إلىto العُزَّىal-ʿUzzā فقدfor indeed بَلَغتْshe has reached مَدَاهاher limit
إلى العُزَّى فقد بَلَغتْ مَدَاها
وإنّand indeed علىat يَدَيْكَyour hands لَمُنتهَاهاsurely her end
وإنّ على يَدَيْكَ لَمُنتهَاها
On to al-ʿUzzā: she has reached her limit,
and surely her end lies at your hands.
أزِلْهاremove her خَالدٌKhālid وَاهْدِمْand demolish بِناءًa structure
أزِلْها خَالدٌ وَاهْدِمْ بِناءً
أُقِيمَwas erected علىon جَوَانِبِهاher sides سَفَاهاin folly
أُقِيمَ على جَوَانِبِها سَفَاها
Remove her, Khālid, and demolish a structure
raised around her in folly.
بَناهُbuilt it الجاهلونَthe ignorant لهاfor her ودَانواand worshipped
بَناهُ الجاهلونَ لها ودَانوا
بِهاin her منfrom دونِother than خَالِقِهِمtheir Creator إلهاas a deity
بِها من دونِ خَالِقِهِم إلها
The ignorant built it for her and worshipped
her as a deity instead of their Creator.
مُذَمَّمَةٌreviled تُساقُare driven لهاto her الهَدَاياthe offerings
مُذَمَّمَةٌ تُساقُ لها الهَدَايا
تَظَلُّkeeps دِمَاؤُهاtheir blood تَسْقِيwatering ثَرَاهاher soil
تَظَلُّ دِمَاؤُها تَسْقِي ثَرَاها
Reviled, she has offerings driven to her;
their blood keeps watering her soil.
رَماهاhe struck her ابنُson of الوليدِal-Walīd فأيَّand what شرٍّan evil
رَماها ابنُ الوليدِ فأيَّ شرٍّ
أزالَhe removed وأيَّand what داهيةٍa calamity رمَاهاhe struck it down
أزالَ وأيَّ داهيةٍ رمَاها
Ibn al-Walīd struck her—what an evil
he removed, what a calamity he struck down!
وأينand where غُرورُvain confidence سَادِنهاher shrine-keeper وماذاand what
وأين غُرورُ سَادِنها وماذا
أَفَادَavailed دُعاؤُهُhis supplication لمّاwhen دَعاهاhe called upon her
أَفَادَ دُعاؤُهُ لمّا دَعاها
And where is her keeper's vain confidence, and what
did his prayer avail when he called upon her?
أجلْyes ياO ابنَson of الوليدِal-Walīd لقدindeed دَهَاهاbefell her
أجلْ يا ابنَ الوليدِ لقد دَهَاها
منof الهُونِhumiliation المُبَرِّحِagonizing ماwhat دَهاهاbefell her
من الهُونِ المُبَرِّحِ ما دَهاها
Yes, O son of al-Walīd, she has been stricken—
what agonizing humiliation has befallen her!
وياand O عَمْروʿAmr اتَّخِذْtake up لِسُوَاعَagainst Suwāʿ بأساًmight
ويا عَمْرو اتَّخِذْ لِسُوَاعَ بأساً
يُذِلُّhumbles منof الطَواغيتِthe false gods الجِباهاthe foreheads
يُذِلُّ من الطَواغيتِ الجِباها
And, O ʿAmr, wield such might against Suwāʿ
as humbles the foreheads of false gods,
وَيَنتزِعُand tears out الغوايَةَdelusion مِنfrom نُفُوسٍsouls
وَيَنتزِعُ الغوايَةَ مِن نُفُوسٍ
ألحَّpersisted ضَلالُهاtheir error وطَغَىand ran rampant هَواهاtheir passion
ألحَّ ضَلالُها وطَغَى هَواها
and tears delusion from souls
whose error persisted and whose passion ran wild.
هَدَمْتَyou demolished ضَلالَةًan error شَابَتْgrew gray عليهاin it
هَدَمْتَ ضَلالَةً شَابَتْ عليها
هُذَيْلٌHudhayl بعدَafter ماhaving قَضَّتْspent صِباهَاits youth
هُذَيْلٌ بعدَ ما قَضَّتْ صِباهَا
You demolished an error in which grew gray
Hudhayl, after spending its youth.
تَطَاولَتِstretched on القُرونُthe centuries وماand did not تَناهَتْcome to an end
تَطَاولَتِ القُرونُ وما تَناهَتْ
فَقُلْso say لِسُواعَto Suwāʿ دَهْرُكَyour time قَدindeed تَنَاهىhas ended
فَقُلْ لِسُواعَ دَهْرُكَ قَد تَنَاهى
The centuries stretched on without end;
so tell Suwāʿ: your time has come to an end.
رآهhe saw it وَلِيُّهُits guardian كَذِباًa lie فَوَلَّىso he turned away
رآه وَلِيُّهُ كَذِباً فَوَلَّى
يُسائِلُquestioning نفسَهُhis soul ماذاwhat عَرَاهاhad befallen it
يُسائِلُ نفسَهُ ماذا عَرَاها
Its guardian saw it for a lie and turned away,
asking his soul what had befallen it.
وقالand he said شَهِدتُI bear witness أنّthat اللَّهَGod حَقٌّis true
وقال شَهِدتُ أنّ اللَّهَ حَقٌّ
وأنَّand that النَّفسَthe soul يَنفعُهاbenefits it هُدَاهاits guidance
وأنَّ النَّفسَ يَنفعُها هُدَاها
And he said: I bear witness that God is true,
and that the soul benefits from being guided.
جَعلتُI have made محمداًMuḥammad سَبَبِيmy lifeline فإنّيfor indeed I
جَعلتُ محمداً سَبَبِي فإنّي
أرَىI see أسبابَهُhis cords شُدَّتْwere tightened عُراهاtheir loops
أرَى أسبابَهُ شُدَّتْ عُراها
I have made Muḥammad my lifeline, for I
see the loops of his cords firmly fastened.
مَناةُManāt مَنَاةُManāt مالَكِyou have no منany بقاءٍsurvival
مَناةُ مَنَاةُ مالَكِ من بقاءٍ
وأيُّand what شَقِيَّةٍwretched being بَلغتْattained مُناهاher wishes
وأيُّ شَقِيَّةٍ بَلغتْ مُناها
Manāt, Manāt, there is no survival for you!
And what wretched being ever attained her wishes?
رماكِassailed you اللَّهُGod منfrom زَيْدِZayd بْنِson of سَعْدٍSaʿd
رماكِ اللَّهُ من زَيْدِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ
بِمَنْwith one whom تَرمِيcast down الجِبالُthe mountains لهto him ذُراهاtheir peaks
بِمَنْ تَرمِي الجِبالُ له ذُراها
God has assailed you, from Zayd ibn Saʿd,
with one before whom mountains cast down their peaks.
أماdid not نَفَضَتْكِshook you off منout of خوفٍfear وذُعْرٍand terror
أما نَفَضَتْكِ من خوفٍ وذُعْرٍ
عَرانينُthe lofty peaks المُشَلَّلِof al-Mushallal إذwhen لَواهاhe bent them
عَرانينُ المُشَلَّلِ إذ لَواها
Did they not shake you off in fear and terror—
al-Mushallal's lofty peaks—when he bent them low?
تَبَارَكَblessed is هادمُthe destroyer of الأصنامِidols إنّيindeed I
تَبَارَكَ هادمُ الأصنامِ إنّي
أرَىI see الأصنامَthe idols تَهْدِمُdestroying مَنthose who بَنَاهاbuilt them
أرَى الأصنامَ تَهْدِمُ مَن بَنَاها
Blessed is the destroyer of idols! Indeed, I
see idols destroying those who built them.
تُضِّلُّthey mislead العالمينَhumankind وقَدthough already أتاهمhas come to them
تُضِّلُّ العالمينَ وقَد أتاهم
كِتابُthe Book اللَّهِof God يُنْذِرُهُمwarning them أذَاهاtheir harm
كِتابُ اللَّهِ يُنْذِرُهُم أذَاها
They lead humankind astray, though there has come to them
God's Book, warning them of the idols' harm.
وماand why للنَّفسِfor the soul تُؤثِرُit prefers أَنto تُحَلَّىbe adorned
وما للنَّفسِ تُؤثِرُ أَن تُحَلَّى
سِوَىother than الإيمَانِfaith يُلْبِسُهاclothes it حِلاهَاits finery
سِوَى الإيمَانِ يُلْبِسُها حِلاهَا
And why would the soul prefer to be adorned
with anything but faith, which clothes it in its finery?
Translation model: Sol 6.1