Sol 6.1

  1. أَتارِكَةُ عَمداً قُرَيشٌ سَراتَها

    وَساداتِها عِندَ المَقامِ تُذَبَّحُ

    Is Quraysh deliberately abandoning its nobles

    and its chiefs as they are slaughtered beside the Station?

  2. وَهُم عُوَّدٌ بِاللَهِ جيرانُ بَيتِهِ

    مَخافَةَ يَومٍ أَن يُباحوا وَيُفضَحوا

    While they seek refuge in God, neighbors of His House,

    fearing a day when they might be made fair game and disgraced.

  3. وَقِدماً رُموا بِالمَنجَنيقِ وَما رَمَوا

    وَبِالنَبلِ تاراتٍ تَعُقُّ وَتَجرَحُ

    And earlier they were bombarded by catapult, though they hurled no missiles,

    and time and again with arrows that rend and wound.

  4. وَشَدّوا عَلَيهِم بَعدَ ذلِكَ شَدَّةً

    فَسالَ بِهِم رَدمُ حَرامٌ وَأَبطَحُ

    And afterward they charged fiercely upon them,

    so Radm Harām and Abṭaḥ streamed with them.

  5. وَأَلفَوا رِجالاً قُعَّداً تَحتَ بَيضِهِم

    أَلا تَحتَ ذاكَ البَيضِ مَوتُ مُصَرَّحُ

    And they found men seated beneath their helmets;

    behold, beneath those helmets lies death laid bare.

  6. هُوَ التارِكُ المالَ الرَغيبَ حَمِيَّةً

    وَلَلمَوتُ مِن بَعضِ المَعيشَةِ أَروَحُ

    He is the one who forsakes abundant wealth out of honor,

    and death is surely more restful than some ways of living.

  7. يَجودُ بِنَفسٍ لا يُجادُ بِمِثلِها

    لَها لَو أَقَرَّت خَزيَهً مُتَزَحزَحُ

    He freely gives a life whose like is never given,

    which had room to withdraw, had it accepted disgrace.

  8. وَنِعمَ اِبنُ أَختِ القَومِ عُثمانُ في الوَغا

    إِذا الحَربُ أَبدَت نابَها وَهيَ تَكلَحُ

    And splendid in battle is Uthman, son of the clan's sister,

    when war reveals its fang, baring its teeth.