يا أَيُّها الرَّجُلُ الَّذي تَهوي بِهِ
وَجناءُ مُجمَرَةُ المَناسِمِ عِرمِسُ
O you who the willful maidens desire
With perfumed locks and alluring eyes
إِمّا أَتَيتَ عَلى النَّبِيِّ فَقُل لَهُ
حَقّاً عَلَيكَ إِذا اِطمَأَنَّ المَجلِسُ
When you meet the Prophet, tell him
I have a right upon you when the gathering calms
يا خَيرَ مَن رَكِبَ المَطِيَّ وَمَن مَشى
فَوقَ التُرابِ إِذا تُعَدُّ الأَنفُسُ
O best of those who rode the steed or walked
Upon the dust when souls are counted
بَل أَسلَمَ الطاغوتُ وَاِتُّبِعَ الهُدى
وَبِكَ اِنجَلى عَنّا الظَلامُ الحِندِسُ
Indeed false idols surrendered and guidance followed
And by you our darkness cleared away entirely
إِنّا وَفَينا بِالَّذي عاهَدتَنا
وَالخَيلُ تُقدَعُ بِالكُماةِ وَتُضرَسُ
We have fulfilled what we pledged to you
As the horses gallop in Al-Kumah and stampede
إِذ سالَ مِن أَفناءِ بُهثَةَ كُلِّها
جَمعٌ تَظَلُّ بِهِ المَخارِمِ تَرجُسُ
When there poured from the plains of Buḥāthah
An army by which the battlefields did seethe
حَتّى صَبَحنا أَهلَ مَكَّةَ فَيلَقاً
شَهباءَ يَقدُمُها الهُمامُ الأَشوَسُ
Until we made the people of Mecca motley prey
Led by ambitions that know no fatigue
مِن كُلِّ أَغلَبَ مِن سُلَيمٍ فَوقَهُ
بَيضاءُ مُحكَمَةُ الدِخالِ وَقَونَسُ
From every winner at Sulaym, above him
White banners, steadfast when clutched
يُروي القَناةَ إِذا تَجاسَرَ في الوَغى
وَتَخالُهُ أَسَداً إِذا ما يَعبِسُ
Who quenches thirst when boldly warring
His friends see him as a lion when enraged
يَغشى الكَتيبَةَ مُعلِماً وَبِكَفِّهِ
عَضبٌ يَقُدُّ بِهِ وَلَدنٌ مِدعَسُ
He attacks the battalion teaching it
Wrath held in his palm, tied firm in its lead
وَعَلى حُنَينٍ قَد وَفى مِن جَمعِنا
أَلفٌ أُمِدَّ بِهِ الرَسولُ عَرَندَسُ
And at Ḥunain our army did its vow fulfill
A thousand by which the Messenger was supported
كانوا أَمامَ المُؤمِنينَ دَريئَةً
وَالشَمسُ يَومَئِذٍ عَلَيهِم أَشمُسُ
They were a shield for the faithful
While the sun upon them intensely beat
نَمضي وَيَحرُسُنا الإِلَهُ بِحِفظِهِ
وَاللَهُ لَيسَ بِضائِعٍ مَن يَحرُسُ
We advance and God guards us in His care
And Allah will not waste him who guards
وَلَقَد حُبِسنا بِالمَناقِبِ مَحبِساً
رَضِيَ الإِلَهُ بِهِ فَنِعمَ المَحبِسُ
We were detained by virtues in confinement
God was pleased with it, so excellent that jail
وَغَداةَ أَوطاسٍ شَدَدنا شَدَّةً
كَفَتِ العَدُوَّ وَقيلَ مِنها يا اِحبِسوا
And the morn of Autas we stood so firm
It curbed the foe, and it was said: detain!
تَدعو هَوازِنُ بِالإِخاوَةِ بَينَنا
ثَديٌ تَمُدُّ بِهِ هوازِنُ أَيبَسُ
The Hawāzin cry out, kinship between us
A breast by which the Hawāzin are weaned
حَتّى تَرَكنا جَمعَهُم وَكَأَنَّهُ
عَيرٌ تَعاقَبَهُ السِباعُ مُفَرَّسُ
Until we left their army as though it were
A camel train ravaged by lurking wolves
