ثم اعتمدنا رمي أول جمرةٍ

ثم اعتمدنا رمي أول جمرةٍ

قبل النزول وقبل صنع الأبديه

قبل النزول وقبل صنع الأبديه

Then we undertook the stoning of the first jamrah,

Then we started throwing the first pebble

Before alighting and before fashioning eternity [obscure wording].

Before descending and before making the sacrifice

ولقد حللنا بعد ذا إحرامنا

ولقد حللنا بعد ذا إحرامنا

بمنى ضحايا قبل ذبح الأضحيه

بمنى ضحايا قبل ذبح الأضحيه

And indeed, after this, we ended our state of ihram

And we had already ended our Ihram

At Mina, as sacrificial victims, before slaughtering the offering.

In Mina, sacrificing before slaughtering the victim

وبيومنا زرنا جميعاً مكة

وبيومنا زرنا جميعاً مكة

طفنا بها وبها وجدنا الأخبيه

طفنا بها وبها وجدنا الأخبيه

And that day we all visited Mecca.

And on our day we all visited Mecca

We circumambulated there, and there we found the tents.

Circling it, and in it we found wisdom

ثم ارتجعنا من منى بتنا بها

ثم ارتجعنا من منى بتنا بها

أيام تشريق الثلاث فحسبيه

أيام تشريق الثلاث فحسبيه

Then we returned from Mina; there we spent the nights

Then we went back from Mina where we stayed

Of the three days of Tashriq—and that sufficed for me.

Three days of stoning every evening

نرمي بها الجمرات كل عشيةٍ

نرمي بها الجمرات كل عشيةٍ

بعد الزوال بها نجد التلبيه

بعد الزوال بها نجد التلبيه

There we stoned the jamrahs every afternoon,

After noon we find there the Talbiyah

After the sun's decline; there we renewed the talbiyah.

And we descended on Mecca on the fourth day

ولقد نزلنا مكة في رابع ال

ولقد نزلنا مكة في رابع ال

أيام بعد منى بنيل الأمنيه

أيام بعد منى بنيل الأمنيه

And indeed we reached Mecca on the fourth of the

After Mina, achieving wishes

Days after Mina, attaining our wish.

Then we intended to visit Muhammad

ثم اعتمدنا زائرين محمداً

ثم اعتمدنا زائرين محمداً

في طيبة ولنا بذاك التهنيه

في طيبة ولنا بذاك التهنيه

Then we set out to visit Muhammad

In Taybah, for which we have congratulations

In Taybah—and congratulations to us for that!

Coming to him in throngs and crowds

جبناً إليه رباً رباً ومهالكاً

جبناً إليه رباً رباً ومهالكاً

وحزون خرابٍ ونيقٍ وأوديه

وحزون خرابٍ ونيقٍ وأوديه

Toward him we crossed hill after hill and perilous tracts,

Sad about ruins, channels and valleys

And desolate rugged ground, a mountain crest, and valleys.

Sometimes barefoot on hot ground, sometimes

طوراً على النعل الخصيف وتارةً

طوراً على النعل الخصيف وتارةً

ضم الخبال كأنهن الأزويه

ضم الخبال كأنهن الأزويه

At times on patched sandals, and at other times

With shins galled as if by fetters

Lean mounts [uncertain reading], as though they were azwiyah [unclear term].

The sun scorched their flesh and marrow

أكل الرواح لحومها وبكورها

أكل الرواح لحومها وبكورها

حتى غدت مثل الشنان المذويه

حتى غدت مثل الشنان المذويه

Evening travel and their early departures devoured their flesh,

Until they became like twisted branches

Until they became like old, shriveled waterskins.

Sometimes it screened them, the hills, and sometimes

طووراً يحسمها الهضاب وتارةً

طووراً يحسمها الهضاب وتارةً

فوق الحمير وهن مثل الأعصيه

فوق الحمير وهن مثل الأعصيه

At times the hills wore them down, and at other times

Above the donkeys, they were like sticks

On donkeys, which were like sticks.

While we were like the crouching grouse

ولنحن أمثال الحنايا ضمراً

ولنحن أمثال الحنايا ضمراً

شعثاً ويبلي الجسم فقد الأغذيه

شعثاً ويبلي الجسم فقد الأغذيه

And we ourselves were like bows, gaunt,

Disheveled, with bodies losing nourishment

Disheveled—and lack of food wears the body away.

And when we came to the water, it was agitated

وإذا وردنا الماء فهو مغدفقٌ

وإذا وردنا الماء فهو مغدفقٌ

طوراً وطوراً من مياه الأخبيه

طوراً وطوراً من مياه الأخبيه

Whenever we came to water, it was plentiful

Sometimes with the waters of the valleys

At times; at others, it was water from the tents.

Until we came to Taybah after that

حتى أتينا طيبة بعد التي

حتى أتينا طيبة بعد التي

ثم اللتيا والهموم المبليه

ثم اللتيا والهموم المبليه

Until we reached Taybah after the greater ordeal,

Then to Lit’iya and troubles that waste away

Then the lesser, and the cares that wore us down.

The ninth of Muharram had passed while we stood

تسع المحرم قد مضت لوقوفنا

تسع المحرم قد مضت لوقوفنا

بضريح أحمد ذي الأيادي المنديه

بضريح أحمد ذي الأيادي المنديه

Nine days of Muharram had passed when we stood

At the shrine of Ahmed with outstretched hands

At Ahmad's tomb, he of dew-bestowing hands.

May Allah bless him whenever lightning flashed

صلى عليه اللَه ما برقٌ بدا

صلى عليه اللَه ما برقٌ بدا

وجرت سماكته ببطن الأوديه

وجرت سماكته ببطن الأوديه

May God bless him as long as lightning flashes

And its clouds flowed through the valleys

And its thickness [obscure wording] flows through the valley beds.