يَا ابْنَيْ خُوَيْلِدَ أيَّ شَرٍّ هِجْتُما
إن كانَ مَن يَبغِي المُحالَ فأنتما
O my sons Khawilid, what evil have you committed,
If one who seeks the impossible is you,
أَفَتَدْعُوانِ إلى قتالِ مُحمّدٍ
هَلّا إلى غيرِ القتالِ دَعَوْتُما
Do you call for fighting Muhammad?
Why not call for other than fighting?
ما كان قيسٌ في النصيحةِ جاهلاً
بل كان أعلمَ بالصّوابِ وأَحْزَما
Qays was not ignorant in advice,
But he was more knowledgeable of right and determined.
ينهاكما أن تفعلا ويَخافُها
مشبوبةً تَجرِي جَوانِبُها دما
He warns you not to do so, fearing it
Would run with its sides flowing blood.
بَعَثَ النبيُّ الجيشَ تَحتَ لوائِهِ
بطلٌ إذا نَكَصَ الفوارسُ أقدما
The Prophet has sent the army under his banner,
A hero, when warriors retreat he advances.
هو ذاك عبدُ اللهِ في أصحابِهِ
يَمشِي إلى قَطَنٍ قَضاءً مُبْرَمَا
He is that servant of God among his companions,
Walking to Al-Qatan to fulfill a decided decree.
فتأهَّبا يا ابْنَيْ خُويلدَ وَاجْمَعَا
للحربِ جَمْعَكما ولا تَتَندَّما
So prepare, my sons Khawilid, and gather
Your troop for war, and do not regret.
سر يا دليلَ الجيشِ في بَرَكاتِهِ
وَاسْلُكْ إلى فيْدَ الطريقَ الأقوما
Go O guide of the army, in its blessings,
And take the most upright path to Fayd.
هِيَ مُنتواهُ فليس يَبغِي غيرهَا
لِشَبَا القواضِبِ مُنتوىً ومُيمَّما
It is the destination, he wants no other,
As a place for the ships and appointed location.
يا دائباً يَصِلُ الدياجِرَ بالضُّحَى
سِرْ في سَبيلِكَ إن أردتَ المغنما
O you who connects the friendship in the mornings,
Go on your way if you want the booty.
إنّ الأُلَى جعلوكَ رائدَهم أَبَوْا
إلا السَّخاءَ فما أبرَّ وأكرما
The nobles have made you their guide, they refused
Except generosity, never has there been more noble.
دَرجوا على دينِ الفِداءِ فما بهم
عِندَ الحفيظةِ ما يُعابُ ويُحْتَمَى
They have embraced the religion of sacrifice, so they have
Nothing with the Guardian that is denounced or concealed.
أين الرجال ألا فتى ذو نجدة
يرمي بمهجته العجاج الأقتما
Where are the men? Is there no gallant youth,
Who throws his soul against the hostile army?
أين الرجالُ أَفَارَقُوا أوطانَهم
أم أصبحوا مِلءَ المضاجِعِ نُوَّما
Where are the men? Did they leave their homes?
Or have they become full of beds, sleepy?
يا ابْنَيْ خُوَيْلِدَ جَرِّدا سَيْفَيْكُما
حَذَرَ العِدَى وَتَقدَّما لا تُحجِما
O my sons Khawilid, unsheathe your two swords
Beware the enemy and advance, do not refrain.
يا ابني خُويلدَ أين ما أعددتُما
للحربِ تَسْتَلِبُ الكَمِيَّ المُعلَما
O my sons Khawilid where is what you prepared
For war, to take the marked banner?
أعددتما الجُبنَ المُذِلَّ لتسلما
فهلكتما وكذاك يَهلَكُ ذو العَمَى
You prepared the humiliating cowardice to make peace,
So you are destroyed, and likewise are those blind.
أسلمتما النَّهبَ السليبَ وإنّه
لأجلُّ منزلةً وأعظمُ مِنْكُما
You surrendered the loot and plunder, and it
Is more honorable and greater than you.
رَجَعَ الغُزَاةُ به كراماً ما لقوا
كَيْداً يُرَدُّ ولا أصابوا مُجرما
The raiders have returned honored, they did not encounter
A plot to repel, nor did they find a criminal.
اللَّهُ طهَّرهم وصانَ سُيوفَهُم
سُبحانَهُ أَسْدَى الجميلَ وأنعما
God has purified them and protected their swords.
Glorified is He who has done good and favored.
هم حِزبُهُ لا حِزْبَ إلا دونهم
وَلَو اَنَّهُ اتَّخَذَ الكواكبَ سُلَّما
They are His party, no party is below them,
Even if He had taken the stars as a ladder.
