تَزَوَّد فَما نَفسٌ بِعامِلَةٍ لَها
إِذا ما أَتاها بِالمَنايا حَديدُها
He has equipped himself, yet no soul has any means to repel
The arrival of its destined death by its weapons
فَيوشِكَ نَفسٌ أَن تَكونَ حَياتُها
وَإِن مَسَّها مَوتٌ طَويلاً خُلودُها
A soul is close to having its life as its end
And if death touches it for long, its endurance is its eternity
وَسَوفَ تَرى النَفسَ الَّتي اِكتَدَحَت لَها
إِذا النَفسُ لَم تَنطِق وَماتَ وَريدُها
And you will see the soul that labored for itself
When the soul cannot speak and its arteries die
وَكَم لِأَبي الأَشبالِ مِن فَضلِ نِعمَةٍ
بِكَفَّيهِ عِندي أَطلَقَتني سُعودُها
And how much grace and favor is owed
To Abul Ashbal, as his generosity freed me
فَأَصبَحتُ أَمشي فَوقَ رِجلَيَّ قائِماً
عَلَيها وَقَد كانَت طَويلاً قُعودُها
So I began walking on my two legs standing
On them, when previously sitting on them was prolonged
وَكَم يا اِبنَ عَبدِ اللَهِ مِن فَضلِ نِعمَةٍ
بِكَفَّيكَ عِندي لَم تُغَيَّب شُهودُها
And how much grace and favor, O son of Abdullah
Through your hands upon me, its presence was not obscured
وَكَم لَكُمُ مِن قُبَّةٍ قَد بَنَيتُمُ
يَطولُ عِمادَ المُبتَنينَ عِمودُها
And how many domes you have built
Whose pillars' height is extended for those inhabiting it
بَنَتها بِأَيديها بَجيلَةُ خالِدٍ
وَنالَ بِها أَعلى السَماءِ يَزيدُها
Bajailah of Khalid built it with her hands
And through it obtained the highest level of increase
وَجَدتُكُمُ تَعلونَ كُلَّ قُبَيلَةٍ
إِذا اِعتَزَّ أَقرانَ الأُمورِ شَديدُها
I found you rising above every tribe
When the peers of commandments were severe in their strength
وَكانَت إِذا لاقَت بَجيلَةُ غارَةً
فَمِنكُم مُحاميها وَمِنكُم عَميدُها
And whenever Bajailah met a raid
Among you was its protector, and among you its chief
وَكُنتُم إِذا عالى النِساءُ ذُيولَها
لِيَسعَينَ مِن خَوفٍ فَمِنكُم أُسودُها
And you were, whenever women raised their skirts
To hasten in fear, among you were their lions
وَما أَصبَحَت يَوماً بَجيلَةُ خالِدٍ
وَإِلّا لَكُم أَو مِنكُمُ مَن يَقودُها
And Bajailah of Khalid has never spent a day
Without you leading her or among you one who leads her
إِذا هِيَ ماسَت في الدُروعِ وَأَقبَلَت
إِلى الباسِ مَشياً لَم تَجِد مَن يَذودُها
When she donned armor and marched forth
To the clad in armor in a march that finds none to repel her
لَعَمري لَئِن كانَت بَجيلَةُ أَصبَحَت
قَدِ اِهتَضَمَت أَهلَ الجُدودِ جُدودُها
By my life, if Bajailah has spent the morning
Having demolished the people of glory, their glory
