أخالدُ إنّكَ ذو نَجْدَةٍ
فَهيَّا إلى دُومَةِ الجندلِ
Ukaydir, you are a man of merit
So march on to Dumat Al-Jandal
إلى معشرٍ كفروا بالكتابِ
وحَادوا عن المذهبِ الأمثلِ
To the people who rejected the Book
And deviated from the best path
دَعاكَ الرسولُ فأنت الرسول
وليس له عنك من مَعدلِ
The Messenger called upon you, so you are the Messenger's
He has none other than you to turn to
أمامك حِصنٌ طويلُ الذُّرَى
فَخُذْهُ بِصَمصامِكَ الأطولِ
Before you lies a fortress with high walls
So take it with your very long spear
وَمُرْ بالأكيدرِ يَقذفْ به
إليك على كِبرهِ من عَلِ
And pass by Al-Akidar and pelt him with it
Though he is so arrogant and haughty
قتلتَ أخاهُ وألقى إليك
جَناحَ الذليلِ فلم يُقتلِ
You killed his brother and he surrendered to you
The wing of one humbled, yet he was not killed
وجِئتَ به سيِّدَ الفاتحين
فأوغَلَ في قلبهِ المقفلِ
And you came with the master of conquerors
Who penetrated the gates of his closed heart
هَداه إلى اللَّهِ بعد الضلالِ
وبعد العَمى لم يَكَدْ يَنجَلِي
He guided him to God after his misguidance
And after blindness his sight almost cleared
وأعطاه من عهدهِ موئلاً
يَقيهِ فيا لك من مؤئلِ
And gave him safety through his covenant
What an excellent granter of refuge you are
فَصبراً أُكيدرُ إنّ الزمان
سيكشفُ عن غَدِكَ المقْبلِ
So patience Ukaydir, time
Will reveal your forthcoming future
سَتنقُض عهدكَ دَأْبَ الشقِيِّ
وتجمعُ في غَيِّكَ الأوّلِ
Your era will end the habit of the wretched one
And gather again your first perdition
فيرميك ربُّكَ بابنِ الوليدِ
ويشفيكَ من دائِكَ المعضلِ
Your Lord will strike you with the son of Al-Walid
And cure you from your perplexing disease
بصاعقةٍ مَنْ يَذُقْها يَقُلْ
كأنَّ الصّواعقَ لم تُرْسَلِ
With a thunderbolt - whoever tastes it will say
It's as if thunderbolts were never sent
أتفعلُ وَيْحَكَ ما لو عقلتَ
لأعرضتَ عنه ولم تفعلِ
Would you do, woe to you, what if you had reason
You would refrain from it and not do it
أُكيدرُ ليس لنفسٍ وَقاء
إذا ما ابتلى اللَّهُ مَن يبتلي
Ukaydir, no soul has immunity
When God decides to test those He tests
