بنفسي نفوس بين زمزم والحجر

تولت فوافاها الردى وهي لا تدري

With my soul between Zamzam and Al-Hajar

Time has turned upon it, while it knows not

نفوسٌ مَضَتْ أوْحَى مضيٍّ وغادرتْ

نفوسَ بني الدنيا سَكارى بلا سُكْر

Souls that have passed, inspired passing, and left

Souls of the world intoxicated without wine

عجبتُ لقلبٍ ما تَصَدَّع حَسْرَةً

ولو كان صخراً أو أَشدَّ من الصخر

I wonder at a heart not cracked with grief

If it were rock or harder than rock

سلامٌ على إِخوانِ بِرٍّ مذ انقضت

أُخُوَّتُهُمْ قُلْنَا سلامٌ على البِرِّ

Peace upon the brothers of righteousness since their brotherhood passed

We said, "Peace upon righteousness"

أتَوْا يقطعونَ البدوَ والحضْرَ رغبةً

إلى خيرِ بيتٍ حلَّ في البدو والحَضْر

They came cutting across the desert and the city eagerly

To the best of houses that settled the desert and the city

سَرَوْا وَسَرَتْ أيدي المنايا إِليهمُ

ففازوا لَدُنْ فازوا بأجرٍ على أَجر

They walked on and the hands of doom stretched to them

So they won, they won reward upon reward

رأوا حجَّهُمْ حَجّاً وغزواً فلم تَطِبْ

نفوسُهُم عن كَسْبِ ذُخْرَينِ في ذُخْرِ

They saw their pilgrimage as a pilgrimage and raid, and their souls did not wish

To earn any provision except provision in the hereafter

بلى وقفوا للضَّرْبِ والطَّعْنِ موقفاً

كأنهمُ فيه وقوفٌ على الجمر

Rather, they stood to face blows and stabbings

As if they, in it, stood upon embers

دموعهمُ تجري خشوعاً وخشية

دماءَ غدا من هَوْلها البرُّ كالبحر

Tears streamed down their faces in humility and fear

Tomorrow's blood, terror made it flow like a sea

فأكْرِمْ بهمْ والموتُ فوقَ رؤوسهمْ

يلوذونَ خَوْفَ الموتِ بالباب والسِّتر

So honor them as death looms over their heads

Seeking refuge from the fear of death at the door and veil

أبى لهمُ إِحرامهمْ لبسَ جُنَّةٍ

فلم يلبسوا شيئاً سوى جُنَّةِ الصَّبرِ

Their pilgrim-dress refused any garment

Except the garment of patience they put on

وأَعْجِبْ لهمْ إِذ يُنحرونَ كأنَّهمْ

هديُّهُمُ أيام تُهْدى إلى النَّحر

Marvel at them as they are slaughtered as though

Their sacrifice those days sacrificed at Minā

رفاقٌ أقاموا لا تُشَدُّ لغيرهمْ

رحالٌ ووفدٌ لا يؤوبُ إلى الحشر

Comrades who pitched their tents never to be taken down

A caravan and delegation that will not return to Hashr

غَدَتْ أُزُرُ الإحْرام بيضاً إِليهمُ

فراحوا إلى الأجداثِ في أُزُرٍ حُمْر

Their pilgrim garments turned white for them

And they went to the graves in red garments

وما غُسِلوا بالماءِ بل بدمائهمْ

وما حُنِّطوا إِلا منْ التُّرْبِ لا العطر

They were not washed with water, but with their blood

And were not embalmed, except with dust, no perfume

فأعْظِمْ به رزءاً ولو كانَ عُشْرَ ما

رُزِئْناه منهمْ من فَراشٍ ومن ذَرِّ

So magnify the provisions for them, even if it were a tenth of what

We provided for them, of furniture and seeds

حوى جُلَّهُمْ قبرٌ من الأرض واحدٌ

فيا خيرَ محبُوبِينَ في خيرِ ما قبر

Most of them the same grave in the earth embraced

Blessed are they, the best beloved, in the best grave

أُلوفٌ من الشبّانِ والشيب ضمَّهُمْ

قَلِيبٌ قريبُالجانبين من القَعْر

Thousands of youths and old men, it brought them together

A tomb, its sides close to the bottom

فلم أَرَ مَقْبُورِينَ أكثرَ منهمُ

وليس لهمْ قبرٌ يُعَدُّ سوى قَبْر

I have not seen buried more plentifully than them

And they have no grave but one grave

وما إن هَوَوْا في هُوَّةٍ بل تسابقوا

إلى رَبْوَةٍ خضراءَ بين ربىً خُضْر

They did not plummet into a pit, but raced

To a green meadow between green meadows

إلى جَنَّةٍ زهراءَ تزدادُ زهرةً

بما واجهتْ منهمْ من الأوجِهِ الزُّهْر

To a blossoming garden which became more flowery

From their shining faces it encountered

أَحُجَّاجَنا ما لي أرى السَّفْرَ آيباً

ولست أراكم آيبينَ معَ السفر

Our pilgrims, why do I see travel coming

And I do not see you coming with travel

أجاورتمُ البيتَ العتيقَ فحبَّذا

جواركمُ الباقي إلى آخرِ الدهر

You dwelled by the Ancient House, so excellent

Was your eternal dwelling until the end of time

جوارُ حجيجٍ لا طوافَ عليهمُ

ولا سَعْيَ في ميقاتِ ليلٍ ولا فجر

A dwelling of pilgrims about whom there is no circumambulation

Nor saʿī during the station of night or dawn

وقالوا الأسى مما يُسلِّيك عنهمُ

وأين الأُسى حتى تُسَلِّيَ أو تُغْري

And they said grief is what will console you about them

But where is grief so it may console or beguile

لقد ذُعِروا في حيثُ للطيرِ مأمنٌ

وفي حيثُ لا تَخْشَى الوحوشُ من الذُّعْر

They were startled in a place where birds are safe

And where beasts do not fear being startled

فيا لبَني الإسلامِ كم من سعادةٍ

حَوَوْها بأيدي الأشقياءِ بني الكفر

O children of Islam, how much bliss

Snatched by the hands of the wretched disbelievers

بأيدي ذوي غدرٍ وغيٍّ كأنني

بأرواحهمْ في قبضةِ الغيِّ والغدر

By the hands of those of betrayal and enmity, it is as if

Their souls are in the grip of betrayal and enmity

بهائمُ لم تألفْ سجوداً جباهُهُمْ

ولا ألفوا بَسْطَ الأكفِّ إلى الطُّهر

Beasts whose foreheads never prostrated

Nor were their palms accustomed to spreading in purity

ولا مرَّ ذكرُ الصَّوْمِ بين بيوتِهِمْ

ولا خاضَ في سمعٍ ولا جالَ في صَدْر

The mention of fasting never passed between their homes

Nor threaded through a hearing or meandered in a chest

ولا كان حجُّ البيتِ مما تسربلوا

إليه أهاويلَ المهامهِ والقفر

Pilgrimage to the House was not what they wore

The fringes and robe for sternness and desert

بلى إن حججناه غَزَوْهُ فويلهم

لقد حُمِّلوا وزراً ثقيلاً من الوزرِ

Rather, we performed pilgrimage, so woe unto them!

Indeed they carried a heavy burden of sins

رأوا ما رأوا من نهبهِ مغنماً لهم

وما هو إلا مَغْرَمٌ ليبس بالنزر

They saw the plunder as war booty for themselves

Yet it is only loss without any profit

وظنُّوا الذي فازوا به أَنّهُ الغنى

وواللهِ ما فازوا بشيءٍ سوى الفقر

And they thought what they gained was wealth

By God, they gained nothing but poverty

فيا ربِّ لا تُمْهِلْ عدوِّك وارْمِهِ

بقاصمةِ الأعناقِ قاصمةِ الظَّهر

My Lord, do not delay punishing Your enemy, pelt him

With the pelting that breaks necks and backs

ويا ربِّ خُذْ منهمْ لدينك ثأرَهُ

فقد وَتَروهُ مستهينين بالوِتر

Take vengeance for Your religion from them

For they have deprecated it, scorning the oaths

إلهي أَعِدْ أيامَ عادٍ عليهمُ

ويوماً كيومَيْ أهلِ مدينَ والحِجْر

My God, bring upon them the days of Aad

And a day like the day of Thamud and Al-Hijr

وأيِّد أميرَ المؤمنينَ وسيفَهُ

بنصرٍ كما عوَّدتَ يا خالقَ النصر

And aid the Commander of the Faithful and his sword

With a victory just as You, Creator of Victory, made customary