عُيَيْنَةُ ماذا أنتَ وَيْحَكَ صَانِعُ

وما ذلك الجمعُ الذي أنتَ جَامعُ

Uyainah, what are you doing, alas!

What is this army you are amassing?

رُوَيْدَكَ هل يغزو المدينةَ حانِقٌ

ويطمعُ فيها يا عُيينَةُ طامِعُ

Restrain yourself! Does an enraged one invade the city

And in it, O Uyainah, have ambition?

هي الصّخرةُ العظمى فلا البأسُ نافعٌ

إذا جِئتَ تَبغيها ولا السّيفُ قاطِعُ

It is the mighty rock; so neither is harm useful

If you come seeking it, nor is the sword cutting.

لها من جَلاَلِ اللهِ حِصْنٌ مُمنَّعٌ

يَرُدُّ الأذَى عنها وجَيْشٌ مُدافِعُ

It has, by God's majesty, an impregnable fortress

Which deflects harm from it and an army defending.

وفيها رسولُ اللهِ والنَّفَرُ الأُلى

يَهُونُ عليهم أن تَهُولَ الوقائِعُ

In it is Allah's Messenger and the foremost vanguard

To whom terrors are trivial if events turn fearsome.

إذا وَرَدوا الهيجاءَ فالنّقعُ قاتمٌ

وإن صَدَرُوا بالخيلِ فالنّصرُ لامِعُ

When they encounter the melee, the striking is conclusive,

And if they advance on horseback, the victory gleams.

بَشيرُ بنُ سعدٍ يا عُيينَةُ قادِمٌ

فهل أنتَ بالجمعِ المضلَّلِ راجِعُ

Bashir ibn Sa’d, O Uyainah, is arriving,

So are you retreating with your misguided army?

أتاكم على بُعْدِ المَزَارِ حَديثُهُ

فلا قَلْبَ إلا واجفٌ منه جَازِعُ

News of him reached you from afar,

And every heart quaked hearing of him.

فَرَرْتُم تُرِيْدونَ النّجاةَ وقد بَدَا

لكم منه يومٌ هائلُ البأسِ رَائِعُ

You fled, seeking deliverance, and it became

Clear to you from him a tremendously fierce day.

وغادرتمُ الأنعامَ تَعْوِي رُعاتها

وتَندبُها آثارُها والمراتِعُ

You abandoned the cattle, their herders wailing

And their vestiges mourning them on the meadows.

فيا لكَ من نَهْبٍ تَوَلَّى حُماتُهُ

وأقبلَ يُزجَى سِربُهُ المتتابِعُ

What plunder turned away its protectors

And was driven off, its flock in succession!

ويا للأسِيرَيْنِ اللذين نَهاهما

عن الشِّرْكِ ناهٍ من هُدَى اللهِ رادعُ

And the two captives who were dissuaded

From polytheism by a deterrent from Allah's guidance.

هُما أسلما لما بَدَا الحقُّ واضحاً

وللحقِّ نورٌ للعَمَايَةِ صادعُ

They submitted when the truth became manifest,

And for the truth there is a light penetrating the blindness.

أطاعا رسولَ اللهِ فَاهْتَدَيَا بِهِ

وما يَسْتَوِي في النّاسِ عاصٍ وطائعُ

They obeyed Allah's Messenger, so were guided by him,

And the disobedient and obedient are not equal among people.

عُيَيْنَةُ من يَنْزَعْ إلى الرُّشْدِ لا يَزَلْ

على لاحبٍ منه فهل أنت نازِعُ

Uyainah, one who inclines toward righteousness continues

Upon insight from it. So are you one who withdraws?