1. طاب المسير لنا فسيروا

    نعم المصير غدا نصير

    The journey has become pleasant for us, so travel onward.

    How fine the destination we shall reach tomorrow!

  2. لو لم يكن قرب الحما

    ما طبق الآفاق نور

    If the sanctuary were not near,

    no light would have filled the horizons.

  3. ولما سري نحو القلوب

    على الوحي هذا السرور

    Nor would there have coursed toward the hearts

    so swiftly this joy.

  4. ولما غدت برداً لنا

    هذي الهواجر والحرور

    Nor would they have become coolness for us—

    these midday heats and scorching heat.

  5. دنت الديار وفي غد

    يأتي لنا منها البشير

    The dwellings have drawn near, and tomorrow

    a herald will come to us from them.

  6. ونري حمي الهادي النذير

    وعنده توفي النذور

    And we shall see the sanctuary of the Guide, the Warner,

    and in his presence vows are fulfilled.

  7. وتعبر العبرات عن

    وجد أجنته الصدور

    And tears express

    a longing the breasts have concealed.

  8. وتلوح حجرته ومن

    تحت الستور لها سفور

    And his chamber appears, and from

    beneath the curtains it reveals itself.

  9. تمحو سودا شعارها

    والليل تمحوه البدور

    It effaces the darkness of its covering [wording uncertain],

    as full moons efface the night.

  10. حيث الملائكة الكرام

    لها بروضته مرور

    Where the noble angels

    have passage through his garden.

  11. ومهابط الروح الأمين

    وإن خفيت ظهور

    And the faithful Spirit's places of descent,

    though hidden, are revealed.

  12. والوحي فيه له الرواح

    بأفقه وله البكور

    And revelation has its evening passage there,

    within its horizon, and its early-morning passage.

  13. وتهب أنفاس القبو

    ل فما الرياض وما العبير

    And the breaths of acceptance waft—

    what are gardens, and what is perfume?

  14. وترى الحدائق والنخي

    ل فما الخورنق والسدير

    And you behold the gardens and the date palms—

    what are al-Khawarnaq and al-Sadir?

  15. وتحط أثقال الذنو

    ب وقد وهت منها الظهور

    And you lay down the burdens of sins,

    beneath which backs had grown weak.

  16. ذهبت فلا يخشى الفتي

    ل بها ولا يخشى النقير

    They are gone, so no date-stone fiber is feared

    on their account, nor any date-stone speck.

  17. قدموا بأوزار الذنو

    ب فبدلت منها الأجور

    They came bearing the burdens of sins,

    and rewards were substituted in their stead.

  18. طوبى لزوار الرسو

    ل وحبهم هذا الحبور

    Blessed are the visitors to the Messenger,

    and their love is this rejoicing.

  19. ضمن التري عنه لهم

    في بيته الرب الغفور

    Hospitality [uncertain reading] was guaranteed them on his behalf

    in his house by the All-Forgiving Lord.

  20. فجزاؤهم دار النعي

    م وهكذا يجزي الشكور

    So their reward is the abode of bliss,

    and thus does the Appreciative One reward.

  21. جنات عدن لا يلقى

    نشرها إلا الصبور

    Gardens of Eden—none encounters

    their fragrance except the steadfast.

  22. خدامهم وأنيسهم

    فيهن ولدان وحور

    Their servants and their companions

    therein are youths and houris.

  23. لهفي على زمن القاه

    فإنه أمد قصير

    Alas for the time in which I meet him,

    for it is but a short span.

  24. بين القدوم أو بين ايام

    النوى زمن يسير

    Between arrival—or amid the days

    of separation—there is but a little time.

  25. وبقدر ما راق الورود

    لنا به راع الصدور

    And as much as arrival brought delight

    to us there, departure brought dismay.

  26. ليس السعيد سوى الذي

    من ثم يدركه النشور

    The fortunate one is none but he

    whom resurrection overtakes there.

  27. يأتي مع الصحاب إذ

    بعثوا وبعثرت القبور

    He comes with the Companions when

    they are raised and the graves are overturned.

  28. لا فيهم وأن يرى

    وقت العبور ولا عثور

    No laggard among them is seen

    at the crossing, nor any stumble.

  29. بل كالبروق إذا أنثنى

    عن ومضها الطرف الحسير

    Rather, like lightning, when there turns

    from its flash the wearied gaze.

  30. نصروه واتبعوا هداه

    والعدا عنه نفود

    They supported him and followed his guidance,

    while the foes recoiled from him [uncertain reading].

  31. هم أهل ذاك وكلهم

    يعلو رتبته جدير

    They are worthy of that, and every one

    is worthy to rise in rank.

  32. قوم إذا حضرتهم الأعمال

    سرهم الحضور

    A people who, when deeds come before them,

    are gladdened by their presence.

  33. عادوا عداه بأسرهم

    فيه وهم عدد يسير

    They all opposed his foes

    for his sake, though few in number.

  34. بذلوا الوجوه فكرمت

    وتبجلت منها الثغور

    They offered their faces, and these grew noble,

    and the mouths upon them were honored.

  35. وبدا بها نور القبو

    ل وما لذاك النور نور

    And the light of acceptance appeared upon them,

    and no light compares to that light.

  36. ونحورهم هدف السها

    م فحبذا تلك النحور

    And their throats were targets for arrows—

    how excellent were those throats!

  37. هم في ثيابهم الجبا

    ل وفي نوالهم البحور

    They are mountains in their garments,

    and seas in their giving.

  38. سل يوم بدر عنهم

    وعن العدا فهو الخبير

    Ask the day of Badr about them,

    and about the foes: it is well informed.

  39. إذا أقبلت عليا قريش

    وذلك الجم الغفير

    When the foremost of Quraysh advanced,

    and that vast, teeming host,

  40. دلفوا إليه يغرهم

    للجهل بالله الغرور

    they advanced toward him, beguiled

    through ignorance of God by delusion.

  41. ويرونهم نزار يصو

    ل عليه جمعهم الكبير

    And they saw them as few; charging

    against them was their great host.

  42. فاستقبلوا بالسعو

    ف ولم يكن فيهم فتور

    So they faced them with swords [uncertain reading],

    and there was no slackening among them.

  43. خطبوا الجنان فأذعنت

    إذ من نفوسهم المهور

    They wooed the gardens, and these yielded,

    for their souls supplied the dowries.

  44. وتزخرفت للقائهم

    منها الأسرة والقصور

    And for their meeting were adorned

    the couches and palaces within them.

  45. فأمدهم في يومهم

    بالنصر ربهم القدير

    So on their day they were aided

    with victory by their All-Powerful Lord,

  46. وملائك تمت بها

    في الحرب بينهم الأمور

    and angels, through whom were settled

    the affairs between them in battle.

  47. بشرى من الله المهيمن

    تطمئن بها الصدور

    Glad tidings from God, the Guardian,

    through which breasts find reassurance.

  48. فغدت به فخر الجها

    د وخاب ضدهم الفخور

    Thus, through that aid, it became the glory of jihad,

    and their boastful adversary failed.

  49. من كان ناصره الإله

    فحسبه نعم النصير

    Whoever has God for his helper,

    He suffices him—how excellent a helper!

  50. سل عنهم الأحزاب ما

    لقيت قريظة والنضير

    Ask the confederates about them—what

    Qurayza and al-Nadir encountered.

  51. أو يوم أو طاس الذي

    ولي وأهل الكفر بور

    Or the day of Awtas, which

    passed with the people of unbelief brought to ruin.

  52. وإذا احتوت منهم عقا

    ثلثهم سيوفهم الدكور

    And when it enclosed some of them [unclear fragment],

    [Unclear syntax:] a third of them, their hard-steeled swords.

  53. كأنهم كانوا بغا

    ث الطير والصحب الصقور

    As though they were the feeble

    birds, and the Companions the falcons.

  54. ولكم لهم من موقف

    في الحرب زاديه الظهور

    And how many a stand they made

    in war, adorned by triumph [uncertain reading]!

  55. وعلا به الدين الحنيف

    كأنه الشعرى العبور

    And through it the upright faith rose high,

    as though it were Sirius, the Crosser.

  56. وهموا رواة حديثه السباقي

    كما تبقى الدهور

    And they are transmitters of his enduring sayings [uncertain reading],

    as the ages endure.

  57. وبه اقتدوا فهم الأئمة

    حين تشبه الأمور

    And they followed his example, so they are the leaders

    when matters become confused.

  58. وبحكمة فيهم بدت

    أعلام سنته تنير

    And through wisdom, there appeared among them

    the shining signs of his practice.

  59. وعلى فناويهم غدت

    أحكام ملته تدور

    And around their rulings came to revolve

    the laws of his religion.

  60. ولكم قضى في حالة

    حضرت وهم فيها حضور

    And how often he judged a case

    that arose while they were present.

  61. لم يبق فخر أول

    إلا لهم وكذا الأخير

    No earlier glory remained

    except for them; likewise the later glory.

  62. صلى عليه الله ما

    أرثى بموضعه ثبير

    May God bless him as long as

    Thabir stands firm in its place [uncertain reading],

  63. أو مال من مر الصبا

    فوق الربا غصن نضير

    or, as the east wind passes, there bends

    above the hills a verdant bough;

  64. وعلى صحابته الأى

    ما في التقى لهم نظير

    and upon his Companions, those

    who have no equal in piety,

  65. ما ناح قمري وحننت

    ناقة ورغا بعير

    as long as a turtledove mourns and there yearns

    a she-camel, and a camel bellows.