وَفَينا لعمرِو يَومَ عَمروٍ كأَنَّهُ

وَفَينا لعمرِو يَومَ عَمروٍ كأَنَّهُ

طَريدٌ نَفَتهُ مَذحِجٌ وَالسَكاسِكُ

طَريدٌ نَفَتهُ مَذحِجٌ وَالسَكاسِكُ

We kept faith with ‘Amr on the day when ‘Amr seemed

We kept faith with Amr on a day of Amr's like one

an outcast expelled by Madhhij and the Sakasik.

Hunted away by a Mudhij and the Scythians,

رَسولُ رسولِ اللَه أَعظِم بحقِّه

رَسولُ رسولِ اللَه أَعظِم بحقِّه

علينا ومن لا يعرفِ الحقَّ هالِكُ

علينا ومن لا يعرفِ الحقَّ هالِكُ

An envoy of God’s Messenger—how great his claim

Messenger of Allah's Messenger, greater in his right

upon us! And whoever does not recognize that right is doomed.

Upon us, and he who knows not the right is lost,

ردَدَناهُ لم يُشتَم لؤَيُّ بن غالِبٍ

ردَدَناهُ لم يُشتَم لؤَيُّ بن غالِبٍ

بِهِ الآنَ إِذ ضاقَت عليهِ المسالكُ

بِهِ الآنَ إِذ ضاقَت عليهِ المسالكُ

We sent him back; Lu’ayy son of Ghalib was not reviled

We turned him back; no shame now stains Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib

on his account, now that the paths had closed in on him.

In him, now that the roads are closed against him,

تَضَمَّنه منا عِبادٌ وَجَيفَرٌ

تَضَمَّنه منا عِبادٌ وَجَيفَرٌ

وَظالِمٌ المودي إِليهِ الصَعالِكُ

وَظالِمٌ المودي إِليهِ الصَعالِكُ

‘Ibad and Jayfar among us sheltered him,

In us he found sanctuary with men of God and with Ja'far,

and Zalim, to whom the destitute resort.

And with Malik, though the wrong was his wont before;

فأَصبَحَ عَمروٌ بالمَدينَةِ سالِماً

فأَصبَحَ عَمروٌ بالمَدينَةِ سالِماً

يقهقِهُ مَزجيّا عليهِ الأَرامِكُ

يقهقِهُ مَزجيّا عليهِ الأَرامِكُ

So ‘Amr was safe in Medina,

So Amr dwelt in Medina unscathed,

laughing heartily, with black cloaks draped over him.

While the Syrians jeered at him on every side.

وَنَحنُ أُناسٌ يأَمَنُ الجارُ وسطَنا

وَنَحنُ أُناسٌ يأَمَنُ الجارُ وسطَنا

إِذا كانَ يَومٌ كاسِفُ الشَمسِ حالِكُ

إِذا كانَ يَومٌ كاسِفُ الشَمسِ حالِكُ

We are a people among whom a neighbor is secure

Yet we are a folk whom our neighbor can trust amidst us,

when the day is pitch-dark, its sun dimmed.

Be the day one when the sun's light is quenched and dead,

بِذلكَ أَوصى نِسوَةُ الخَير قومَه

بِذلكَ أَوصى نِسوَةُ الخَير قومَه

وَعمرانُ والحامي الحقيقةِ مالِكُ

وَعمرانُ والحامي الحقيقةِ مالِكُ

This is what Niswat al-Khayr enjoined upon his people,

Thus the virtuous women enjoined their clan,

and ‘Imran, and Malik, the defender of honor.

And so Umran and he who guards the truth commanded.