أَرِقت وَقَد تَصَوَّبتِ النُجومُ
وَبِتّ وَما تُسالِمُكَ الهُمومُ
I lost sleep as the stars took aim
And stayed awake with worries untamed
لِظُلمِ عَشيرَةٍ ظَلموا وَعَقّوا
وَغِبُّ عُقوقِهِم كُلَأٌ وَخيمُ
For the injustice of a folk so cruel
Their disloyalty festers, their hearts so foul
هُمُ اِنتَهَكوا المَحارِمَ مِن أَخيهِم
وَلَيسَ لَهُم بِغَيرِ أَخٍ حَريمُ
Defiling the sacred bonds to their own brother
No code bars them, no creed can deter
إِلى الرَحمَنِ وَالكَرَمِ اِستَذَمّوا
وَكُلُّ فعالِهِم دَنِسٌ ذَميمُ
Begging God's mercy and bountiful grace
While committing vile acts that shame and debase
بَنو تَيمٍ تُؤازِرُها هُصيصٌ
وَمَخزومٌ لَها منّا قَسيمُ
Banu Taym and their Hudhayl allies
With us Makhzoom, their fortunes now tied
فَلا تَنهى غُواةَ بَني هُصيصٍ
بَنو تَيمٍ وَكُلُّهُمُ عَديمُ
Do not curb Hudhayl or their brazen warriors
Mischief's their way, to goodness they're strangers
وَمَخزومٌ أَقَلُّ القَومِ حِلماً
إِذا طاشَت مِن الوَرَهِ الحُلومُ
Makhzoom, least wise when rage is unfurled
Sanity lost in their world
أَطاعوا اِبنَ المُغيرَةِ وَاِبنَ حَربٍ
كِلا الرَجُلَينِ مُتَّهمٌ مُليمُ
Heeding Mughira's son and Ibn Harb's decree
Slanderous men, their souls sullied with infamy
وَقالوا خُطَّةً جَوراً وَحُمقاً
وَبَعضُ القَولِ أَبلَجُ مُستَقيمُ
Spewing their lies, their injustice and folly
Some words still earnest, though muddied wholly
فَمَهلاً قَومَنا لا تَركَبونا
بِمَظلَمَةٍ لَها أَمرٌ عَظيمُ
Kinsmen, pause, do not force this ascent
That will lead but to ruin and deep discontent
فَيَندَمَ بَعضُكُم وَيَذِلَّ بَعضٌ
وَلَيسَ بِمُفلِحٍ أَبَداً ظَلومُ
Some will be shamed, some humbled that day
No oppressor thrives, that is Virtue's way
فَلا وَالراقِصاتِ بِكُلِّ خَرقٍ
إِلى مَعمورِ مَكَّةَ لا نريمُ
By the whirling pilgrims, this oath we avow
We'll never set foot in Mecca's valley now
طَوالَ الدَهرِ حَتّى تَقتُلونا
وَنَقتُلَكُم وَتَلتَقِيَ الخُصومُ
Till you strike us down or we strike the same
And witness the reckoning that Fortune will claim
وَيُصرعَ حَولَهُ مِنّا رِجالٌ
وَتَمنَعهُ الخُؤولَةُ وَالعُمومُ
Men will fall around us, felled in the fray
As warriors retreat and innocents pay
وَيَعلَمَ مَعشَرٌ ظَلموا وَعَقّوا
بِأَنَّهُمُ هُمُ الخَدُّ اللَطيمُ
Then they who so cruelly plotted and schemed
Will know they alone bear guilt so extreme
أَرادوا قَتلَ أَحمَدَ ظالِموهُ
وَلَيسَ بِقَتلِهِ فيهِم زَعيمُ
Seeking to murder Ahmad though no guide
Could sanction such hate or take credit with pride
وَدونَ مُحَمَّدٍ مِنّا نَدِيٌّ
هُمُ العِرنينُ وَالأَنفُ الصَميمُ
We band with Mohammed, united arise
To face the unworthy, the unjust, the unwise
