تَقَدَّمْ فهذا مَطلعُ الحقِّ والهُدَى

ألستَ تَرى النُّورَ الذي جَاوَزَ المدى

Advance, for this is the rise of truth and guidance

Do you not see the light that has surpassed the horizon

أتيتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ تَتبعُ دِينهُ

وتُؤثِرُ خيرَ الزَّادِ فيمن تَزَوَّدا

You came to the Messenger of Allah, following his religion

And preferring the best provision for the one who stocks

لكَ الله يا حجَّاجُ أَمْسَيْتَ مُشْرِكاً

وأصبحتَ تَدعوهُ تَقِيَّاً مُوَحِّدَا

For you, O Hajjaj, Allah - you became a polytheist in the evening

And in the morning you call Him pure and monotheistic

سَيغفِرُ ما أسلفتَ من جَاهليَّةٍ

لَيالِيَ تأبَى أن يُطاعَ وَيُعْبَدَا

He will forgive what ignorance you did in the pre-Islamic days

Nights that refuse to be obeyed and worshipped

سألتَ رسولَ اللهِ ما لو سألتَهُ

سِواهُ لأعطاكَ الحُسَامَ المُهَنَّدَا

You asked the Messenger of Allah what if you had asked him

Other than him, he would have given you sharp double-edged swords

تقولُ له دَعْنِي أزوِّرْ مَقَالةً

تَسُوءُكَ إنّي أحذرُ المعشرَ العِدَى

You say to him, let me visit and malign

It would harm you, I fear the hostile tribe

بِمكَّةَ لي مالٌ كثيرٌ مُوزَّعٌ

أخافُ عليهِ أن يضيعَ وَيُفقدا

I have a lot of money distributed in Mecca

I'm afraid it will be lost and missed

سأكتمُ إسلامِي وأُوذِيكَ إنّهم

هُمُ القومُ لا يُؤذونَ إلا مَنِ اهْتدَى

I will hide my Islam and harm you, they

Are the people who do not harm anyone unless guided

وَرُحْتُ تُحابِيهم وتَشْفِي صُدورَهم

بِخرقَاءَ تستهوي الغَبِيَّ المُبَلَّدَا

And you were inclined to befriend them and soothe their breasts

With lies that seduce the stupid fool

تقولُ لقد فازَ اليهودُ وأدركوا

على الفاتحينَ الغُرِّ نَصْراً مُؤَيَّدا

You say the Jews have won and attained

Over the young conquerors a supported victory

أغاروا فَرَدُّوهُم وأمسى مُحَمّدٌ

أسيراً لدى ساداتِهم ليس يُفتَدَى

They raided so they repelled them and Muhammad spent the evening

A prisoner of their masters, irredeemable

أبَوْا أن يَذوقَ القتلَ إلا بمكةٍ

وإنّ له عمّا قريبٍ لَمَوْعِدَا

They refused to let him taste death except in Mecca

And he has, quite soon, an appointment

فَطاروا سُروراً واستمرَّ غُواتُهم

يُذِيعُونَهُ زُوراً وإفكاً مُرَدَّدا

They flew with joy and their tyranny persisted

Spreading it as lies and gossip echoed

وَطَاشتْ عُقُولُ المسلِمينَ فأصبحوا

حَيَارَى يَرَوْنَ العيشَ أَغْبَرَ أَنْكَدَا

And the minds of the Muslims were confused, so they became

Perplexed, seeing life gloomy and woeful

وأرضَى الألى ضَلُّوا السَّبيلَ بشيرُهم

لَدُنْ جَمَعوا مِن مالِهِ ما تَبَدَّدا

And the misguided were pleased, they lost the way, their warner

Since he gathered from his money what was squandered

تَزَوَّدَ همّاً كلُّ من كانَ مُسلِماً

وأَعْيَا على العبّاسِ أن يَتَجَلَّدَا

Every Muslim prepared worries

And Al-‘Abbas was tired of showing endurance

فَأَرْسَلَ ما هذا الذي أنتَ قائِلٌ

قُلِ الحقَّ يا حَجّاجُ وَانْقَعْ بِهِ الصَّدَى

So he sent, what is this you are saying

Tell the truth, O Hajjaj, and make it widely heard

تَبَارك ربِّي إنّه جَلَّ شأنُهُ

لَحَقٌّ عليهِ أنْ يُعِزَّ مُحَمَّدَا

Blessed is my Lord, His status is Supreme

It is true about Him that he honors Muhammad

فقال نَعَمْ عُدْ يا غلامُ وَقُلْ له

أبا الفضلِ أبْشِرْ وانتظِرْ مَقدمي غدا

He said “Yes, go back, O boy, and tell him

Abu Al-Fadl, rejoice and await my arrival tomorrow”

فأَعتقَ من فَرَطِ السُّرورِ غُلامَهُ

وَرَاجَعهُ مِن أمرِهِ ما تَعَوَّدَا

He freed his slave from overwhelming joy

And changed his mind about what he used to do

ووافَاهُ حجّاجٌ بأنباءِ خَيْبَرٍ

فَأمسَى الذي أخفَى من الأمرِ قد بَدَا

Hajjaj met him with the news of Khaibar

So the one who hid the matter became exposed

وناشَدَهُ أن لا يُذيعَ حَدِيثَهُ

ثَلاثَةَ أيّامٍ حِذاراً مِنَ الرَّدَى

And adjured him not to spread his talk

For three days, fearing harm

فَلَمّا انقضَتْ رَاعَ الرجالَ بِطَلعَةٍ

تَشُقُّ على الأعداءِ مَرْأَىً ومشهدا

But when they passed, he startled the men with an apparition

That was hard on the enemies to see and witness

تَدَفَّقَ بِشراً وَجهُهُ وجَرَى السَّنا

على صَفْحَتَيْهِ سَاطِعاً فَتَوقَّدا

His face shone with good news and the teeth

On his cheeks glistened radiantly, ignited

يقولونَ لا تحزَنْ فيا للأُلى عَمُوا

ويَا لكَ من حُزنٍ أقامَ وأَقْعَدَا

They say “Do not grieve,” but woe to the misguided blind

And woe to you from sadness that lodged and settled

رماهم بأخبارِ الفُتوحِ فَغَاظَهُم

وَردَّ ذَلِيلاً كُلَّ عاتٍ تَمرَّدا

He cast at them the news of the conquests, so it angered them

And he repelled humiliated every stubborn transgressor

يَضِجُّونَ أينَ ابنُ العلاطِ أما لنا

إليهِ سَبيلٌ إنّه كان مُفْسِدا

They clamor, where is the son of Alat, do we not

Have access to him? He used to make mischief

لقد غَرَّنَا كَيْما يَفُوزُ بِمَالِهِ

فحاقَ بنا من إثمِهِ ما تَعَمَّدا

He really fooled us so that he could win his money

So what he deliberately plotted befell us

فواهاً لَهُ مِن ماكرٍ لو نُصِيبُه

إِذَنْ لَجَزَيْناهُ الجزاءَ المشَدَّدا

Woe to him for being so cunning, if we get him

Then we would repay him the most severe punishment

جَزاهُم إلهُ النَّاسِ ما ذنبُ مُسْلِمٍ

كَريمِ السَّجايا ما أَسَاءَ ولا اعْتَدَى

May the God of people reward them. What is the sin of a noble Muslim

Who did no wrong or transgression?

رَأى شَرَّهُمْ فاحتالَ يَحفظُ ماله

عليهِ ويَأْبَى أن يُغادِرَهُ سُدَى

He saw their evil, so he devised to preserve his money

from him, and refused to neglect it in vain