يَميناً ما لِمَدْيَنَ من قَرارِ
فَبُعْدَاً للقطينِ وللديارِ
What rest is there for Midian?
So farewell to Ghatna and the dwellings
شُعَيْبٌ كيفَ أنتَ وأينَ قَوْمٌ
عَصُوكَ وما الذي فَعَلَ الذرارِي
Shu'ayb, how are you and where are the people
Who disobeyed you and what did the little ones do?
همُ اتّخذُوا الهَوَى رَبّاً وسَارُوا
من العهدِ القديمِ على غِرارِ
They took their desires as a god and walked
Off the ancient path on a bridge
أتى الإسلامُ فَاجْتَنبوهُ حِرصاً
على دينِ المهانةِ والصَّغارِ
Islam came so they shunned it greedily
For the religion of disgrace and pettiness
وصَدُّوا عن سبيلِ الله بَغياً
وكان البَغْيُ مَجلبةَ الدَّمارِ
And they blocked the path of God out of hatred
And hatred brings destruction
سَمَا زَيْدٌ إليهم بالمنايا
تُرِيكَ مَصَارِعَ الأُسْدِ الضَّوارِي
Zayd attacked them with death
You see the meadows of the ferocious lions
تَأمّلْ يا شُعَيْبُ أما تَرَاهُ
شديدَ البأسِ مُلتَهِبَ المغارِ
Look, O Shu'ayb, don't you see him
Fierce in might, blazing caves
تَوَقَّى القومُ صَوْلَتَهُ فَضَنُّوا
بِأنْفُسِهِم وجَادوا بالفِرارِ
The people avoided his onslaught so they were stingy
With themselves and were generous in fleeing
لَبِئْسَ الجُودُ تَلْبَسُهُ سَوَاداً
وُجُوهُ القومِ من خِزْيٍ وعَارِ
Evil is the generosity that is clad in blackness
The faces of the people in shame and dishonor
تَلفَّتتِ النِّساءُ ولا رِجالٌ
سِوَى السُّرُجِ الزواهرِ كالدّراري
The women wandered with no men
Except the illuminated knights shining like pearls
وَضَجَّتْ تستغيثُ ولا غِياثٌ
سِوَى العبراتِ والمُهَجِ الحِرَارِ
She cried out for help but no help came
Except tears and burning passion
تَوَلَّى الجُندُ بالسَّبْيِ المُخَلَّى
وبالنّصْرِ المُحَجَّلِ والفَخَارِ
The army retreated with the abandoned captives
And the deferred victory and pride
فيا لبضاعةٍ للكُفرِ تُزْجَى
ويا للشّوقِ يَجمعُ كُلَّ شارِ
Oh what a deal for blasphemy arranged
Oh what yearning brings every neighbor
ويا لكَ من بُكاءٍ كان حقّاً
لِدينِ اللهِ دَاعِيَةَ افْتِرَارِ
Oh what crying was rightfully due
To the religion of God, calling for violation
أَتُمْسِي الأمُّ تُعزَلُ عن بَنِيها
لِمَوْلىً غيرِ مولاهم وجَارِ
Does the mother spend the night separated from her children
For a master other than their master and neighbor?
أَبَى البَرُّ الرّحيمُ فقال رِفْقاً
وتلكَ إهانةُ الهِمَمِ الكِبارِ
The Kind Merciful refused and gently said
That is the disgrace of great souls
فأمسَكَ كلَّ دَمْعٍ مُستَهلٍّ
وَسَكَّنَ كلَّ قلبٍ مُستطارِ
So He held back every tear about to fall
And calmed every raging heart
تتابعتِ المواهبُ والعطايا
على قَدَرٍ مِن الرحمن جارِ
The gifts and grants continued
Flowing from the Merciful in streams
فَغُنْمٌ بعد غُنْمٍ وَانْتِصَارٌ
يُنِيرُ المَشْرِقَيْنِ على انتِصارِ
Triumph after triumph and victory
Illuminating the two horizons in victory
أصَابَ الدّهْرُ بُغْيَتَهُ وأمستْ
تَجَلَّتْ حِكمةُ الفلَكِ المُدَارِ
Fate attained its hatred and it was as if
The wisdom of the revolving universe was revealed
