بَكَت عَينُ مَحزونٍ فَطالَ اِنسِجامُها
وَطالَت لَيالي حادِثٍ لا يَنامُها
The tearful eye of a sorrowful one wept long, extending its flow.
And the nights of misfortune lengthened, not allowing it to sleep.
حَوادِثُ مِن لَيلِ المَنينِ أَصَبنَني
فَصارَ عَلى الأَخيارِ مِنّا سِهامُها
Misfortunes from the night of afflictions hit me,
So their arrows struck the best of us.
كَأَنَّ المَنايا يَطَّلِبنَ نُفوسَنا
بِذَحلٍ إِذا ما حُمَّ يَوماً حِمامُها
It was as though death sought our souls
With resolute determination, once its ardour kindled.
فَإِن نَبكِ لا نَبكِ المُصيباتِ إِذ أَتى
بِها الدَهرُ وَالأَيّامُ جَمٌّ خِصامُها
If we weep, we do not weep for the misfortunes when they came -
Time and days brought them fiercely arguing.
وَلَكِنَّنا نَبكي تَنَهُّكَ خالِدٍ
مَحارِمَ مِنّا لا يَحِلُّ حَرامُها
But we weep for your violation of sacred laws regarding Khalid -
Sanctities of ours that are forbidden to violate.
فَقُل لِبَني مَروانَ ما بالُ ذِمَّةً
وَحُرمَةَ حِلٍّ لَيسَ يُرعى ذِمامُها
So tell the Banu Marwan: What's wrong with a covenant
And the sanctity of a permitted thing they do not respect?
أَلا في سَبيلِ اللَهِ سَفكُ دِمائِنا
بِلا جُرمَةٍ مِنّا يَبينُ اِجتِرامُها
Indeed shedding our blood in God's cause
Is no sin on our part - its legitimacy is evident.
مَدَدنا بِثَديٍ ما جُزينا بِدَرِّهِ
وَأَيدٍ بِنا اِستَعلَت وَتَمَّ تَمامُها
We extended a breast whose gift we were not reciprocated,
And an arm that rose up and completed its work.
وَثارَ بِقَتلِ اِبنِ المُهَلَّبِ خالِدٌ
وَفينا بَقِيّاتُ الهُدى وَإِمامُها
And Khalid rose up to avenge Ibn al-Muhallab's murder -
The remnants of right guidance and its imam still in us.
أَرى مُضَرَ المِصرَينِ قَد ذَلَّ نَصرُها
وَلَكِنَّ قَيساً لا يُذَلُّ شَآمُها
I see the helpers of Egypt, their victory is humbled,
But Qays - Syria's protection - will not be disgraced.
فَمَن مُبلِغٌ بِالشامِ قَيساً وَخِندِفاً
أَحاديثَ ما يُشفى بِبُرءٍ سَقامُها
So who will convey to Qays and Khindif in Syria
News that cannot be remedied unless treated?
أَحاديثَ مِنّا نَشتَكيها إِلَيهِمُ
وَمُظلِمَةً يَغشى الوُجوهَ ظَلامُها
News we complain of to them,
And injustice that covers faces in darkness.
فَإِن مَن بِها مَن يُنكِرَ الضَيمَ مِنهُمُ
فَيَغضَبَ مِنها كَهلُها وَغُلامُها
For if one who rejects injustice is among them,
He will be angered by it, both their elder and youth.
يَعُد مِثلُها مِن مِثلِهِم فَيُنَكِّلوا
فَيَعلَمَ أَهلُ الجَورِ كَيفَ اِنتِقامُها
The likes of it, he promises the likes of them, so they break
And the people of injustice know how vengeance is taken -
بِغَلباءَ مِن جُمهورِها مُضَرِيَّةٍ
تُزايِلُ فيها أَذرُعَ القَومِ لامُها
By the stalwarts among their Mudari multitudes
Whose arms in it offset the tribes completely.
وَبيضٍ عَلاهُنَّ الدِجالُ كَأَنَّها
كَواكِبَ يَجلوها لِسارٍ ظَلامُها
And whites whom the deluder made as if
They were stars unveiled by a departing darkness.
دَمُ اِبنِ يَزيدٍ كانَ حِلّاً لِخالِدٍ
أَلَهفي لِنَفسٍ لَيسَ يُشفى حُيامُها
Ibn Yazid's blood was made permissible for Khalid.
Does an ardent soul not appease its thirst?
فَغَيَّر أَميرَ المُؤمِنينَ فَإِنَّها
يَمانِيَةٌ حَمقاءُ أَنتَ هِشامُها
So change the Commander of the Faithful, for it
Is a Yemeni imbecile - Hisham is its protector.
أَبِاِبنِ يَزيدٍ وَاِبنِ زَحرٍ تَحَلَّلَت
دِماءُ تَميمٍ وَاِستُبيحَ سَوامُها
By Ibn Yazid and Ibn Zahr's blood, Tamim's
Sanctities were violated and its people slain.
أَنُقتَلُ فيكُم إِذ قَتَلنا عَدُوَّكُم
عَلى دينِكُم وَالحَربُ بادٍ قَتامُها
Am I to be killed among you when I killed your enemy
For your religion while war clothed all in darkness?
وَغَبراءَ عَنكُم قَد جَلَونا كَما جَلا
صَدى حِليَةِ المَأثورِ عَنهُ تِلامُها
And remote from you, we faced it as the echo faces
Clear words, though it garbles their articulation.
لَقَد كانَ فينا لَو شَكَرتُم بَلاءَنا
وَأَيّامَنا الَّتي تُعَدُّ جِسامُها
Indeed, if you appreciated our affliction
And our days that count among grave calamities,
لَنا فيكُمُ أَيدٍ وَأَسبابُ نِعمَةٍ
إِذا الفِتنَةُ العَشواءُ شُبَّ اِحتِدامُها
We would have among you support and means of bounty
When the dark, murky discord kindled its flames.
زِمامُ الَّتي تَخشى مَعَدٌّ وَغَيرُها
إِذا ما أَبى أَن يَستَقيمَ هُمامُها
The reins of those feared from Ma'add and others
When their zeal refused to be straightened.
غَضِبنا لَكُم يا آلَ مَروانَ فَاِغضَبوا
عَسى أَنَّ أَرواحاً يَسوغُ طَعامُها
We were angry for your sake, O Banu Marwan, so be angry.
Perhaps souls will be allowed to taste food.
وَلا تَقطَعوا الأَرحامَ مِنّا فَإِنَّها
ذُنوبٌ مِنَ الأَعمالِ يُخشى إِثامُها
And do not sever ties with us, for they
Are sins of deeds, feared for their burden.
لَقَد عَلِمَ الأَحياءُ في كُلِّ مَوطِنٍ
إِذا عُدَّتِ الأَحياءُ أَنّا كِرامُها
The living in every land have known
That when the living are counted, we are its nobles,
وَأَنّا إِذا الحَربُ العَوانُ تَضَرَّمَت
نَليها إِذا ما الحَربُ شُبَّ ضِرامُها
And that when the helpers of war don their armor,
We confront it when the heat of war intensifies.
قِوامُ عُرى الإِسلامُ وَالأَمرِ كُلِّهِ
وَهَل طاعَةٌ إِلّا تَميمٌ قِوامُها
The pillar of Islam and the command, all of it,
And is there any obedience but by Tamim, its pillar?
وَلَكِن فَدَت نَفسي تَميماً مِنَ الَّتي
يُخافُ الرَدى فيها وَيُرهَبُ ذامُها
But my soul is ransomed for Tamim from that
Feared for anarchy and terror of its blame.
إِلى اللَهِ تَشكو عِزَّنا الأَرضُ فَوقَها
وَتَعلَمُ أَنّا ثِقلُها وَغَرامُها
Our might - the land above complains of it to God,
And knows we are its heaviness and burden.
شَكَتنا إِلى اللَهِ العَزيزِ فَأَسمَعَت
قَريباً وَأَعيا مَن سِواهُ كَلامُها
It complained of us to mighty God, so it heard -
Soon and clearly - none but Him listens to its words.
نَصولُ بِحَولِ اللَهِ في الأَمرِ كُلِّهِ
إِذا خيفَ مِن مَصدوعَةٍ ما اِلتِئامُها
We ferociously advance, God willing, in every matter
When a split is feared whose mending cannot be hoped.
أَلَم يَكُ في الإِسلامِ مِنّا وَمِنكُمُ
حَواجِزُ أَركانٍ عَزيزٍ مَرامُها
Was there not in Islam, both us and you,
Barriers of a mighty pillar, revered in station?
فَتَرعى قُرَيشٌ مِن تَميمٍ قَرابَةً
وَتَجزِيَ أَيّاماً كَريماً مَقامُها
So let Quraysh observe kinship with Tamim
And reciprocate days of a noble abode.
وَقَد عَلِمَت أَبناءُ خِندِفَ أَنَّنا
ذُراها وَأَنّا عِزُّها وَسَنامُها
The sons of Khindif knew we are their household,
Their might and protection, their lofty sign.
وَأَنتُم وُلاةُ اللَهِ وَلّاكُمُ الَّتي
بِهِ قُوِّمَت حَتّى اِستَقامَ نِظامُها
While you are God's governors, and that which to you
He entrusted, by which uprightness was established.
صِلوا مِن تَميمٍ ما تَميمٍ تَجِدُّهُ
إِذا ما حِبالُ الدينِ رَثَّت رِمامُها
So keep good ties with Tamim of what Tamim you find
When the ropes of religion fray and unravel.
