أَشاقَكَ مِن أُمِّ الوَليدِ رُبوعُ

بَلاقِعُ ما مِن أَهلِهِنَّ جَميعُ

The meadows of Umm Al-Walid have yearned for you

Now empty, none of their people remain

عَفاهُنَّ صَيفِيُّ الرِياحِ وَواكِفٌ

مِنَ الدَلوِ رَجّافُ السَحابِ هُموعُ

The summer winds have uncovered them

And the pouring clouds have left them bare

فَلَم يَبقَ إِلّا موقَدُ النارِ حَولَهُ

رَواكِدُ أَمثالُ الحَمامِ وُقوعُ

Naught remains but the glowing embers

And the settlements of doves upon them

فَدَع ذِكرَ دارٍ بَدَّدَت بَينَ أَهلِها

نَوىً فَرَّقَت بَينَ الجَميعِ قَطوعُ

So leave the mention of a house torn apart

By enmity that severed all its people

وَقُل إِن يَكُن يَوماً بِأُحدٍ يَعُدُّهُ

سَفيهٌ فَإِنَّ الحَقَّ سَوفَ يَشيعُ

And say that if one day they think it grand

Then soon enough the truth will spread

وَقَد ضارَبَت فيهِ بَنو الأَوسِ كُلُّهُم

وَكانَ لَها ذِكرٌ هُناكَ رَفيعُ

The Aus struck there, all of them

And tales of it will glorious be

وَحامى بَنو النَجّارِ فيهِ وَضارَبوا

وَما كانَ مِنهُم في اللِقاءِ جَزوعُ

The Helpers fought there too and struck

And none but the steadfast remained

أَمامَ رَسولِ اللَهِ لا يَخذُلونَهُ

لَهُم ناصِرٌ مِن رَبِّهِم وَشَفيعُ

Before Allah's Messenger they did not waver

For them a helper and intercessor was He

وَفَوا إِذ كَفَرتُم يا سَخينَ بِرَبِّكُم

وَلا يَستَوي عَبدٌ عَصى وَمُطيعُ

Oh heathens, evil is your disbelief in your Lord

A disobedient slave is not like one obedient

بِأَيمانِهِم بيضٌ إِذا حَسِرَ الوَغى

فَلا بُدَّ أَن يَردى بِهِنَّ صَريعُ

When war flares their oaths shine white

And many by them will be struck down

كَما غادَرَت في النَقعِ عُثمانَ ثاوِياً

وَسَعداً صَريعاً وَالوَشيجُ شُروعُ

As they left Othman rotting at Naq‘a

And Sa‘d a corpse with Al Washij raging

وَقَد غادَرَت تَحتَ العَجاجَةِ مُسنَداً

أُبَيّاً وَقَد بَلَّ القَميصَ نَجيعُ

And they left under the boughs one propped up

Ubayy as his shirt soaked up the gore

بِكَفِّ رَسولِ اللَهِ حَتّى تَلَفَّفَت

عَلى القَومِ مِمّا قَد يُثِرنَ نُقوعُ

By the hand of Allah’s Messenger they wrapped him

To shield the people from things profane

أولَئِكَ قَومي سادَةٌ مِن فُروعِهِم

وَمِن كُلِّ قَومٍ سادَةٌ وَفُروعُ

Those are my people, the chiefs of their branches

For each people chiefs and branches there are

بِهِنَّ يُعِزُّ اللَهُ حينَ يُعِزُّنا

وَإِن كانَ أَمرٌ يا سَخينَ فَظيعُ

Through them Allah gives us honor

When gives us honor, Oh heathens, dread He does

فَإِن تَذكَروا قَتلى وَحَمزَةُ فيهِمُ

قَتيلٌ ثَوى لِلَّهِ وَهوَ مُطيعُ

And if you recall the dead with Hamzah among them

A martyr whose place is in heaven sublime

فَإِنَّ جِنانَ الخُلدِ مَنزِلُهُ بِها

وَأَمرُ الَّذي يَقضي الأُمورَ سَريعُ

Indeed the gardens of eternity are his abode

And the One who decides all matters is swift

وَقَتلاكُمُ في النارِ أَفضَلُ رِزقِهِم

حَميمٌ مَعاً في جَوفِها وَضَريعُ

While your deaths in the fire are better fortune for them

Parched together in its depths, suckling there