رَحَلتُ إِلى قَومي لِأَدعو جُلَّهُم

إِلى أَمرِ حَزمٍ أَحَكَمتُهُ الجَوامِعُ

I traveled to my people to call most of them

To a matter of firm resolve, refined by the mosques,

لِيوفوا بِما كانوا عَلَيهِ تَعاقَدوا

بِخَيفِ مِنىً وَاللَهُ راءٍ وَسامِعُ

So they fulfill what they had pledged

In fear of me while God hears and watches,

وَتوصَلَ أَرحامٌ وَيُفَرَجَ مُغرَمٌ

وَتَرجِعَ بِالوُدِّ القَديمِ الرَواجِعُ

And kinship is joined and the troubled finds relief,

And the old affection returns to the penitent,

فَأَبلِغ بِها أَفناء عُثمانَ كُلَّها

وَأَوساً فَبَلِّغها الَّذي أَنا صانِعُ

So convey it through all the quarters of Uthman

And to Aws - so convey what I am doing -

سَأَدعوهُمُ جُهدي إِلى البِرِّ وَالتُقى

وَأَمرِ العُلا ما شايَعَتني الأَصابِعُ

I will call on them with all my strength for righteousness and piety

And the way of high morals, however many blame me,

فَكونوا جَميعاً ما اِستَطَعتُم فَإِنَّهُ

سيَلبَسُكُم ثَوبٌ مِنَ اللَهِ واسِعُ

So be altogether, as much as you can, for

A garment from God will clothe you, ample and wide,

وَقُوموا فآسوا قَومَكُم فَاِجمَعُوهُمُ

وَكونوا يَداً تَبني العُلا وَتُدافِعُ

And rise, then heal your people, and gather them together,

And be a hand that builds glory and wards off attacks,

فَإِن أَنتُمُ لَم تَفعَلوا ما أَمَرتُكُم

فَأَوفوا بِها إِنَّ العُهودَ وَدائِعُ

For if you do not do as I instructed you,

Then keep to it - oaths are trusts -

لشَتانَ مَن يَدعو فُيوفي بِعَهدِهِ

وَمَن هُوَ لِلعَهدِ المُؤَكَّدَ خالِعُ

Far apart are those who pledge then honor their vow

And those who break firm covenants and cast them off,

إِلَيكَ أَبا نَصرٍ أَجازَت نَصيحَتي

تُبَلِّغُها عَني المَطِيُّ الخَواضِعُ

To you, Abu Nasr, my advice is sincere

My mount conveys it from me, head bowed,

فَأَوفِ بِما عاهَدتَ بِالخَيفِ مِن مِنىً

أَبا النَصرِ إِذا سُدَّت عَلَيكَ المَطالِعُ

So honor what you pledged in fear at Mina,

Abu Nasr, when ways are closed to you,

فَنَحنُ بَنو الأَشياخِ قَد تَعلَمونَهُ

نُذَبِّبُ عَن أَحسابِنا وَنُدافِعُ

For we are the clan of elders, as you know,

We sacrifice ourselves and fend off attacks,

وَنَحبِسُ بِالثَغرِ المَخوفِ مَحَلُّهُ

لِيُكشَفَ كَربٌ أَو لِيُطعَمَ جائِعُ

And we defend the fearful frontier, its place,

So distress may be relieved or the hungry fed.