لججتُ وكنتُ في الذكرى لجوجا

لججتُ وكنتُ في الذكرى لجوجا

لهم طالما بعثَ النشيجا

لهم طالما بعثَ النشيجا

I persisted, ever obstinate in remembrance,

I was adamant, and in memory I was obstinate

Over a sorrow that has so often stirred sobbing,

For they have often aroused lamentation

ووَصفٍ من خديجةَ بعد وصفٍ

ووَصفٍ من خديجةَ بعد وصفٍ

فقد طال انتظاري يا خديجا

فقد طال انتظاري يا خديجا

And over account after account from Khadija.

After description upon description from Khadija

For my waiting has grown long, O Khadija,

My waiting has been long, O Khadija

ببَطنِ المكتين على رجائي

ببَطنِ المكتين على رجائي

حديثكِ أن أرى منهُ خروجا

حديثكِ أن أرى منهُ خروجا

In the heart of the two Meccas, hoping

In the belly of the two sheaths is my hope

To see your account come to fruition,

That I will see some emergence from it

بما خبَّرتنا من قولِ قس

بما خبَّرتنا من قولِ قس

من الرهبان أكرهُ أن يحوجا

من الرهبان أكرهُ أن يحوجا

Through what you told us of a priest's words,

With what you told us of the words of the priest

One of the monks—I would hate to see him in need—

That he dislikes the monks being adversaries

بأنّ محمداً سيسودُ فينا

بأنّ محمداً سيسودُ فينا

ويَخصمُ مَن يكونُ له حجيجا

ويَخصمُ مَن يكونُ له حجيجا

That Muhammad will hold sway among us,

That Muhammad will dominate among us

And overcome whoever disputes with him,

And dispute with whoever opposes him

ويظهِر في البلاد ضياءَ نور

ويظهِر في البلاد ضياءَ نور

يُقيم به البريّة أن تموجا

يُقيم به البريّة أن تموجا

And reveal a light's radiance throughout the lands,

And the light of a shining star will appear in the lands

With which he steadies creation, lest it surge in turmoil.

With which the deserts surge turbulently

فيَلقى مَني محاربُه خساراً

فيَلقى مَني محاربُه خساراً

ويَلقى من يُسالمُهُ فُلوجا

ويَلقى من يُسالمُهُ فُلوجا

So his adversary will suffer loss at my hands,

Whoever fights him will meet with loss

And whoever makes peace with him will find success.

And whoever makes peace with him will attain success

فيا لَيتني إذا ما كان ذاكم

فيا لَيتني إذا ما كان ذاكم

شَهدتُ فكنتُ أوَّلَهم وُلوجا

شَهدتُ فكنتُ أوَّلَهم وُلوجا

So, would that I, when that comes to pass,

Oh, would that when that occurs

Might witness it and be their first to enter—

I am there to witness it and be the first of them plunging in

وُلوجاً في الذي كَرهت قريشُ

وُلوجاً في الذي كَرهت قريشُ

ولَو عجّت بمكّتها عَجيجا

ولَو عجّت بمكّتها عَجيجا

Entering what Quraysh has hated,

Plunging into that which Quraysh hated

Even if it clamors loudly in its Mecca.

Even if Mecca foamed with rage

أرجي بالذي كرهوا جميعاً

أرجي بالذي كرهوا جميعاً

إلى ذي العرشِ إن سفلوا عُروجا

إلى ذي العرشِ إن سفلوا عُروجا

Through what they all have hated, I hope

I hope for that which they all hated

To ascend to the Lord of the Throne, if they sink low.

To the Lord of the Throne if they ascend haughtily

وهل أمرُ السفالةِ غيرُ كفر

وهل أمرُ السفالةِ غيرُ كفر

بمَن يختار مَن سمكَ البروجا

بمَن يختار مَن سمكَ البروجا

And is baseness anything but disbelief

Can the matter of the lowly be anything but disbelief?

In the one chosen by Him who raised the constellations?

In the One who chose the loftiest constellation

فإن يبَقوا وأبقَ تكُن أمورٌ

فإن يبَقوا وأبقَ تكُن أمورٌ

يضجُّ الكافرونَ لها ضجيجا

يضجُّ الكافرونَ لها ضجيجا

Then, if they live on and I live on, events will come

If they remain and He remains, there will be matters

Over which the unbelievers will raise a loud outcry.

At which the unbelievers cry out angrily

وإن أهلك فكلُّ فتىً سَيلقى

وإن أهلك فكلُّ فتىً سَيلقى

من الأقدار متلفةً حروجا

من الأقدار متلفةً حروجا

And if I perish, every young man will meet

And if He destroys them, every young man will meet

From fate's decrees a grievous, deadly calamity.

From fate unravelled ends