إِنَّ الأَمينَ مُحَمَّداً في قَومِهِ
عِندي يَفوقُ مَنازِلَ الأَولادِ
Indeed, the trusted one Muhammad among his people
Is to me beyond the ranks of children
لَمّا تَعَلَّقَ بِالزِمامِ ضَمَمتُهُ
وَالعيسُ قَد قَلَّصنَ بِالأَزوادِ
When he took hold of the reins I drew him close
Though the stallion had been sparing with provisions
فَاِرفَضَّ مِن عَينَيَّ دَمعٌ ذارِفٌ
مِثلُ الجُمانِ مُفَرَّقٌ بِبِدادِ
So a copious tear streamed from my eye
Like a bursting raincloud over the lands of Bidād
راعَيتُ فيهِ قَرابَةً مَوصولَةً
وَحَفِظتُ فيهِ وَصِيَّةَ الأَجدادِ
I heeded in him an unbroken kinship
And kept in him the covenant of ancestors
وَدَعوتُهُ لِلسَيرِ بَينَ عُمومَةٍ
بيضِ الوُجوهِ مَصاليت أَمجادِ
And I called him to march among the generality
Of bright-faced seekers of high glories
ساروا لِأَبعَدِ طَيَّةٍ مَعلومَةٍ
فَلَقَد تُباعدُ طَيَّةُ المُرتادِ
They marched to the furthest known horizon
For the horizon stretches far for the wayfarer
حَتّى إِذا ما القَومُ بصرى عايَنوا
لاقَوا عَلى شَرَفٍ مِن المِرصادِ
Until when the people's eyes glimpsed sight
They met on a vantage point for ambush
حَبراً فأَخبَرَهُم حَديثاً صادِقاً
عَنهُ وَرَدَّ مَعاشِرَ الحُسّادِ
A scholar informed them with truthful speech
About him, and rebuffed the party of enviers
قَومٌ يَهودٌ قَد رَأَوا ما قَد رَأَوا
ظِلَّ الغمامَةِ ثاغِري الأَكبادِ
A people, Jews, who had seen what they had seen
Baring the fangs of rancor in their livers
ثاروا لِقَتلِ مُحَمَّدٍ فَنَهاهُمُ
عَنهُ وَجاهَدَ أَحسنَ التّجهادِ
They rose up to kill Muhammad but he prevented them
From it and struggled in the best struggle
وَثَنى بحيراءٌ ذَريراً فَاِنثَنى
في القَومِ بَعدَ تَجادُلٍ وَتَعادي
And Bahīrā bent his voice, so it bent
Among the people after their contention and enmity
وَنَهى دَريساً فَاِنتَهى لَمّا نُهي
عَن قَولِ حبرٍ ناطِق بِسَدادِ
And he forbid Darīs, so he desisted when forbidden
From the words of a scholar speaking with integrity
