هدأ المخيَّمُ واطمأنَّ المضجعُ

وأبى الهدوءَ الصَّارِخُ المتوجِّعُ

The camp grew still and the resting place calmed,

Yet the pained, crying out, refused tranquility.

الحقُّ جَنْبٌ بالجراحةِ مُثْخَنٌ

وَحُشَاشَةٌ تهفو وقلبٌ يَفزَعُ

Truth has a wounded side, pierced with sorrows,

While injustice clamors and the heart trembles in fear.

يا سعدُ خطبُكَ عند كلِّ مُوَحِّدٍ

خَطبٌ يجيءُ بهِ الزَّمانُ ويرجِعُ

O Sa'd, your sermon to every monotheist

Is a sermon time brings and then takes away.

السَّهمُ حيثُ تَراهُ لا آلامُهُ

تُرجَى عَوَاقِبُها ولا هُو يُنزَعُ

The arrow, wherever you see it, has no regrets over its pains,

Nor can it be removed once shot.

ما أنتَ حَيْثُ يكونُ سَيِّدُ قومِهِ

أين الولائدُ والفِناءُ الأوسعُ

You are not where the master of his people would be,

Where are the newborns and the vast expanse?

لكَ من رُفَيْدَةَ خَيْمَةٌ في مَسْجِدٍ

للمعشرِ الجَفَلَى تُقَامُ وترفَعُ

For you, a tent in a mosque was made

For the coarse crowds, erected and raised.

بل تلك منزلةُ الصَّفِيِّ بَلَغتَها

فَوَفَى الرجاءُ وصَحَّ مِنكَ المَطمعُ

Rather, the position of the chosen you reached

So hopes were fulfilled and desires from you made correct.

حَدِبَ الرسولُ عليكَ يَكرهُ أن يَرى

مَثواكَ مطَّرَحَ الجِوارِ ويَجزعُ

The Messenger inclined to you, hating to see

Your resting place tossed aside, causing sadness.

جارَ الرسولِ وما بُليتَ بحاسدٍ

الخيرُ والرضوانُ عِندَكَ أجمعُ

The neighbor of the Messenger, and you were not afflicted by any envier,

For bounty and contentment in you fully rest.

قال اجعلوا البطلَ المنوَّهَ باسمِهِ

منِّي على كَثَبٍ أراهُ وأسمعُ

"Make the praised hero known by his name to be from me

At a ridge I see him and hear him," he said.

وَأَعُودُهُ ما شئتُ أَقضِي حَقَّهُ

وأرى قَضَاءَ اللَّهِ ماذا يَصنعُ

"I will give him what I wish, fulfill his right,

And see what God has decreed—what will it accomplish?"

حَسْبُ المجاهدِ أن يكونَ بمسجدي

فَلَذَلكَ الحَرَمُ الأعزُّ الأمنعُ

It suffices the warrior to be in my mosque,

For that reason the inviolable sacred became a refuge.

اللَّهُ خَصْمُكَ يا ابن قيسٍ إنّه

سَهْمٌ أُصيبَ به التَقِّيُّ الأروَعُ

O Son of Qais, God is your adversary,

He is an arrow that hit the most devout.

لا أخطأتكَ من الجحيمِ وَحرِّها

مشبوبةٌ فيها تُدَعُّ وتُدفَعُ

I did not miss you from the heat of Hell and its burning,

In it, kindled and cast aside, you are called.

لِمَنِ الدمُ الجاري يَظَلُّ هَدِيرُهُ

مِلءَ المسامعِ دائباً ما يُقلِعُ

For whom is this pouring blood whose raging remains

Filling the hearing, steadily streaming, not ceasing?

أفما تَرَوْنَ بَني غِفَارٍ أنَّه

من عندِ خيمتكم يفيضُ ويَنْبُعُ

Do you not see, O Bani Ghifar, that it

Flows and springs forth from your encampment?

ماذا بِسَعْدٍ يا رُفَيْدَةُ خَبِّري

إنّ القلوبَ من الجنُوبِ تَطَلَّعُ

What of Sa'd, O Rufaydah, tell me,

For hearts seek news from the south.

يا حَسْرَتَا هو جُرْحُه يجرِي دَماً

بعد الشِّفَاءِ ونَفسُهُ تَتَمزَّعُ

Oh what loss! His wound still bleeds blood

After healing, and his soul is torn apart.

حَضرتْ منيّتُهُ وحُمَّ قَضَاؤُه

ولكلِّ نَفسٍ يَومُها والمصرعُ

His time of death came and the decree was carried out,

For every soul has its day and its ruin.

ضَجَّ النُّعاةُ فهزَّ يثربَ وَجدُها

وهفا بِمَكَّةَ شَجُوها المتنوِّعُ

The mourners clamored, shaking Yathrib and its family,

And passions in Mecca were stirred by their grieving.

رُكنٌ من الإسلامِ زَالَ وما انتهى

بانيهِ ذَلكمُ المُهمُّ المُفظِعُ

A pillar of Islam fell; its builder did not remain.

That important, revered one did perish.

خَطبٌ أصابَ المسلمينَ فذاهلٌ

ما يَستفيقُ وجازعٌ يَتَفَجَّعُ

An affliction struck the Muslims, so they are shocked

Unable to awaken, sorrowing and crying.

صَبراً رسولَ اللهِ إن تكُ شِدَّةٌ

نَزَلَتْ فإِنَّكَ لَلأشَدُّ الأَضلَعُ

Patience, O Messenger of God, if severity fell,

You are the most steadfast of ribs.

أنت المعلِّمُ لا شريعةَ للهُدى

إلا تُسَنُّ على يَدَيْكَ وتُشْرَعُ

You are the teacher, no path of guidance

Except is enacted by your hands and laid down.

تَمضي على المُثْلَى وكلٌّ يَقتَفِي

وَتَجِيءُ بالفُضلَى وكُلٌّ يَتْبَعُ

You walk the ideal path and all follow,

You come with the excellent and all obey.

أقِمِ الصَّلاَةَ على الشَّهيدِ وسِرْ بِهِ

في ظِلِّ رَبِّكَ والملائكُ خُشَّعُ

Pray over the martyr and go about him

In the shade of your Lord, the angels humbled.

يمشونَ حولَ سريره عَدَدَ الحصى

فالأرضُ ما فيها لِرِجلكَ مَوْضِعُ

They walk around his bier, countless as pebbles,

So the earth has no place for your foot.

تمشي بأطرافِ الأصابِعِ تَتَّقِي

ولقد تكون وما تُوقَّى الإصبعُ

You walk on tiptoes, cautious,

Though you could be thus and not hurt a toe.

العرشُ مُهتزُّ الجوانبِ يَحتَفِي

واللَّهُ يضحِكُ والسَّماءُ تُرجِّعُ

The Throne trembles, celebrating,

As God smiles and the heavens roar.

يا ناهضاً بالدينِ يَحملُ عِبْأَهُ

والبأسُ يعثرُ والسَّوابِقُ تَظْلَعُ

O you who rose up with the faith, bearing its load,

While malice stumbles and the foremost trip.

اهنأ بها حُلَلاً حملت حِسانَها

نُوراً على نُورٍ يُضيءُ وَيَسْطَعُ

Congratulations on robes that carry their beauty,

Light upon light, illuminating and radiating.

هذا مكانُكَ لا العطاءُ مُقَتَّرٌ

عِندَ الإلهِ ولا الجزاءُ مُضَيَّعُ

This is your station—no gifts are diminished

From God, and no rewards are lost.

لك يومَ بدرٍ عند ربّكَ مَشهدٌ

هُوَ للهُدَى والحقِّ عُرسٌ مُمتِعُ

For you is a day at Badr before your Lord, a scene

It is for guidance and truth, a joyous celebration.

نُصِرَ النبيُّ به على أعدائِهِ

والجوُّ يُظْلِمُ والمنايا تَلمعُ

The Prophet was victorious over his enemies through it

While the atmosphere darkened and death gleamed.

كانت مقالةَ مُؤمنٍ صَدَعَتْ قُوَىً

زعمتْ قُريشٌ أنّها لا تُصدَعُ

The words of a believer split the forces

That Quraish claimed could not be split.

بعثَتْ من الأنصارِ كلَّ مُدرَّبٍ

يَقِظَ المضارِبِ والقواضِبُ هُجَّعُ

It roused every trained Ansari

To wake the fighters while the archers slept.

يا سعدُ ما نَسِيَ العريشَ مُقيمُه

يحمي غِياثَ العالمين ويمنعُ

O Sa'd, the one who dwells in the canopy did not forget

To protect the savior of mankind and forbid.

لمّا تَوالَى الزَّحفُ جِئتَ تَحُوطُهُ

وتَرُدُّ عنه المشركِينَ وتَردعُ

When the troops advanced, you came to encircle him

And repel the polytheists from him, deterring them.

في عُصبةٍ ممّن يَليكَ دَعَوْتَهَا

فالبأسُ يَدلفُ والحميَّةُ تُسرِعُ

Among a group of those near to you, you called them

So valor flowed and zeal raced.

قمتم صفوفاً كالهضابِ يشدُّها

راسٍ على الأهوالِ ما يتزعزعُ

You stood in rows like the mountains, bound

By a leader against terrors, unshaken.

ولقد رَميتَ بني قريظةَ بالتي

سَمِعَ المجيبُ فهالكٌ ومُروَّعُ

And you pelted Bani Quraidhah with arrows

That the respondent heard, terrified and trembling.

أحببْ بها من دعوةٍ لك لم تَمُتْ

حتى أصابك خَيَرُها المتوقَّعُ

Love through it the call to you that did not end

Until its hoped-for good reached you.

نقعَ الإلهُ غَليلَ صَدرِك إنّه

يَشفِي صدور المؤمنين وينقعُ

God eased your chest’s anguish, He indeed

Relieves the chests of believers and eases them.

إن شيعوك فلم تجدني بينهم

فالخطبُ خطبي والبيانُ مُشيِّعُ

If they walk with you in procession, do not find me among them,

For the matter is my matter and the statement their own.

الدهرُ معمورٌ بذكرِكَ آهلٌ

ما في جوانبِهِ مكانٌ بلقعُ

Eternity is populated with your memory, bewildered,

In its expanse there is no neglected place.