مَسَاعٍ غَدَتْ في اللّهِ تُنضَى رِكابُها
فَأَنجحَ مِنها عَزْمُها وإيابُها
Her feet set out for God become purified
So her resolve succeeded and her returning
وَدَاعِيةٌ لِلشَّوْقِ نَحْوَ مَنَاسِكٍ
شِفَاءُ العُيُونِ الرُّمْدِ مِنها تُرابُها
A caller to yearning for the sacred rites
The dust of it a cure for eyes with rheum
رَكِبْتَ إليها الهَوْلَ في كُلِّ لُجَّةٍ
كَأَنَّ نَدا كَفَّيْكَ فَيْضاً عُبَابُها
You rode the panic in every dark pass
As if its vapors were abundant bounty on your palms
وَقَدْ حَجَبتْ وَجْهَ الفَضاءِ كَأَنَّما
جَوانبُها مَوْصُولةٌ وسَحَابُها
It had veiled the face of the horizon as if
Its sides were joined and its clouds
كَأَنَّ اخضْرارَ اللُّجّ ضَاهَى سَماءَهُ
وَجَارَى عَلَيْها الجَارِياتِ شِهابُها
As if the green of the darkness outshone its sky
And its shooting stars flow upon it
كَأَنَّ قِلاعَ الفُلْكِ مَدَّتْ بِجوِّهِ
جَناحاً بهِ يَبْغي السَّماءَ عُقَابُها
As if the castles of ships had extended its atmosphere
With a wing by which its eagle seeks the sky
فَتِلكَ وَسفْنُ البَرِّ تَخترِقُ الفَلا
ولا لُجَّ إلاّ أَنْ يَلوحَ سَرابُها
So those ships of land cleave the emptiness
And no darkness unless its mirage appears
كَأَنَّ السُّرَى يَقتَاتُ مِنها غَوارِباً
بَرَى النَّيَّ مِنها نَأْيُها واغْتِرابُها
As if the Pleiades snatch prey from it
Its remoteness from it and estrangement saw goodness
تَفاءَلْتُ خَيْراً وَهْيَ تَدْمَى مَناسِماً
بِأنَّ عَلاماتِ السُّرورِ خِضابُها
I augured good when it was overflowing with landmarks
For the signs of bliss are its kohl
وَطَامِسَةِ الأعلامِ يُوحِشُ ذِئبُها
بِهَا وَيَهابُ الإغْتِرابَ غُرَابُها
And the submerger of flags its wolf frightens
Its crow fears estrangement from it
مُمَوَّهَةِ الآثارِ عَنْ كُلِّ سَالِكٍ
يَسِيرُ بِقَلْبِ الجَيْشِ وَهْوَ يَهابُها
The hider of traces from every traveler
Who marches with the heart of an army and fears it
كَأَنَّ الدُّجَى لَمْ يَسْرِ فيها نُجومُها
وَلا خُطَّ عَن شَمْسِ النّهارِ نِقابُها
As if its gloom did not travel in it are its stars
Nor the veil of its sun by day drawn
فما زِلْتَ حتَّى نِلْتَ مارُمْتَ مِن قُباً
وَبُشِّرْتَ هذِي يَثرِبٌ وقِبابُها
So you did not stop until you attained what you sought of tombs
And you were given good news this Yathrib and its dwellings
