أَلا مِن مُبَلِّغٍ غَيلانَ عَنّي

وَسَوفَ إِخالُ يَأتيهِ الخَبيرُ

O messenger, convey to Ghailan from me

That soon an expert will come to him

وَعُروَةَ إِنَّما أُهدي جَواباً

وَقَولاً غَيرَ قَولِكُما يَسيرُ

And Orwah, I only gave an answer

And words other than yours that are easy

بِأَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبدٌ رَسولٌ

لِرَبٍّ لا يَضِلُّ وَلا يَجورُ

That Muhammad is a servant, a messenger

Of a Lord who does not go astray or do injustice

وَجَدناهُ نَبِيّاً مِثلَ موسى

فَكُلُّ فَتىً يُخايِرُهُ مَخيرُ

We found him a prophet like Moses

So every young man who rivals him has the choice

وَبِئسَ الأَمرُ أَمرُ بَني قَسِيٍّ

بِوَجٍّ إِذ تُقُسِّمَتِ الأُمورُ

And it was bad, the matter of Bani Qasi

With a face when things were divided

أَضاعوا أَمرَهُم وَلِكُلِّ قَومٍ

أَميرٌ وَالدَوائِرُ قَد تَدورُ

They lost their matter and for every people

There is a leader, and things revolve

فَجِئنا أُسدَ غاباتٍ إِلَيهِم

جُنودُ اللَهِ ضاحِيَةً تَسيرُ

So we came to them a lion of thickets

The soldiers of God glittering and marching

نَؤُمُّ الجَمعَ جَمعَ بَني قَسِيٍّ

عَلى حَنَقٍ نَكادُ لَهُ نَطيرُ

We lead the army, the Bani Qasi army

With rage, we almost fly

وَأُقسِمُ لَو هُمُ مَكَثوا لَسِرنا

إِلَيهِم بِالجُنودِ وَلَم يَغوروا

And I swear if they had waited we would have marched

Against them with the soldiers and they did not garrison

فَكُنّا أُسدَ لِيَّةَ ثَمَّ حَتّى

أَبَحناها وَأُسلِمَتِ النُصورُ

So we were lions roaring at them

Until we made them surrender the watchtowers

وَيَومٌ كانَ قَبلُ لدى حُنَينٍ

فَأَقلَعَ وَالدِماءُ بِهِ تَمورُ

And a day that was before Hunain

Where bloodshed overflowed

مِنَ الأَيّامِ لَم تَسمَع كَيَومٍ

وَلَم يَسمَع بِهِ قَومٌ ذُكورُ

Of days, you have not heard of its like

Nor has any male group heard of it

قَتَلنا في الغُبارِ بَني حُطَيطٍ

عَلى راياتِها وَالخَيلُ زورُ

We killed Bani Hutayt in the dust

On their banners while the horses race

وَلَم يَكُ ذو الخِمارِ رَئيسَ قَومٍ

لَهُم عَقلٌ يُعاقِبُ أَو نَكيرُ

And the one in veil was no chieftain

For a people, with sense to punish or revenge

أَقامَ بِهِم عَلى سَنَنِ المَنايا

وَقَد بانَت لِمُبصِرِها الأُمورُ

He made them follow the ways of mortality

And for the discerning the matter was clear

فَأَفلَتَ مَن نَجا مِنهُمُ جَريضاً

وَقُتِّلَ مِنهُمُ بَشَرٌ كَثيرُ

So those who survived of them fled wounded

While many of them were killed

وَلا يُغني الأُمورَ أَخو التَواني

وَلا الغَلِقُ الصُرَيِّرَةُ الحَصورُ

And the friend of procrastination is of no use

Nor the squeaking shackles of the captive

أَحانَهُمُ وَحانَ وَمَلَّكوهُ

أُمورَهُمُ وَأَفلَتَتِ الصُقورُ

We finished them, and it finished, and they surrendered them

Their matters and the falcons escaped

بَنو عَوفٍ تَميحُ بِهِم جِيادٌ

أُهينَ لَها الفَصافِصُ وَالشَعيرُ

Bani Auf's horses they swagger with pride

The barley and hay is disdained for them

فَلَولا قارِبٌ وَبَنو أَبيهِ

تُقُسِّمَتِ المَزارِعُ وَالقُصورُ

If it were not for Qarib and his father's sons

The farmlands and castles would have been divided

وَلَكِنَّ الرِياسَةَ عُمِّموها

عَلى يُمنٍ أَشارَ بِهِ المُشيرُ

But they generalized leadership

Over Yemen, as the advisor indicated

أَطاعوا قارِباً وَلَهُم جُدودٌ

وَأَحلامٌ إِلى عِزٍّ تَصيرُ

They obeyed Qarib while they have ancestors

And dreams of honor that come

فَإِن يُهدَوا إِلى الإِسلامِ يُلفَوا

أُنوفَ الناسِ ما سَمَرَ السَميرُ

So if they are guided to Islam, they will be embraced

By people, for as long as embers sparked

وَإِن لَم يُسلِموا فَهُمُ أَذانٌ

بِحَربِ اللَهِ لَيسَ لَهُم نَصيرُ

And if they do not become Muslim, they are but fodder

For God's war, for them there is no victor

كَما حَكَمَت بَني سَعدٍ وَجَرَّت

بِرَهطِ بَني غَزِيَّةَ عَنقَفيرُ

As you judged Bani Sa'd and dragged

The Bani Ghaziya tribe by the forelock

كَأَنَّ بَني مُعاوِيَةَ بنِ بَكرٍ

إِلى الإِسلامِ ضائِنَةٌ تَخورُ

It is as if Bani Muawiyah bin Bakr

Were inclining to Islam and withering

فَقُلنا أَسلِموا إِنّا أَخوكُم

وَقَد بَرَأَت مِنَ الإِحَنِ الصُدورُ

So we said, become Muslim, we are your brothers

And the bosoms have been cleared of hatred

كَأَنَّ القَومَ إِذ جاءوا إِلَينا

مِنَ البَغضاءِ بَعدَ السِلمِ عورُ

It is as if the people when they came to us

After peace, were still harboring hatred