مرحباً بالوفدِ وافى من هَجَرْ

مرحباً بالوفدِ وافى من هَجَرْ

يَبتغي الدِّينَ ويأبى من كَفَرْ

يَبتغي الدِّينَ ويأبى من كَفَرْ

Welcome to the delegation that has come from Hajar,

Welcome the delegation who came from afar

seeking the faith and rejecting those who disbelieve.

Seeking religion and rejecting disbelief

لا خَزايا لا نَدامَى إنّهم

لا خَزايا لا نَدامَى إنّهم

زُمْرةٌ ما مِثلُها بين الزُّمَرْ

زُمْرةٌ ما مِثلُها بين الزُّمَرْ

Neither disgraced nor remorseful, they are

They have no regrets or remorse, they are

a company with no equal among companies.

A group unlike any other group

ظفروا إذ قَبَّلوا خيرَ يَدٍ

ظفروا إذ قَبَّلوا خيرَ يَدٍ

وخِيارُ النّاسِ أوْلَى بالظَّفرْ

وخِيارُ النّاسِ أوْلَى بالظَّفرْ

They triumphed when they kissed the noblest hand,

They succeeded when they kissed the best hand

and the finest people are most worthy of triumph.

And the best people deserve success

نَزَل الحقُّ على شاعِرِهم

نَزَل الحقُّ على شاعِرِهم

ساطعَ الحُجّةِ وضَّاحَ الأثَرْ

ساطعَ الحُجّةِ وضَّاحَ الأثَرْ

Truth descended upon their poet,

Truth descended upon their poet

radiant in proof, its mark unmistakable.

Self-evident in argument, clear in influence

صَدَق الجارودُ إنّ اللهَ قد

صَدَق الجارودُ إنّ اللهَ قد

أرسلَ القومَ إلى هادِي البَشَرْ

أرسلَ القومَ إلى هادِي البَشَرْ

Al-Jarud spoke truly: God has indeed

Al-Jārūd spoke truly that Allah

sent the people to the guide of humankind.

Sent these people to the guide of mankind

جاء في إنجيلِ عِيسَى ذِكرُهُ

جاء في إنجيلِ عِيسَى ذِكرُهُ

فأتى ينظرُ مِصداقَ الخَبَرْ

فأتى ينظرُ مِصداقَ الخَبَرْ

He was mentioned in the Gospel of Jesus,

The mention of him came in Jesus' Gospel

so he came to see the report confirmed.

So he came to see the fulfillment of the news

لم يَزَلْ يَسألُهُ حتَّى بَدا

لم يَزَلْ يَسألُهُ حتَّى بَدا

من يقينِ الأمرِ ما كانَ اسْتتَر

من يقينِ الأمرِ ما كانَ اسْتتَر

He kept questioning him until there emerged

He kept asking about him until there appeared

what had been concealed of the matter's certain truth.

From the certainty of the matter what had been hidden

زَادَهم من علمِهِ ما زادهم

زَادَهم من علمِهِ ما زادهم

ولديهِ من مزيدٍ مُدَّخَرْ

ولديهِ من مزيدٍ مُدَّخَرْ

He gave them what he gave of his knowledge,

He increased them in knowledge from his knowledge

and with him lay still more in reserve.

And from his treasured surplus

كَشَفَ اللهُ له عما انْطَوى

كَشَفَ اللهُ له عما انْطَوى

في زوايا الغيبِ عنه فَظَهَرْ

في زوايا الغيبِ عنه فَظَهَرْ

God revealed to him what lay hidden

God unveiled for him what was obscured

from him in the recesses of the unseen, and it came to light.

In the corners of the unseen then appeared

هذه الأرضُ وهذا نخلها

هذه الأرضُ وهذا نخلها

تتراءى فيه أنواعُ الثَّمرْ

تتراءى فيه أنواعُ الثَّمرْ

This is the land, and these are its date palms;

This land and its palms

on them, varieties of fruit come into view.

All kinds of fruits are seen in it

آثروا الإسلامَ دِيناً وانْقَضى

آثروا الإسلامَ دِيناً وانْقَضى

ما أضلَّ القومَ من دينٍ نُكُرْ

ما أضلَّ القومَ من دينٍ نُكُرْ

They chose Islam as their faith, and there ended

They chose Islam as a religion and passed away

the abhorrent faith that had led the people astray.

What had misled people of false religions

أُمِروا بالخيرِ طُرّاً مالهم

أُمِروا بالخيرِ طُرّاً مالهم

منهُ بُدٌّ ونُهوا عن كلِّ شرّ

منهُ بُدٌّ ونُهوا عن كلِّ شرّ

They were all enjoined to goodness; they had no

They were commanded with good, obligatorily theirs

escape from it, and were forbidden every evil.

No alternative, and prohibited from all evil

لهجوا بالخمرِ ثُمَّ ازْدَجرُوا

لهجوا بالخمرِ ثُمَّ ازْدَجرُوا

وعنِ الخمرِ غِنىً للمُزدجِرْ

وعنِ الخمرِ غِنىً للمُزدجِرْ

They were fond of wine, then desisted;

They decried wine, then abstained

and one who desists has no need of wine.

And abstained from wine, sufficient for the abstainer

وفْدَ عبدِ القيسِ لا تعدِلْ بكم

وفْدَ عبدِ القيسِ لا تعدِلْ بكم

ظُلمةُ الرأيِ عن النهْجِ الأغرّ

ظُلمةُ الرأيِ عن النهْجِ الأغرّ

O delegation of Abd al-Qays, do not be turned aside

The delegation of Abdul Qais, no darkness of opinion

by darkness of judgment from the radiant path.

Can equate you to the shining path

ليس في الخمرِ شِفاءٌ لامرئٍ

ليس في الخمرِ شِفاءٌ لامرئٍ

من سقامٍ أو وقاءٌ من ضَرَرْ

من سقامٍ أو وقاءٌ من ضَرَرْ

Wine offers no one a cure

There is no cure for anyone in wine

for illness, nor protection from harm.

From illness, nor protection from harm

احذروها إنَّها المكرُ الذي

احذروها إنَّها المكرُ الذي

مَكَرَ الشيطانُ في ماضِيِ العُصُرْ

مَكَرَ الشيطانُ في ماضِيِ العُصُرْ

Beware of it: it is the plot that

Beware of it, it is the cunning

Satan plotted in ages past.

That Satan schemed in past eras

هِيَ للأقوامِ شَرٌّ وأذىً

هِيَ للأقوامِ شَرٌّ وأذىً

وَهْيَ للبغضاءِ نَارٌ تَستَعِرْ

وَهْيَ للبغضاءِ نَارٌ تَستَعِرْ

It is evil and harm to peoples,

It is evil and harm for the people

and it is a fire of hatred that blazes.

And for hatred it is a kindling fire

ليس مَن بَرَّ فأرضَى رَبَّهُ

ليس مَن بَرَّ فأرضَى رَبَّهُ

مِثلَ من أرضَى هَواهُ وفَجَرْ

مِثلَ من أرضَى هَواهُ وفَجَرْ

One who acts righteously and thus pleases his Lord is not

Not like one who does good and satisfies his Lord

like one who gratifies his desire and acts wickedly.

Is one who satisfies his desire and transgresses

حَسْبُكم ما كانَ مِنها وكفَى

حَسْبُكم ما كانَ مِنها وكفَى

ما رأيتُمْ أو سَمِعْتُم من عِبَر

ما رأيتُمْ أو سَمِعْتُم من عِبَر

What has come of it is enough for you; enough are

Sufficient for you is what was of it and enough

the lessons you have seen or heard.

Is what you have seen or heard of lessons

في رسولِ اللهِ إذ نَبَّأكم

في رسولِ اللهِ إذ نَبَّأكم

ببلايا الخمرِ آياتٌ كُبَرْ

ببلايا الخمرِ آياتٌ كُبَرْ

In God's Messenger, when he told you

In the Messenger of Allah when he informed you

of wine's calamities, are mighty signs.

Of wine's afflictions, great signs

انتهُوا عن كلِّ ما عَنْهُ نَهَى

انتهُوا عن كلِّ ما عَنْهُ نَهَى

وَافْعَلوا مِن كلِّ أمرٍ ما أمرْ

وَافْعَلوا مِن كلِّ أمرٍ ما أمرْ

Desist from all that he has forbidden,

Refrain from all he prohibited

and in every matter do what he has commanded.

And do all he commanded

اسألوا هذا الفتَى عن شيخِكم

اسألوا هذا الفتَى عن شيخِكم

واسألوني عن أعاجيبِ القَدَرْ

واسألوني عن أعاجيبِ القَدَرْ

Ask this young man about your elder,

Ask this lad about your sheikh

and ask me about the wonders of destiny.

And ask me about the wonders of fate

صُورةٌ زالتْ وأُخرى بَرزتْ

صُورةٌ زالتْ وأُخرى بَرزتْ

من تصاويرِ المليكِ المقتدِرْ

من تصاويرِ المليكِ المقتدِرْ

One form vanished, and another emerged

One image faded and another emerged

among the images of the all-powerful Sovereign.

From the images of the Capable King

اسألوا الحاضرَ عمَّنْ غابَ أو

اسألوا الحاضرَ عمَّنْ غابَ أو

فاسألوا الغائبَ عمن قد حَضَر

فاسألوا الغائبَ عمن قد حَضَر

Ask the one present about the one who has gone, or

Ask the present about the absent or

then ask the absent one about the one who has come.

Ask the absent about the present

ذَهَبَ المجنونُ مهدودَ القُوى

ذَهَبَ المجنونُ مهدودَ القُوى

وأتَى العاقلُ مَشدودَ المِرَر

وأتَى العاقلُ مَشدودَ المِرَر

The madman departed, his strength shattered,

The madman left, his strength spent

and the sane man came, his strength made firm.

And the sane came, his will resolute

قُدرةُ اللهِ تجلَّتْ في يدٍ

قُدرةُ اللهِ تجلَّتْ في يدٍ

لعظيمِ الجاهِ ميمونِ الأثرْ

لعظيمِ الجاهِ ميمونِ الأثرْ

God's power became manifest in a hand

God's power was manifest in a hand

of one exalted in standing, blessed in influence.

Of great glory, blessed in influence