1. اذهبْ حُيَيُّ مُذمماً مشؤوما

    أَحَشَدْتَ إلا جمعَكَ المهزوما

    Go, Huyayy, censured and ill-omened!

    Have you mustered anything but your defeated host?

  2. إن تغضبوا لبني النضيرِ فإنّه

    خَطبٌ يراه بنو أبيكَ عظيما

    If you rage on behalf of Banu al-Nadir, it is

    A calamity your father's sons deem immense.

  3. القوّةُ انصدعت فكيف بكم إذا

    ترك الهداةُ بناءكم مهدوما

    Your strength has split apart; how will you fare when

    The guides leave your edifice demolished?

  4. سرتم تحكّون الجراحَ ولا أرى

    مثل الجراحِ إذا امتلأنَ سُموما

    You went forth chafing your wounds, and I see nothing

    Like wounds when they are filled with poison.

  5. رحِّبْ أبا سُفيانَ إنّ لمثلهم

    من مثلك الترحيبَ والتسليما

    Welcome them, Abu Sufyan: men like these deserve

    From one like you a welcome and a greeting.

  6. جمع الهوى بعد التفرُّقِ بينكم

    بئس الهوى يُصلِي النفوس جحيما

    Passion united you after division;

    Wretched is the passion that burns souls in hellfire!

  7. تُذكي سيوفُ اللَّهِ من أضغانكم

    ناراً تُصيب من القلوب هشيما

    God's swords kindle, from your rancor,

    A fire that finds tinder in your hearts.

  8. ضُمُّوا القبائلَ واجمعوا أحزانكم

    سترون بأس محمدٍ مضموما

    Gather the tribes and assemble your sorrows;

    You will see Muhammad's might massed together.

  9. قال ابنُ حربٍ لليهودِ مقالةً

    لم تلقَ إلا فاسقاً وأثيما

    Ibn Harb spoke words to the Jews

    That met only the impious and the sinful:

  10. إن كان حقَّاً ما زعمتم فاعبدوا

    ما نحن نَعبدُ وانبذوا التحريما

    "If what you claim is true, then worship

    What we worship, and cast aside the prohibition."

  11. خَرُّوا لآلهة ابن حربٍ سُجَّداً

    لا ينكرونَ صنيعه المذموما

    They fell prostrate before Ibn Harb's gods,

    Not disavowing his blameworthy deed.

  12. كُفرٌ على كُفرٍ رمُوا بركامه

    والكفرُ أقبحُ ما يُرى مركوما

    Unbelief upon unbelief—they hurled its piled mass;

    And unbelief is the ugliest thing seen heaped together.

  13. سُئِلُوا عن العلمِ القديمِ فزوَّروا

    وأذى المزَوِّرِ أن يكونَ عليما

    Asked about ancient knowledge, they falsified it;

    And a falsifier's harm lies in his being learned.

  14. قالوا شَهِدنا دينُكم خيرٌ لكم

    من دينِ صاحِبكم وأصدقُ سيما

    They said, "We testify: your religion is better for you

    Than your companion's religion, and truer in its signs."

  15. خَفَّ الرجالُ إلى البَنيَّةِ إنهم

    كانوا أخفَّ من اليهودِ حلوما

    The men hastened to the sacred House; indeed,

    Their judgment was even lighter than the Jews'.

  16. عقدوا لهم حِلفاً على أستارها

    واللَّهُ يعقد أمره المحتوما

    They made a pact for them upon its curtains,

    While God binds His inevitable decree.

  17. هل ألصقوا الأكبادَ من سفه بها

    أم ألصقوا إحَناً بها وكلوما

    Did they press their livers against it out of folly,

    Or press grudges and wounds against it?

  18. غطفانُ هُبِّي للكريهةِ واغنمي

    من تمرِ خيبرَ حظَّكِ المقسوما

    Ghatfan, rise to battle and win

    Your allotted share of Khaybar's dates.

  19. كذب اليهودُ وخاب ظنُّكِ إنهم

    لم يبلغوا أن يرزقوا المحروما

    The Jews lied, and your hope failed; they

    Have proved unable to provide for the deprived.

  20. لن يُطعموكِ سوى سيوفِ محمدٍ

    وستعلمين ذُعافَها المطعوما

    They will feed you nothing but Muhammad's swords,

    And you shall learn their deadly poison when tasted.

  21. ما أكذَبَ الأحزابَ يوم تعاهدوا

    أن لا يبالوا الصادقَ المعصوما

    How false the confederates were the day they pledged

    To pay no heed to the truthful, divinely protected one!

  22. جعلوا أبا سفيانَ صاحبَ أمرهم

    كن يا ابن حربٍ قائداً وزعيما

    They made Abu Sufyan master of their cause:

    "Be, Ibn Harb, a commander and a leader."

  23. كن كيف شِئتَ فلن ترى لك ناصراً

    ما دمت للَّهِ العليِّ خصيما

    Be as you wish; you shall find no helper

    So long as you oppose God, the Most High.

  24. جمعوا الجنودَ وجاء ركبُ خزاعةٍ

    يُبدي الخفيَّ ويُظِهرُ المكتوما

    They gathered the troops, and a company of Khuza'a came,

    Disclosing what was hidden, revealing what was concealed.

  25. حمل الحديثَ إلى الرسولِ فزاده

    بأساً وزاد المسلمينَ عزيما

    It carried the news to the Messenger, increasing his

    Might and strengthening the Muslims' resolve.

  26. نزلوا على الشورى بأمر نبيّهم

    يبغي لأُمَّتهِ السبيلَ قويما

    At their Prophet's command they turned to consultation,

    As he sought a straight path for his community.

  27. قال انظروا أَنُقِيمُ أم نمضي معاً

    نلقى العدوَّ إذا أراد هجوما

    He said, "Consider: shall we stay, or advance together

    To meet the enemy if he intends an assault?"

  28. فأجابه سلمانُ نحفرُ خندقاً

    كصنيعِ فارِسَ في الحروبِ قديما

    Salman answered him, "Let us dig a trench,

    As Persia did in wars of old."

  29. حملوا المساحِيَ والمكاتِلَ ما بهم

    أن يحملوها أنفُساً وجُسوما

    They carried spades and baskets; their concern was not

    To bear them as mere selves and bodies.

  30. هي عندهم للَّهِ أو هم عندها

    خُدّامُهُ سبحانه مخدوما

    In their eyes these were God's; or, beside them, they were

    His servants—glory to Him as the One they served.

  31. دلفت قرومُ محمدٍ في شأنها

    تلقى بِيَثْرِبَ من ذويه قروما

    Muhammad's champions advanced about their task,

    Meeting champions of his people in Yathrib.

  32. يسعى ويعمل بين عَيْنَي رَبِّهِ

    طلقَ الجلالةِ بالهدى موسوما

    He strives and labors beneath his Lord's gaze,

    Radiant in majesty, marked with guidance.

  33. دَأبَ الإمامُ فما ترى من رَائثٍ

    إنّ الإمامَ يُصَرِّفُ المأموما

    The leader labored, and you saw no laggard;

    Indeed, the leader directs those who follow him.

  34. حَمَلَ التُّرابَ فَظَلَّ يُثقِلُ ظَهرَهُ

    ويُقَلقِلُ الأحشاءَ والحيزوما

    He carried earth, which kept weighing down his back

    And shaking his entrails and his chest.

  35. وإذا رأيتَ خليفتيه رأيتَه

    للَّهِ في ثوبيهما ملموما

    And when you saw his two successors, you saw him

    Gathered, for God, within their two robes.

  36. ومضت بعمَّارٍ وزيدٍ هِمَّةٌ

    لم تُبْقِ من هِمَمِ الجهادِ مروما

    A resolve carried Ammar and Zayd onward,

    Leaving no aspiration of the struggle unfulfilled.

  37. سلمانُ أحسنتَ الصَّنيعَ ونِلتَهُ

    نَسباً مضى فقضى لك التقديما

    Salman, you did well, and earned thereby

    A kinship made firm, which granted you precedence.

  38. لمّا تنافَسَ فيك أعلامُ الهدى

    حكم النَّبيُّ فأنصف المظلوما

    When the leaders of guidance competed over you,

    The Prophet judged, giving the wronged man his due:

  39. سلمانُ منّا آلَ بيتِ محمدٍ

    ولقد نُسبتَ فما نسبتَ زنيما

    "Salman is one of us, the household of Muhammad."

    You were indeed given kinship, not as a false outsider.

  40. الدين يجمعُ ليس منّا من يرى

    في أهله عَرَباً ويعرفُ روما

    Religion unites: he is not one of us who sees

    Arabs among its people and singles out Romans.

  41. والأكرمُ الأتقى تبارك ربُّنا

    إنّا نطيعُ كتابه المرقوما

    The noblest is the most God-fearing—blessed is our Lord;

    We obey His inscribed Book.

  42. اللَّهُ مولاكم وأنتم شعبُهُ

    لا تذكروا شعباً ولا إقليما

    God is your master, and you are His people;

    Invoke neither people nor region.

  43. سلمانُ دعها كُدْيَةً تُوهِي القُوَى

    وتردُّ كلَّ مُحدَّدٍ مثلوما

    Salman, leave it—a hard outcrop that saps strength

    And leaves every sharpened tool chipped.

  44. اضربْ رسولَ اللهِ كم من صخرةٍ

    لم تألُها صدعاً ولا تحطيما

    Strike, Messenger of God! Many a rock

    You have spared no effort to cleave and shatter.

  45. من ليس يبلغُ من جبابرةِ القوى

    ما أنت بالغه فليس ملوما

    Whoever among the giants of strength cannot attain

    What you attain is not to blame.

  46. بَشِّرْ جُنودَكَ بالفتوحِ ثلاثةً

    تدع العزيزَ من العروشِ مَضيما

    Give your troops glad tidings of three conquests

    That leave the mighty of the thrones humbled.

  47. وصِفِ المدائنَ والقصورَ لمعشرٍ

    مَثّلتها صُوراً لهم ورسوما

    Describe the cities and palaces to a people

    For whom you depicted them as images and drawings.

  48. أبصرتَها في نُورِ ربّك ما رأت

    عيناك آفاقاً لها وتخوما

    You beheld them in your Lord's light; never had

    Your eyes seen their horizons and their boundaries.

  49. ما زلت تُحدثُ كلَّ أمرٍ مُعجِزٍ

    لولا النُّبوَّةُ لم يكن مفهوما

    You continued to bring about every miraculous deed,

    Which, but for prophethood, would have been inexplicable.

  50. جَهِلَ العجائِبَ مَعشرٌ لم يعرفوا

    منهنَّ إلا السِّحرَ والتنويما

    A people failed to understand the marvels, knowing

    Nothing of them but magic and hypnosis.

  51. للَّهِ أسرارٌ تُرِيكَ جلاله

    إن شاء فَضَّ كتابها المختوما

    God has mysteries that show you His majesty,

    If He wills to unseal their sealed book.

  52. والعلمُ إن ضلَّ السَّبيلَ ولم يلد

    ما يُرشِدُ الجهلاءَ كان عقيما

    Knowledge, if it loses the way and does not bring forth

    What guides the ignorant, is barren.

  53. بلوى ذوي الأسقامِ أكثرها أذىً

    بَلْوَى أخي عقلٍ تراه سقيما

    Of the afflictions of the sick, the most harmful

    Is that of a man of reason whom you find unsound.

  54. بلغ الطَّوى بالقومِ غايةَ جُهدهِ

    وكأنّما طُعمُوا الصفايا الكوما

    Hunger pushed the people to the utmost strain,

    Yet they seemed fed on choice, high-humped she-camels.

  55. جيشٌ يصومُ على الدؤُوبِ ولم يكن

    لولا أمانةُ ربِّهِ ليصوما

    An army fasting amid unceasing toil; it would not,

    But for its Lord's entrusted charge, have fasted.

  56. مِن كلِّ مبتهلٍ يضجُّ مُكبِّراً

    في الحربِ يدعو الواحد القيّوما

    Each man a supplicant, crying "God is greatest,"

    Calling in battle upon the One, the Sustainer of all.

  57. كانت فتاتُكَ يا ابنَ سعدٍ إذ أتت

    غَوْثَاً وخيراً للغُزاةِ عميما

    Your daughter, Ibn Sa'd, when she came, was

    Relief and all-embracing good for the warriors.

  58. جاءت ببعض التَّمرِ تُطعِمُ والداً

    بَرّاً وخالاً في الرجالِ كريما

    She came with a few dates to feed a father

    Who was righteous, and a maternal uncle noble among men.

  59. ألقى عليه اللَّهُ من بركاتِهِ

    فكفى برحمتِهِ وكان رحيما

    God bestowed some of His blessings upon it,

    And by His mercy it sufficed—He was merciful.

  60. أخذ النبيُّ قَليلَهُ فدعا الطوى

    داعي الرحيلِ وما يزالُ مقيما

    The Prophet took its little portion; then hunger was summoned

    By departure's herald, though it still lingered.

  61. جمع الجنودَ وقال هذا رزقُكم

    فكلوا هنيئاً واشكروه نعيما

    He gathered the troops and said, "This is your provision;

    Eat with delight, and thank Him for the blessing."

  62. فرحوا بنعمةِ ربِّهم وتبدّلوا

    حالاً تزيد الكافرين وجوما

    They rejoiced in their Lord's bounty and changed into

    A state that deepened the unbelievers' dismay.

  63. هذا الذي صنع الشُّوَيهَةَ قادمٌ

    أحببْ بذلك مشهداً وقدوما

    Here comes the man who prepared the little ewe;

    How lovely that sight and that arrival!

  64. حيَّا النبيَّ وقال جِئْتُكَ داعياً

    ولقد أراني في الرجالِ عديما

    He greeted the Prophet and said, "I have come to invite you,

    And indeed I see myself destitute among men.

  65. مالي رعاك اللَّهُ غير شُوَيهةٍ

    لو زادها ربِّي بذلتُ جسيما

    I have, may God protect you, only a little ewe;

    Had my Lord increased it, I would have offered much.

  66. أعددْتُها لك يا محمدُ مطعماً

    يَشفيكَ من سَغَبٍ أراه أليما

    I have prepared it for you, Muhammad, as a meal

    To relieve the hunger I see causing you pain.

  67. يكفيك من ألم الطوى وعذابِهِ

    حَجَرٌ يظلُّ على الحشا محزوما

    What suffices you against hunger's pain and torment is

    A stone kept bound against your belly."

  68. سار الرسولُ بجندِهِ ومشى الذي

    صَنَعَ الشويهَةَ حائراً مهموما

    The Messenger went with his troops, while the man who

    Had prepared the little ewe walked bewildered and anxious.

  69. يا ربِّ صاعٌ واحدٌ وشويهةٌ

    دَبِّرْ وداوِ فقد دَعوتُ حكيما

    "O Lord, a single sa' measure and a little ewe!

    Provide and heal: I have called upon One who is wise."

  70. وُضِعَ الطعامُ فَظَلَّ يُشْرِقُ وجهُهُ

    بِشْراً وكان من الحياءِ كظيما

    The food was set out, and his face began to beam

    With joy, though he had been stifled by embarrassment.

  71. وضع النبيُّ يديه فيه فزادهُ

    ربٌّ يَزيد رسولَهُ تكريما

    The Prophet placed his hands in it, and it was increased by

    A Lord who ever increases His Messenger's honor.

  72. تلك الموائدُ لو يُقَالُ لها انظمى

    شَمْلَ الشُّعوبِ رأيتَهُ منظوما

    Those tables—had they been told, "Unite

    The scattered peoples," you would have seen them united.

  73. كَرَمٌ صميمٌ راح يُورِثُ جابراً

    شرفاً يفوت الوارثين صميما

    Pure generosity went on to bequeath Jabir

    An inborn honor beyond the reach of other heirs.

  74. والأشهليّةُ إذ يجيءُ رسولُها

    يمشي بِجَفْنَتِها أغَرَّ وسيما

    And the Ashhali woman, when her messenger comes,

    Walking with her great bowl, radiant and handsome—

  75. اللَّهُ علّمها مَناقِبَ دينهِ

    فشفى الخبالَ وأحسن التعليما

    God taught her the virtues of His religion,

    Healing disorder and teaching well.

  76. لولا مَرَاشِدُهُ تُقَوِّمُ خَلْقَهُ

    لم يعرفوا الإصلاحَ والتقويما

    Were it not for His counsels setting His creatures right,

    They would not know reform or rectification.

  77. نهض الحماةُ به ولو لم يهتدوا

    لم يبرحوا في القاعدين جُثوما

    The defenders rose through it; had they not been guided,

    They would have remained crouching among those who stayed behind.