واسألْ بني الحَسحاسِ تُخْبَرْ أنَّه

واسألْ بني الحَسحاسِ تُخْبَرْ أنَّه

كاد الوصيَّ برَشْقِ سهمٍ مُقْصَدِ

كاد الوصيَّ برَشْقِ سهمٍ مُقْصَدِ

And ask the sons of al-Ḥasḥās: you will be told that he

And ask the tribe of Has-Has, you will be told that

schemed against the designated successor by shooting a deadly arrow.

The trustee had almost been struck by an aimed arrow

فدعا عليه المُصطفى في قومه

فدعا عليه المُصطفى في قومه

بدعاء محمودِ الدعاء مؤيَّدِ

بدعاء محمودِ الدعاء مؤيَّدِ

So the Chosen One prayed against him among his people,

So the Chosen One invoked upon him among his people

with the prayer of one praised for his prayers and supported.

With an invocation - blessed and supported be this invocation!

فتعطّلت يُمنى يَديه عقوبةً

فتعطّلت يُمنى يَديه عقوبةً

وأتى عشيرَتَهُ بوجهٍ أسودِ

وأتى عشيرَتَهُ بوجهٍ أسودِ

So his right hand was disabled as punishment,

Thus his right hand was disabled as punishment

and he came to his clan with a blackened face.

And he came to his clan with a blackened face

غُرست نخيلٌ من سلالةِ آدم

غُرست نخيلٌ من سلالةِ آدم

شرفاً فطابَ بفخرِ طيبِ المولدِ

شرفاً فطابَ بفخرِ طيبِ المولدِ

Palm trees were planted from Adam’s lineage,

Date palms were planted of Adam's progeny

in honor; they grew fair in the glory of pure birth.

With nobility, thus it prospered with the pride of good birth

زيتونةٌ طَلَعَتْ فلا شرقيّةٌ

زيتونةٌ طَلَعَتْ فلا شرقيّةٌ

تُلقى ولا غربيّةٌ في المحتِدِ

تُلقى ولا غربيّةٌ في المحتِدِ

An olive tree sprang up; not eastern

An olive tree blossomed, neither eastern

is it found, nor western in its lineage.

Nor western to be found in the horizon

ما زال يُشرق نورُها من زَيتِها

ما زال يُشرق نورُها من زَيتِها

فوق السهولِ وفوق صُمِّ الجَلْمَدِ

فوق السهولِ وفوق صُمِّ الجَلْمَدِ

Its light has never ceased to shine from its oil,

Its light continues to rise from its oil

above the plains and above unyielding rock.

Above the plains and above the barren mountains

وسراجُها الوهَاجُ أحمدُ والذي

وسراجُها الوهَاجُ أحمدُ والذي

يَهدي إلى نهجِ الطريقِ الأزهدِ

يَهدي إلى نهجِ الطريقِ الأزهدِ

And its blazing lamp is Ahmad, and the one who

Its flaming torch is Ahmad and the one

guides to the course of the most ascetic path.

Who guides to the path of the most ascetic road

وإذا وصلتَ بحبلِ آل محمدٍ

وإذا وصلتَ بحبلِ آل محمدٍ

حبلَ المودّةٍ مِنك فابلغْ وازدَدِ

حبلَ المودّةٍ مِنك فابلغْ وازدَدِ

And if you join to the cord of Muhammad’s family

And if you reached the rope of Muhammad's family

your own cord of affection, then reach higher and grow,

The rope of affection from you, then deliver and increase

بمطهَّرٍ لِمطهّرين أبوّةً

بمطهَّرٍ لِمطهّرين أبوّةً

نالوا العُلى ومكارماً لم تَنْفَدِ

نالوا العُلى ومكارماً لم تَنْفَدِ

through a purified one, father to purified ones,

With the Purified, father of the Purified

who attained eminence and virtues that never dwindled:

They attained the heights and virtues that do not diminish

أهلِ التقى وذوي النُهى وأولي العُلى

أهلِ التقى وذوي النُهى وأولي العُلى

والناطقينَ عن الحديثِ المُسنَدِ

والناطقينَ عن الحديثِ المُسنَدِ

people of piety, endowed with understanding and eminence,

The people of piety, inhibition, and the most high

and those who speak of hadith transmitted through a chain of narrators;

And those who speak of the verified hadith

الصائمينَ القائمينَ القانت

الصائمينَ القائمينَ القانت

ينَ الفائقينَ بني الحِجى والسؤدَدِ

ينَ الفائقينَ بني الحِجى والسؤدَدِ

those who fast, stand in prayer, and are devout—

The fasting, the standing, the bowing

surpassing the sons of wisdom and lordship;

The surpassing, the protected by trials and calamities

الراكعينَ الساجدينَ الحامدي

الراكعينَ الساجدينَ الحامدي

نَ السابقينَ إلى صلاةِ المسجدِ

نَ السابقينَ إلى صلاةِ المسجدِ

those who bow, prostrate themselves, and give praise—

The kneeling, the prostrating, the praising

those foremost in going to prayer at the mosque;

The outpacing, to the prayers of the mosque

الفاتقينَ الراتقينَ السائحي

الفاتقينَ الراتقينَ السائحي

نَ العابدينَ إلاهَهُمْ بِتَودُّدِ

نَ العابدينَ إلاهَهُمْ بِتَودُّدِ

those who sunder and mend, who journey—

The excelling, the rising, the wandering

those who worship their God with loving devotion;

The worshipping their God with affection

الواهبينَ المانعينَ القادري

الواهبينَ المانعينَ القادري

نَ القاهرين لحاسدٍ مُتَحسِّدِ

نَ القاهرين لحاسدٍ مُتَحسِّدِ

those who bestow, withhold, and have power—

The giving, the preventing, the capable

those who subdue an envier consumed with envy.

The conquering of any envious envier

نصبَ الجليلُ لجبرئيلَ مِنبراً

نصبَ الجليلُ لجبرئيلَ مِنبراً

في ظلِّ طوبى من مُتونِ زبرجدِ

في ظلِّ طوبى من مُتونِ زبرجدِ

The Majestic One set up a pulpit for Gabriel,

The Sublime erected a pulpit for Gabriel

in Tuba’s shade, made from slabs of chrysolite.

In the shade of bliss from platforms of aquamarine

شهدَ الملائكةُ الكرامُ وربُّهم

شهدَ الملائكةُ الكرامُ وربُّهم

وكفى بهم وبربِّهم من شُهَّدِ

وكفى بهم وبربِّهم من شُهَّدِ

The noble angels and their Lord bore witness,

The honorable angels and their Lord bore witness

and they and their Lord are witnesses enough.

And it was enough – their Lord and them as witnesses

وتناثرتْ طُوبى عليهم لؤلؤاً

وتناثرتْ طُوبى عليهم لؤلؤاً

وزمرّداً متتابعاً لم يُعقَدِ

وزمرّداً متتابعاً لم يُعقَدِ

And Tuba showered pearls upon them,

And blessings showered upon them as pearls

and emeralds in succession, not strung together.

And emeralds in succession, unstrung

ومِلاكُ فاطمةَ الذي ما مثله

ومِلاكُ فاطمةَ الذي ما مثله

في مُتهم شَرقاً ولا في منجدِ

في مُتهم شَرقاً ولا في منجدِ

And Fatimah’s marriage contract, whose like there is none

And the angel of Fatima, the like of whom

among Tihamah dwellers eastward, nor among Najd dwellers.

Was not found in the East or in the assembly

وبكرنَ عَلْقمة النصارى إذ عَتَتْ

وبكرنَ عَلْقمة النصارى إذ عَتَتْ

في عِزِّها والباذخِ المُتَعقِّدِ

في عِزِّها والباذخِ المُتَعقِّدِ

And they came early to ʿAlqamah of the Christians [reading uncertain], when they grew defiant,

And the patriarch of the Christians when she disputed

in their might and towering, firmly knotted pride,

In her glory and the lofty, intertwined

إذ قالَ كرِّرْ هاتمُ أبناءَكم

إذ قالَ كرِّرْ هاتمُ أبناءَكم

ونساءَكم حتى نُباهلَ في غَدِ

ونساءَكم حتى نُباهلَ في غَدِ

when he said, ‘Repeat: bring your sons

When Hātim said, "Bring forth your sons

and your women, so that we may invoke mutual curses tomorrow.’

And women, so we may imprecate tomorrow"

فأتى النبيُّ بفاطمٍ وولِّيها

فأتى النبيُّ بفاطمٍ وولِّيها

وحسينِ والحسنِ الكريمِ المُصْعِدِ

وحسينِ والحسنِ الكريمِ المُصْعِدِ

So the Prophet came with Fatimah and her guardian,

So the Prophet came with Fatima and her guardian

and Husayn and Hasan, noble and ascending.

And Hussein and Hassan the generous, the climber

جبريلُ سادسُهم فاكرُم سادِسٍ

جبريلُ سادسُهم فاكرُم سادِسٍ

وَأخيرُ منتَجَبٍ لأفضلِ مَشهدِ

وَأخيرُ منتَجَبٍ لأفضلِ مَشهدِ

Gabriel was their sixth—what a noble sixth!

Gabriel was their sixth, so honor the sixth

And the last chosen one for the finest gathering.

And the last of the chosen for the greatest scene