يا ناقضَ العهدِ لا شَكْوَى ولا أَسَفُ
اللَّهُ مُنتقِمٌ والسّيفُ مَنتصِفُ
O you who break covenants, there is no complaint or regret,
Allah is the avenger and the sword takes revenge.
تهجو النبيَّ وتُغرِي المُشرِكينَ بِهِ
مَهْلاً لكَ الويلُ ماذا أنتَ مُقترِفُ
You insult the Prophet and incite the polytheists against him,
Woe to you, what sins are you committing?
كم جيفةٍ خرجتْ من فيكَ مُنكَرَةٍ
لمّا تردَّتْ ببدرٍ تِلكمُ الجِيَفُ
How many corpses emerged from your mouth, abhorrent
When they were thrown back at Badr - those corpses.
إنّ الوليمةَ أخزى اللّهُ صانِعَها
كانت ضِراراً فلا وُدٌّ ولا لَطَفُ
Indeed Allah disgraced the host of that banquet,
It was harmful, there was no affection or kindness.
أتحسَبونَ رسولَ اللَّهِ يَجهلُها
مَكيدةً فَضَحَتْ أسرارَها السُّجُفُ
Do you think the Messenger of Allah does not know of it,
A plot which its secrets the caves exposed.
بل أظهرَ اللهُ ما تُخفونَ فانكشفتْ
يا وَيلَكم أيُّ خافٍ ليس يَنكشِفُ
Rather Allah exposed what you conceal so it was uncovered,
Woe to you, which coward does not get exposed?
لقد هَممتُمْ بمن لا حَيَّ يَعدِلُه
إن نُوزِعَ المجدُ بين النّاسِ والشَّرفُ
You dared to plot against the one none alive can equal,
If glory among people and nobility is distributed.
يا ويلَ من ظنَّ أن اللَّهَ يَخذُلُه
وأنّهُ من يمينِ اللهِ يُخْتَطَفُ
Woe to whoever thought Allah will forsake him,
And that he can snatch from the right hand of Allah.
يا كعب مالك تؤذيه وتنكره
وما الولوع بقول الزور والشغف
O Ka'b and Malik, you hurt him and deny him,
Why this obsession with lies and passion?
جلعت مالَكَ للأحبارِ مفسدةً
يُمتاحُ فيها الأذى حِيناً ويُغتَرفُ
You made Malik a source of corruption for the rabbis,
Wherein harm is accessible and can be drawn anytime.
رَمَوْكَ بالحقِّ لمّا رُحتَ تسألُهم
وأعلنوا من يقينِ الأمرِ ما عَرَفوا
He rejected the truth when you came to ask him,
And they declared the certainty of the matter they knew.
فقلتَ عُودوا فما عندِي لكم صِلَةٌ
جَفَّ المَعِينُ فلا قَصْدٌ ولا سَرَفُ
So you said "return, I have no ties to you",
The spring ran dry, neither purpose nor excess.
حَسْبِي الحقوقُ فمالِي لا يجاوزُها
إلى الفُضولِ وما عن ذاكَ مُنصرَفُ
My rights are enough, I do not transgress them
To superfluities, nor am I inclined to that.
عادوا يقولونَ ما أشقاهُ من رَجُلٍ
لا يرتضِي القولَ إلا حينَ ينحرِفُ
They returned saying "how stern is this man!
He does not accept words except if they are crooked".
ثم انثَنوْا ينطقونَ الزُّورَ فانقلبوا
بالمالِ يَصدِفُ عنه المعشرُ الأُنُفُ
Then they inclined and spoke lies so they turned
With money you pour forth, from which the honorable recoil.
بِئسَ العطاءُ وبِئسَ القومُ أمرُهُم
وأمرُ سيّدهم في الغَيِّ مُؤتلِفُ
Evil is the gift and evil are those people,
And the affair of their master in misguidance brought together.
هُمُ اليهودُ لَو اَنَّ المالَ لاح لهم
في عَيْنِ مُوسى كليمِ اللهِ ما صَدَفوا
They are the Jews, if money was made lawful to them
In the eyes of Moses, the one who spoke to Allah, they would not have recoiled.
هبَّ ابنُ مسلمةٍ للحقِّ يَنصرُه
وللرسولِ يُريه كيفَ يَزدهِفُ
The son of Maslama rose for the truth to support it
And for the Messenger to show him the way to storm.
فقال دُونكَ سعداً إن هممتَ بها
شَاوِرْهُ فيها فَنِعمَ الحاذقُ الثَّقِفُ
So he said "Consult Sa'd about her if you intend to",
How excellent the advisor, the intelligent and perspicacious!
قَضى ثلاثةَ أيامٍ على سَغَبٍ
وللمجرِّبِ ذي التدبيرِ ما يَصِفُ
He judged for three days with much reflection,
And for the experienced, the prudent, what he describes!
وجاءَ في صحبِهِ يستأذنونَ على
تَقْوَى من اللهِ ما مالوا ولا جَنَفُوا
And he came in his company asking permission
Of the Godfearing, they did not sway or deviate.
قال الرسولُ لكمُ في القومِ مأربُكم
ماذا على الدُّرِّ ممّا يُوهِمُ الصَّدَفُ
The Messenger said "you have your goal with the people,
What is the pearl to what makes one think it is nacre?"
هِيَ القلوبُ فإن طابتْ سَرائرُها
فما بأفواهِكم عَيْبٌ ولا نَطَفُ
They are the hearts, so if their secrets are pure,
There is no fault in your words, no blemish.
مَضوْا فقالوا لكعبٍ أنتَ مَوئلُنا
أنت الحِمى المُرتجى في الأزْلِ والكَنَفُ
They left and said to Ka'b "You are our refuge,
You are the protected hope in origin and all shelter".
أما ترانا جِياعاً لا طعامَ لنا
حتّى لقد كادَ يَغْشَى أهلَنا التَّلَفُ
"Do you not see us starving, with no food for us,
To the point that demise has almost overcome our people?"
لم يُبقِ صاحِبُنا شيئاً نَعيشُ بهِ
فالزّادُ مُنتهِبٌ والمالُ مُجترفُ
"Our companion did not leave anything we can live by,
The provisions ransacked and the money seized."
إن أنتَ أسلفتَنا ما نَستعيدُ به
رُوحَ الحياةِ فَغَيْثٌ ودْقُهُ يَكفُ
"If you loan us what we can regain by
The spirit of life, it will be a saving downpour."
قال الحلائلُ رَهْنٌ ولا طعامَ لكم
إلا بهنّ فقالوا مَطلبٌ قُذُفُ
The cunning one said "with collateral but no food for you
Except through them". So they said "a demand cast off!"
تأبَى علينا سَجايانا ويمنعُنا
هذا الجمالُ الذي أُوتيتَ والتَّرَفُ
"Our brides have refused us and forbidden us
This beauty you were granted and luxury."
قال البنونَ فقالوا لا تَكُنْ عَسِراً
البؤسُ أهونُ ممّا رُمْتَ والشَّظَفُ
He said "the boys", so they said "do not be difficult!
Misery is easier than what you sought and dignity."
خُذِ السِّلاحَ وإن كَلَّفْتَنا شَططاً
إنّ الشدائدَ فيها تَسْهُلُ الكُلَفُ
"Take up arms even if you task us beyond limit,
Hardships through it become easy burdens."
لم يَدْرِ مأْرَبهم إذ يسخرونَ بهِ
وإذ يُريدونَها دَهماءَ تُلتحَفُ
He did not know their goal as they ridiculed him
And as they wished it an obscure plot.
قال ارتضيتُ فقالوا غُمَّةٌ ذَهبت
عنّا غياهِبُها وَانْجابَتْ السُّدُفُ
He said "I accept". They said "a gloom has departed
From us, its darkness dispersed and the breastplate opened."
وأرجأوهُ إلى إبَّانِ مَوْرِدهِ
يَعُبُّ من سُمِّهِ المُردِي ويَرتشِفُ
And they put him off until the time of his arrival,
When the deadly poison will drink and infiltrate.
جاءوه باللّيلِ مَسروراً بغرفته
وليس يُنجِي الفتى من حَتفِهِ الغُرَفُ
They came to him at night, delighted at his room,
And the cloak of the chamber cannot save the youth from his demise.
وَرَنَّ صَوتُ أخيهِ عندَ مضجعهِ
اُخرُجْ إلينا أما تَنْفَكُّ تَعْتَكِفُ
And the voice of his brother rang at his resting place:
"Come out to us! Do you not cease to be cloistered?"
فَهَبَّ يركضُ وَارْتاعتْ حَلِيلَتُه
مَهْلاً فإنّ فُؤادي خائِفٌ يَجِفُ
So he sprang up running while his wife shuddered:
"Wait! My heart is fearful and trembling."
أنت امرؤٌ ذُو حروبٍ لا يُلائِمُه
أن يستجيبَ ذَوِي الأضغانِ إن دَلفوا
"You are a warrior, unsuited to respond
To the possessors of grudges if they come harassing."
إنّي لأسمعُ صَوْتاً لستُ آمنُهُ
كأنّه الدمُ يَجرِي أو هُوَ الجَدَفُ
"I hear a voice I do not feel safe from,
As if it is blood flowing or it is the paddle."
قالَ اسْكُتِي ودَعينِي إنّه لأخي
يَخْشَى عليَّ فَيرعاني وينعطِفُ
He said "be silent and let me go, it is my brother,
Fearing for me, so he protects me and turns to me."
وراحَ يلقاهُ والإسلامُ مُبتسِمٌ
والشِّركُ مُتَّسِمٌ بالحزنِ مُرتجِفُ
And he went to meet him while Islam was smiling
And polytheism frowning, trembling.
وافاهُ في صَحْبِهِ يُدنِي الخُطَى عَبِقاً
كأنّه ذاتُ دَلٍّ زَانها هَيَفُ
He met him in his company, taking slow steps gently,
As if she is a swaying branch adorned by the pendant.
قالوا أتمشِي إلى شِعبِ العجوزِ ففي
هذا الخلاءِ جَنىً للنفسِ يُخْتَرَفُ
They said "will you walk to the cliff of the old woman? For in
This solitude a gain for the soul to be seized."
وَانْظُرْ إلى القمرِ الزَّاهِي وبَهجتِهِ
وَاعْجَبْ له بعد هذا كيفَ يَنكسِفُ
"And look at the shining moon and its splendor,
And wonder at it after this - how can it eclipse?"
ساروا إلى الشِّعبِ والأقدارُ تَتبعُهم
على هُدى اللهِ ما زَاغَتْ ولا اعْتَسَفُوا
They walked to the cliff and destinies pursued them,
Upon Allah's guidance, neither deviating nor transgressing.
حتّى إذا قعدوا ظَلَّتْ بموقفِها
وأقبلَ الموتُ عن أيمانِها يَقِفُ
Until when they sat, it remained in its position,
And death approached from its right, waiting.
وتِلكَ كفُّ أخيهِ فَوْقَ مَفْرقِهِ
كأنّها من جَنيِّ الزّهرِ تَقْتَطِفُ
And that is his brother's palm above his temple,
As if it is plucking a blossom from the garden.
يَشُمُّها ويقولُ القولَ يَخَدَعُه
في الطِّيبِ وَهْوَ له من خلفهِ هَدَفُ
He smells it and it deceives him with words
About the perfume while in truth behind him is the goal.
ظَلَّتْ سيوفُ رسولِ اللهِ تأْخذُهُ
تَشُقُّ ما ضربتْ منه وتَنْتَقِفُ
The swords of Allah's Messenger remained striking him,
Cleaving what they struck of him and harvesting.
يا حُسْنها صَيحةً من فيهِ يُرسِلُها
كادتْ تَخِرُّ لها من دارِهِ السُّقُفُ
O excellent is that scream he sends out from his mouth,
It almost tore down from his house the ceiling.
لم تستطع عِرسُهُ صَبْراً فَجاوبَها
صَوْتٌ يُجلجِلُ أودَى السَّيِّدُ اللَّقِفُ
His bride could not be patient so she answered him,
A voice raging as if the master builder collapsed.
بَني قَريظةَ هُبُّوا من مَضاجِعكم
بني النَّضيرِ انْفرُوا للثأرِ وَازْدَلِفُوا
"O children of Qurayza, arise from your beds!
O children of Nadir, rally for revenge and approach!"
عَدا الرجالُ على كعبٍ فوالهفا
أين الحماةُ وماذا يَصنعُ اللَّهَفُ
The men charged at Ka'b so O whatdifference after his death
Except crying and except copious tears?
تَبكِي عليه وماذا بعدَ مصرعِهِ
إلا البكاءُ وإلا الأدمعُ الذُرُفُ
The one who would bend his shoulder arrogantly
Has fallen dead, so neither pride nor arrogance.
إنّ الذي كان يَثْنِي عِطْفَهُ صَلَفاً
أمسى صَريعاً فلا كِبْرٌ ولا صَلَفُ
They returned with his scalp, thrown repulsively
Before the Messenger, from him only aversion and refusal.
عادوا بهامتِهِ تُلْقَى مُذمَّمةً
عِندَ الرسولِ ومنه الصَدُّ والنَّكَفُ
The Jews fled their traces but they could not
Be reached, resolves that cast them into the winds.
طار اليهودُ على آثارهم فأبَتْ
أن يُدرَكوا هِمَمٌ تَرْمِي بهم عُصُفُ
Allah is Great and praise in abundance belongs to Him,
A new victory and grace from Him renewed.
اللَّهُ أكبرُ والحمدُ الجزيلُ له
نَصرٌ جديدٌ وفضلٌ منهُ مؤتَنَفُ
The meek Jews returned seeking a pact,
"Return O Jews, excellent is the covenant and pact."
رِيعَتْ يهودُ فجاءَتْ تَبتَغي حِلفاً
عُودِيَ يَهودُ فنعمَ العهدُ والحلفُ
Far from you O Malik any covenant, even if
The plain of Bisya were filled with your scriptures!
هَيهاتَ مالكِ من عهدٍ ولو حَمَلَتْ
مِلءَ البسيطةِ من أيْمانِكِ الصُّحفُ
Servants of Allah, say that in poetry is a reminder,
And the best of it is what the predecessors passed down.
عَبّادُ قُلْ إنّ في الأشعارِ تذكرةً
وإنَّ أحسنَها ما أورثَ السَّلَفُ
Sing, O friends, the revelation of truth I recite to you,
The dispraiser has passed away and the senile poet perished.
غَنِّ الرِّفاقَ بِوَحيِ الحقِّ تُنشِدُهُ
مَضَى النعيبُ وأودَى الشاعِرُ الخَرِفُ
