هُوَ النَّصْرُ يا تَيْمَاءُ يَتبعُهُ النَّصْرُ
فإن كُنتِ في رَيْبٍ فقد وَضَحَ الأمرُ
Victory, O Taima, victory follows
If you have doubt, the matter is clear
دَعِي الرُّسْلَ تَمضي ما عليكِ مَلامَةٌ
وكيف يَعافُ الأمنَ من غَاله الذُّعْرُ
Leave the messengers to go on, no blame on you
How can security disregard the panic of horror?
فإن تَخفضي منكِ الجَناحَ لِتَنْعَمِي
بأفياءِ عيشٍ ساكنٍ فَلَكِ العُذْرُ
If you lower your wing to enjoy
A settled, serene living, you are excused
وهل يَرفعُ العصفورُ يوماً جَنَاحَهُ
إذا حَلَّقَ البازِي أو انطَلَقَ النَّسْرُ
Does a bird ever raise its wing
When the falcon swoops or the eagle takes off?
إذا أمسكَ الصَّبرُ البلادَ وأَهْلَها
فليس على هذا قَرارٌ ولا صَبْرُ
When patience seizes the country and its people
There is then no settlement or patience
ألم يكُ أهلُ الأرضِ مَوْتَى فجاءهم
رَسُولُ حياةٍ دِينُهُ البَعْثُ والنَّشْرُ
Were not the people of the earth dead then came
A messenger of life whose creed is resurrection and dispersal?
أبى أن يَظَلُّوا آخِرَ الدَّهرِ فوقها
يَسيرونَ في الأكفانِ وَهْيَ لهم قَبْرُ
They refused to remain on it to the end of time
Walking in shrouds which are to them a grave
حَياةُ الدُّنى في سَيْفِهِ وكِتَابِهِ
وما منهما إلا لها عنده سِرُّ
The life of this world is in his sword and book
Both have for it in his view a secret
لَكِ الأمنُ يا تَيْماءُ لا الدَّمُ دَافِقٌ
ولا النَّفْعُ مُسْوَدٌّ ولا الجَوُّ مُغْبَرُّ
You have security, O Taima, no oozing blood
No darkened prosperity, no dusty atmosphere
ولا أنتِ ثَكْلَى ما تُغِبُّكِ لوعةٌ
مُؤجَّجةٌ كالجمرِ أو دونها الجمرُ
Nor are you bereaved however much anguish that grieves you
Blazing or less than blazing embers
أعانَكِ رأيٌ أبصَرَ القصدَ فانْتحَى
بأهلِكِ ما لا يَنْتَحِي الجاهلُ الغِرُّ
A purposeful opinion has helped you
To move your family from what an ignorant fool endures
ولو آثروا الإسلامَ دِيناً لأفلحوا
ولكنّه الشِّركُ المُذَمَّمُ والكُفْرُ
Had they chosen Islam as religion they would have prospered
But polytheism it is, blemished and blasphemy
أَبَوْا وَتَولَّوا يَشترُونَ نُفُوسَهم
بأموالِهِم هذا هو الغَبْنُ والخُسْرُ
They refused and turned away buying their souls
With their money - this is the loss and waste
يُؤدُّونَها من خِيفَةِ القتلِ جِزْيَةً
على الهُونِ ممّا يرزقُ الحَبُّ والتَّمْرُ
Paying it out of fear of being killed as a poll tax
In humiliation from what provides dates and dried dates
أقاموا يُريدونَ الحياةَ بأرضهِمِ
وكيفَ حياةُ القومِ إن فَسَدَ الأَمْرُ
They stay wanting life in their land
Yet how can the life of people be when matters go wrong?
رُوَيْدَ الأُلَى اختاروا الضلالةَ خُطَّةً
فَتِلكِ وإن لم يعلموا خُطَّةٌ نُكْرُ
Take it easy, champions, they have chosen error deliberately
That, though they know it not, is an odious track
يَضِلُّونَ والفَجرُ المنوِّرُ طَالِعٌ
ولا عُذْرَ للضُّلّالِ إن طَلَعَ الفَجْرُ
They go astray though the illuminated dawn has risen
No excuse for the strayers when dawn has broken
لِكُلِّ أُناسٍ مُدَّةٌ ثُمّ تَنجلِي
عَمَايَتَهُمْ فَلْيَصْبرُوا إنّه الدَّهْرُ
For all peoples there is a term, then their
Darkness is lifted, so let them be patient, for such is fate
