أَنتَ الَّذي عَنّا بِلالُ دَفَعتَهُ

وَنَحنُ نَخافُ مُهلِكاتِ المَتالِفِ

You are the one who drove away our adversity,

While we fear the destructive events of time.

أَخَذنا بِحَبلٍ ما نَخافُ اِنقِطاعَهُ

إِلى مُشرِفٍ أَركانُهُ مُتَقاذِفِ

We have held onto a rope whose end we do not fear,

To a noble one whose pillars are lofty.

وَلَم تَرَ مِثلَ الأَشعَرِيِّ إِذا رَمى

بِحَبلٍ إِلى الكَفَّينِ جاراً لِخائِفِ

You have not seen the likes of Al-Ash`ari when he shoots

A rope towards two palms to a frightened one.

هُوَ المانِعُ الجيرانِ وَالمُعجِلُ القِرى

وَيَحفَظُ لِلإِسلامِ ما في المَصاحِفِ

He prevents harm from the neighbors and hastens aid to others,

And he protects what is in the scriptures for Islam.

أَرى إِبِلي مِمّا تَحِنُّ خِيارُها

إِذا عَلِقَت أَقرانُها بِالسَوالِفِ

I see my camels - the best of them yearn

When their strings are tied to the tent poles.

بِها يُحقَنُ التامورُ إِن كانَ واجِباً

وَيَرقَأُ تَوكافُ العُيونِ الذَوارِفِ

With them lethal blows are warded if it is necessary

And the deep pools of eyes that shed many tears are cooled.

وَإِنّا دَعَونا اللَهَ إِذ نَزَلَت بِنا

مُجَلِّلَةً إِحدى اللَيالي الخَوائِفِ

We prayed to God when there descended upon us

A night of covered darkness.

فَسَلَّ بِلالٌ دونَنا السَيفَ لِلقِرى

عَلى عُبُطِ الكومِ الجِلادِ العَلايِفِ

So Bilal unsheathed his sword for the enemy,

Against the stupidity of the mound, the smooth-faced executioner.

رَأَيتُ بِلالاً يَشتَري بِتِلادِهِ

وَبِالسَيفِ خَلّاتِ الكِرامِ الغَطارِفِ

I saw Bilal buying with his charges,

And with the sword the best of the generous and quick to help.

ثَنَت مُضمِراتٌ مِن بِلالٍ قُلوبَنا

إِلى مُنكَرِ النَكراءِ لِلحَقِّ عارِفِ

From Bilal actions that secretly twisted our hearts

To the denier of favors - knowledgeable of the truth.