أقول للقوم إذ طاح اللَّجاجُ بهم

لا تطلبوا حكماً ميثاقُنا الحَكَم

I say to the people when oppression befalls them,

“Do not seek a judge; our covenant is the judge.”

أَتغضبون إذا لم يَرْضَ باطلَكم

قاضٍ من الحقِّ تَرضَى حكمه الأُمَمُ

Are you angry when a judge of truth does not approve your falsehood,

One whom the nations would approve his judgment?

ما الجِدُّ والهزلُ في ميثاقنا شَرَعٌ

ولا الوجودُ سواءٌ فيه والعدمُ

Neither jest nor earnestness are laws in our covenant;

In it there is no equality between being and nonexistence.

يا سعدُ ما راعني ما نِلْتَ من خطرٍ

وإنّما راعني أن يُعبَدَ الصَّنمُ

O Sa‘d, it did not alarm me what danger you have attained,

Rather it alarmed me that an idol would be worshipped.

أفي الكِنانةِ والإسلامُ حائِطُها

للجاهليَّة من أعلامها حَرَمُ

Is Islam its stronghold while the Pagan symbols

From its banners are a protected sanctuary for ignorance?

ماذا تخافُ إذا لم تخشَ عاقبةً

لا أنتَ جانٍ ولا الدّيانُ مُنتقمُ

Why would you be afraid if you do not fear consequences,

When neither you are an obstruction, nor is the Judge vengeful?

كُنْ كيف شِئتَ ولا تَعبأْ بِمعترضٍ

الشَّعبُ مُستسلِمٌ والأمر مُنتظِمُ

Be however you wish and do not worry about objectors.

The people have surrendered and the command is organized.