml's affection was severed

By an outcome, and intention was substituted in exchange

وَقَد حَلَفَت بِاللَهِ لا تَقطَعُ القُوى

فَما صَدَقَت فيهِ وَلا بَرِّتِ الحَلفا

She swore by Allah she would not sever her strength

Yet she was not true to it, nor did she fulfill her oath

خُفافِيَّةٌ بَطنُ العَقيقِ مَصيفُها

وَتَحتَلُّ في البادينَ وَجرَةَ فَالعُرفا

My she-camels have Bellies like carnelian agates is their summer pasture

And they wander about in the open country and climb up the hillsides

فَإِن تَتبَعِ الكُفّارَ أَمُّ مُؤَمَّلٍ

فَقَد زَوَّدَت قَلبي عَلى نَأيِها شَغفا

If Umm Maml pursues the infidels

She has endowed my heart with passion in her absence

وَسَوفَ يُنَبّيها الخَبيرُ بِأَنَّنا

أَبَينا وَلَم نَطلُب سِوى رَبِّنا حِلفا

And the Expert will make her understand that we

Refused and sought only our Lord as an oath

وَأَنّا مَعَ الهادي النَبِيِّ مُحَمَّدٍ

وَفَينا وَلَم يَستَوفِها مَعشَرٌ أَلفا

And that we are with the Guiding Prophet Muhammad

And we fulfilled while a thousand men did not fulfill

بِفِتيانِ صِدقٍ مِن سُلَيمٍ أَعِزَّةٍ

أَطاعوا فَما يَعصونَ مِن أَمرِهِ حَرفا

With sincere youths from Sulaym, most honorable

They obeyed so they do not disobey any of His commands

خُفافٌ وَذَكوانٌ وَعَوفٌ تَخالُهُم

مَصاعِبَ زافَت في طَروقَتِها كُلفا

My she-camels Khufaf, Dhakwan, and Awaf whom

Difficulties missed in their sure-footedness out of weakness

كَأَنَّ نَسيجَ الشُهبِ وَالبيضَ مُلبَسٌ

أُسوداً تَلاقَت في مَراصِدِها غُضفا

As if the interwoven white and black garment is clothed

With pitch blackness converging in its hidden places out of darkness

بِنا عَزَّ دينُ اللَهِ غَيرَ تَنَحُّلٍ

وَزِدنا عَلى الحَيِّ الَّذي مَعَهُ ضِعفا

Through us the religion of Allah gained strength without decay

And we surpassed the living one who had weakness with him

بِمَكَّةَ إِذ جِئنا كَأَنَّ لِواءَنا

عُقابٌ أَرادَت بَعدَ تَحليقِها خَطفا

In Mecca when we came as if our banner

Were a hawk that wanted to snatch after its soaring

عَلى شُخَّصِ الأَبصارِ تَحسِبُ بَينَها

إِذا هِيَ جالَت في مَراوِدِها عَزفا

Dazzling the eyes that gaze at it, they would think between them

When it soared during its circling a musical mode

غَداةَ وَطِئنا المُشرِكينَ وَلَم نَجِد

لِأَمرِ رَسولِ اللَهِ عَدلاً وَلا صَرفا

On the morning we trod the polytheists and did not find

For the matter of Allah’s Messenger justice or even change

بِمُعتَرَكٍ لا يَسمَعُ القَومُ وَسطَهُ

لَنا زَجمَةٌ إِلّا التَذامُرَ وَالنَقفا

In a melee where the people in its midst do not hear

Except our battle cry and groaning

بِبيضٍ تُطيرُ الهامَ عَن مُستَقَرِّها

وَنَقطِفُ أَعناقَ الكُماةِ بِها قَطفا

With white blades that make cares fly from their abode

And we pluck the necks of the violent attackers with them, plucking

فَكائِن تَرَكنا مِن قَتيلٍ مُلَحَّبٍ

وَأَرمَلَةٍ تَدعو عَلى بَعلِها لَهفا

However many a blood-smeared corpse we left

And a widow calling down evil on her husband in anguish

رِضا اللَهِ نَنوي لا رِضا الناسِ نَبتَغي

وَلِلَّهِ ما يَبدو جَميعاً وَما يَخفى

We intend the pleasure of Allah, not the pleasure of people we seek

And to Allah appears all that is evident and all that is hidden