صاحبُ السَّيْفَيْنِ ماذا صنعا
ودَّعَ الصفَّيْنِ والدنيا معا
What has the owner of the two swords done
He bid the two ranks and the world farewell together
غابَ عن أصحابهِ ما علموا
أيَّ دارٍ حلَّ لما وَدّعا
He was absent from his companions, they did not know
Which abode did he stay when he bid them farewell
غاب عن أعينهم في غَمْرَةٍ
سدَّ غُولُ الهولِ منها المطلعا
He was absent from their eyes in deep darkness
The horror of terror blocked its emergence
طلبوه وتَنادى جَمعُهم
نَكبةٌ حلّتْ وخَطبٌ وقعا
They sought him and his group called out
A disaster occurred and events took place
يا رسولَ اللهِ هذا حمزةٌ
أترى عيناك منه المصرعا
O Messenger of Allah, this is Hamza
Do you see that he met his death
إنّه عَمُّكَ إلا أُذُناً
قُطِعَتْ منه وأنفاً جُدِعا
He is your uncle except for nursing
His ears and nose were cut off
إنّه عمّك فانظرْ بَطْنَهُ
كيف شقُّوه وعاثوا في المِعَى
He is your uncle so look at his belly
How they tore it open and ravaged his intestines
كبدُ الفارسِ ماذا فعلت
أين طاحت من قضى أن تُنزَعا
The liver of the knight, what did they do to it
Where did it fall after being ripped out
نَذرُ هندٍ هِيَ لولا أنها
لم تُسِغْها أكلتها أجمعا
It was Hind's vow, if not for
Her inability to swallow, she would have eaten it whole
طفقت تَمضغُ مِن أفلاذِها
عَلقماً مُرّاً وسُماً مُنقَعا
She began chewing the chunks of his liver
Bitter, poisoned morsels
كلّما هَمَّتْ بها تَدفعُها
مِلءَ شِدْقَيْها أبتْ أن تُدفعا
Whenever she wanted to swallow them
With a mouth full she refused to swallow
نَذرتْ يومَ أبيها نذْرها
عَلّها تشفِي الفُؤادَ المُوجَعا
She had made a vow the day of his father
Hoping it would soothe her anguished heart
جَاءَ وَحْشِيٌّ فضجَّتْ فَرحاً
وَيْكِ إنّ الأرضَ ضَجَّتْ فَزَعا
Al-Wahshi came and she shrieked with joy
The earth trembled with horror
تَبذلينَ الحَلْي والمالَ على
أن جناه جاهلياً مُفظعا
You offer your jewelry and wealth
For he who ignorantly brought terror
يا له يا هندُ جُرحاً دامياً
ضاقَ عنه الصّبرُ مما اتّسعا
Oh Hind, what a bloody wound
Patience falls short of what it could bear
أفما أبصرتِ رُكنَيْ أُحُدٍ
حِينَ سالَ الجرحُ كيف انصدعا
Did you not see the Pillars of Uhud
When the wounds poured forth ruptured
وأبو سُفيانَ ماذا هاجه
أفما يُزمِعُ أن يَرتدعا
And Abu Sufyan, why did he become enraged
Does he not intend to be deterred
غَرَّهُ في يومِه ما غرّه
إنّ عند الغدِ سِرّاً مُودَعا
He was fooled that day by his foolishness
Surely there is a secret for tomorrow
يَطعنُ اللّيثَ ويَفرِي شِدْقَهُ
حِينَ ألقَى جَنْبَهُ فاضطجعا
He strikes the lion and splits its cheek
When it lays its side down to rest
لو رآه يتحدَّى نفسَهُ
لرآها كيف تَهوِي قِطعَا
If it saw him challenging himself
It would see it plummet severed
يذكرُ العُزَّى ويدعو هُبلاً
وَيْحَهُ من ذاكرٍ ماذا دعا
He mentions al-Uzza and calls upon Hubal
Woe to him from a rememberer, what has he called
أَسدُ اللّهِ رماهُ ثَعلبٌ
يا له من حادثٍ ما أبدعا
The lion of Allah was struck by a fox
What a remarkable event he brought about
أخَذْتهُ عثرةٌ مَزؤودَةٌ
ضَجَّتِ الدنيا لها تدعو لعا
A stumbling stone seized him suddenly
The world called out to it imploring harm
زالتِ الدِّرعُ فغشَّى بطنَهُ
دافقٌ من دمهِ فادّرعا
The coat of mail slipped exposing his belly
A stream of his blood so dress it
حَرْبَةٌ ظَمأى أصابت مَشرعاً
كان من خيرٍ وبرٍّ مُترَعا
A thirsty lance found an exposed target
Who was of goodness and righteousness grazed
جَزَع الهادي لها نازلةً
جلّلتْ عُليا قريشٍ جَزَعا
Al-Hadi mourned it as an affliction
That brought great mourning to Quraysh
تلك رُؤياهُ وهذا سيفُهُ
لا رعَى الرحمنُ إلا مَن رعى
That was his dream and this is his sword
None are grazed by the Merciful but those who graze
ثَلمةٌ هدَّت من الكفرِ حِمىً
زعم الكفّارُ أن لن يُفْرَعا
A piercing that protected Islam's sanctuary
From the disbelief that they claimed would not be ruptured
بُورِكَ المضجعُ والقومُ الألى
وسَّدوا فيه الشهيدَ الأروعا
Blessed is the resting place and the sublime people
In it they buried the most splendid martyr
مثَلَ القومُ به من بغيهِم
ما نهاهم دِينُهم أو منَعا
The people's example of his tyranny against them
Is what their religion did not forbid or prevent
ليس للأخلاقِ إلا دينُها
يُؤثر المثلى ويهدِي مَن وعى
Morality has no law but its religion
It prefers what is most excellent and guides the aware
وَعَد الإسلامُ خيراً مَن عفَى
إنّ حُسنَ العفوِ ممّا شَرعا
Islam promised good to whoever pardons
Surely excellent pardon is what was legislated
سائلِ اللائي تقلَّدنَ الحِلَى
من جلودٍ من رآها خَشعا
Ask those wearing necklaces
Of skins - whoever saw them was humbled
أهي كاللؤلؤِ أم أبهى سناً
من غواليهِ وأسمى موضعا
Are they like pearls or more brilliant than teeth
From their curves and highest position
بوركَتْ إني أراها زُلَفاً
رفع اللّهُ بها من رَفعا
Blessed - I see them brought near
Allah elevated through them the elevated
لن يفوتَ الكفرَ منها ذابحٌ
لا يُبالي أيَّ جلدٍ مَزعا
No slaughterer of disbelief will miss them
Not caring which skin is ripped open
يا لِرَيْبِ الدّهرِ ما أفدَحَهُ
حادثاً نُكراً ورُزءاً مُفجِعا
Oh how strange are the twists of fate
With an unfamiliar terrible agony
رَجَع الذّكرُ به مُؤتنفاً
ولقد أشفقتُ أن لا يرجعا
The mention returned to it repeatedly
And I worried it would not return
شُغِلَ الأهلُ عن الأهلِ فيا
عجباً للدهر ماذا صنعا
The family was preoccupied from family, so strange
What has time done
أفما أُبصِرُ إلا لاهياً
أو مُعَنّىً بالأماني مُولَعا
Do I not see except heedless
Or preoccupied with wishes immersed
اذكروا يا قومُ من أمجادِكم
ما نَسِيْتُم رُبَّ ذِكرٍ نَفعا
Remember O people your glories
Many a neglected mention benefits
