بنفسيwith my life as ransom نفوسsouls بينbetween زمزمZamzam والحجرand the Stone
بنفسي نفوس بين زمزم والحجر
تولتthey departed فوافاهاthen overtook them الردىdeath وهيwhile they لاnot تدريknew
تولت فوافاها الردى وهي لا تدري
My life as ransom for the souls between Zamzam and the Stone!
With my soul between Zamzam and Al-Hajar
They departed, and death overtook them unawares.
Time has turned upon it, while it knows not
نفوسٌsouls مَضَتْpassed away أوْحَىswiftest مضيٍّpassing وغادرتْand left behind
نفوسٌ مَضَتْ أوْحَى مضيٍّ وغادرتْ
نفوسَsouls بنيchildren of الدنياthis world سَكارىdrunken بلاwithout سُكْرintoxication
نفوسَ بني الدنيا سَكارى بلا سُكْر
Souls that passed away with the swiftest passing, and left
Souls that have passed, inspired passing, and left
the souls of this world's children drunk, yet without intoxication.
Souls of the world intoxicated without wine
عجبتُI marveled لقلبٍat a heart ماnot تَصَدَّعsplit حَسْرَةًin grief
عجبتُ لقلبٍ ما تَصَدَّع حَسْرَةً
ولوeven if كانit were صخراًrock أوor أَشدَّharder منthan الصخرrock
ولو كان صخراً أو أَشدَّ من الصخر
I marvel at a heart that did not split with grief,
I wonder at a heart not cracked with grief
even were it rock, or harder than rock.
If it were rock or harder than rock
سلامٌpeace علىupon إِخوانِbrothers of بِرٍّgoodness مذsince انقضتended
سلامٌ على إِخوانِ بِرٍّ مذ انقضت
أُخُوَّتُهُمْtheir brotherhood قُلْنَاwe said سلامٌfarewell علىto البِرِّgoodness
أُخُوَّتُهُمْ قُلْنَا سلامٌ على البِرِّ
Peace upon brothers in goodness; since
Peace upon the brothers of righteousness since their brotherhood passed
their brotherhood ended, we have said: farewell to goodness.
We said, "Peace upon righteousness"
أتَوْاthey came يقطعونَthey traversed البدوَthe wilderness والحضْرَand the towns رغبةًin longing
أتَوْا يقطعونَ البدوَ والحضْرَ رغبةً
إلىto خيرِthe finest بيتٍHouse حلَّstood فيin البدوthe wilderness والحَضْرand the towns
إلى خيرِ بيتٍ حلَّ في البدو والحَضْر
They came, crossing wilderness and towns, longing
They came cutting across the desert and the city eagerly
for the finest House set in wilderness or town.
To the best of houses that settled the desert and the city
سَرَوْاthey traveled by night وَسَرَتْand traveled by night أيديthe hands المناياof death إِليهمُtoward them
سَرَوْا وَسَرَتْ أيدي المنايا إِليهمُ
ففازواso they triumphed لَدُنْwhen فازواthey triumphed بأجرٍwith a reward علىupon أَجرa reward
ففازوا لَدُنْ فازوا بأجرٍ على أَجر
They traveled by night, and death's hands traveled toward them;
They walked on and the hands of doom stretched to them
so, in their triumph, they won reward upon reward.
So they won, they won reward upon reward
رأواthey saw حجَّهُمْtheir pilgrimage حَجّاًas pilgrimage وغزواًand battle فلمso did not تَطِبْfeel content
رأوا حجَّهُمْ حَجّاً وغزواً فلم تَطِبْ
نفوسُهُمtheir souls عنaway from كَسْبِgaining ذُخْرَينِtwo treasures فيin ذُخْرِone treasure
نفوسُهُم عن كَسْبِ ذُخْرَينِ في ذُخْرِ
They saw their pilgrimage as pilgrimage and battle, and could not bring
They saw their pilgrimage as a pilgrimage and raid, and their souls did not wish
their souls to forgo gaining two treasures in one.
To earn any provision except provision in the hereafter
بلىindeed وقفواthey stood للضَّرْبِfor blows والطَّعْنِand thrusts موقفاًin a stance
بلى وقفوا للضَّرْبِ والطَّعْنِ موقفاً
كأنهمُas though they فيهin it وقوفٌstanding علىupon الجمرburning coals
كأنهمُ فيه وقوفٌ على الجمر
Indeed, they stood against blows and thrusts in a stance
Rather, they stood to face blows and stabbings
as though they were standing upon burning coals.
As if they, in it, stood upon embers
دموعهمُtheir tears تجريflow خشوعاًin reverence وخشيةand fear
دموعهمُ تجري خشوعاً وخشية
دماءَas blood غداbecame منfrom هَوْلهاits horror البرُّthe land كالبحرlike the sea
دماءَ غدا من هَوْلها البرُّ كالبحر
Their tears flowed in reverence and fear,
Tears streamed down their faces in humility and fear
as blood, whose horror made the land like the sea.
Tomorrow's blood, terror made it flow like a sea
فأكْرِمْhow noble بهمْthey are والموتُwhile death فوقَabove رؤوسهمْtheir heads
فأكْرِمْ بهمْ والموتُ فوقَ رؤوسهمْ
يلوذونَthey seek refuge خَوْفَfor fear of الموتِdeath بالبابat the door والسِّترand the curtain
يلوذونَ خَوْفَ الموتِ بالباب والسِّتر
How noble they were, with death above their heads,
So honor them as death looms over their heads
seeking refuge, in fear of death, at the door and the curtain!
Seeking refuge from the fear of death at the door and veil
أبىforbade لهمُthem إِحرامهمْtheir ihram consecration لبسَwearing جُنَّةٍarmor
أبى لهمُ إِحرامهمْ لبسَ جُنَّةٍ
فلمso they did not يلبسواwear شيئاًanything سوىexcept جُنَّةِthe armor of الصَّبرِpatience
فلم يلبسوا شيئاً سوى جُنَّةِ الصَّبرِ
Their ihram forbade them to wear armor,
Their pilgrim-dress refused any garment
so they wore nothing but the armor of patience.
Except the garment of patience they put on
وأَعْجِبْand marvel لهمْat them إِذwhen يُنحرونَthey are slaughtered كأنَّهمْas though they
وأَعْجِبْ لهمْ إِذ يُنحرونَ كأنَّهمْ
هديُّهُمُtheir sacrificial beasts أيامon the days تُهْدىare brought as offerings إلىto النَّحرslaughter
هديُّهُمُ أيام تُهْدى إلى النَّحر
And marvel at them, slaughtered as though they were
Marvel at them as they are slaughtered as though
their sacrificial beasts on the days these are brought to slaughter.
Their sacrifice those days sacrificed at Minā
رفاقٌcompanions أقامواthey remained لاnot تُشَدُّare strapped لغيرهمْfor anyone but them
رفاقٌ أقاموا لا تُشَدُّ لغيرهمْ
رحالٌsaddles ووفدٌand a delegation لاnot يؤوبُreturns إلىuntil الحشرthe Resurrection
رحالٌ ووفدٌ لا يؤوبُ إلى الحشر
Companions who stayed; for none but them are
Comrades who pitched their tents never to be taken down
saddles strapped; a delegation that returns only at the Resurrection.
A caravan and delegation that will not return to Hashr
غَدَتْcame in the morning أُزُرُwaistcloths of الإحْرامihram consecration بيضاًwhite إِليهمُto them
غَدَتْ أُزُرُ الإحْرام بيضاً إِليهمُ
فراحواso they went in the evening إلىto الأجداثِthe graves فيin أُزُرٍwaistcloths حُمْرred
فراحوا إلى الأجداثِ في أُزُرٍ حُمْر
In the morning, their ihram wraps came to them white;
Their pilgrim garments turned white for them
by evening they went to the graves in red wraps.
And they went to the graves in red garments
وماand not غُسِلواthey were washed بالماءِwith water بلbut بدمائهمْwith their blood
وما غُسِلوا بالماءِ بل بدمائهمْ
وماand not حُنِّطواthey were anointed for burial إِلاexcept منْwith التُّرْبِdust لاnot العطرperfume
وما حُنِّطوا إِلا منْ التُّرْبِ لا العطر
They were washed not with water, but with their blood;
They were not washed with water, but with their blood
and anointed with nothing but dust, not perfume.
And were not embalmed, except with dust, no perfume
فأعْظِمْso how grievous بهit is رزءاًas a loss ولوeven if كانَit were عُشْرَa tenth of ماwhat
فأعْظِمْ به رزءاً ولو كانَ عُشْرَ ما
رُزِئْناهwe suffered its loss منهمْamong them منof فَراشٍmoths ومنand of ذَرِّtiny ants
رُزِئْناه منهمْ من فَراشٍ ومن ذَرِّ
How grievous a loss—even had a tenth of those
So magnify the provisions for them, even if it were a tenth of what
we lost among them been moths and tiny ants!
We provided for them, of furniture and seeds
حوىcontained جُلَّهُمْmost of them قبرٌa grave منin الأرضthe earth واحدٌone
حوى جُلَّهُمْ قبرٌ من الأرض واحدٌ
فياso O خيرَbest محبُوبِينَbeloved ones فيamong خيرِthe best of ماthose who قبرwere buried
فيا خيرَ محبُوبِينَ في خيرِ ما قبر
A single grave in the earth held most of them;
Most of them the same grave in the earth embraced
O best of beloved ones, among the best ever buried!
Blessed are they, the best beloved, in the best grave
أُلوفٌthousands منof الشبّانِyoung men والشيبand graybeards ضمَّهُمْgathered them
أُلوفٌ من الشبّانِ والشيب ضمَّهُمْ
قَلِيبٌa well قريبُالجانبينwith both sides close منto القَعْرthe bottom
قَلِيبٌ قريبُالجانبين من القَعْر
Thousands of young men and graybeards were gathered
Thousands of youths and old men, it brought them together
into a well whose sides lay close to the bottom.
A tomb, its sides close to the bottom
فلمso I have not أَرَseen مَقْبُورِينَburied people أكثرَmore numerous منهمُthan they
فلم أَرَ مَقْبُورِينَ أكثرَ منهمُ
وليسand there is not لهمْfor them قبرٌa grave يُعَدُّto be counted سوىexcept قَبْرone grave
وليس لهمْ قبرٌ يُعَدُّ سوى قَبْر
Never have I seen more people buried than they,
I have not seen buried more plentifully than them
yet they have no grave to count but one.
And they have no grave but one grave
وماand not إنat all هَوَوْاthey fell فيinto هُوَّةٍan abyss بلrather تسابقواthey raced one another
وما إن هَوَوْا في هُوَّةٍ بل تسابقوا
إلىto رَبْوَةٍa hill خضراءَgreen بينamong ربىًhills خُضْرgreen
إلى رَبْوَةٍ خضراءَ بين ربىً خُضْر
They did not fall into an abyss; rather, they raced
They did not plummet into a pit, but raced
to a green hill among green hills,
To a green meadow between green meadows
إلىto جَنَّةٍa garden زهراءَradiant تزدادُgrows زهرةًradiance
إلى جَنَّةٍ زهراءَ تزدادُ زهرةً
بماwith what واجهتْit encountered منهمْamong them منof الأوجِهِthe faces الزُّهْرradiant
بما واجهتْ منهمْ من الأوجِهِ الزُّهْر
to a radiant garden that grows in radiance
To a blossoming garden which became more flowery
with the radiant faces it encountered among them.
From their shining faces it encountered
أَحُجَّاجَناO our pilgrims ماwhat ليis with me أرىI see السَّفْرَthe travelers آيباًreturning
أَحُجَّاجَنا ما لي أرى السَّفْرَ آيباً
ولستand I am not أراكمseeing you آيبينَreturning معَwith السفرthe travelers
ولست أراكم آيبينَ معَ السفر
O our pilgrims, why do I see the travelers returning,
Our pilgrims, why do I see travel coming
yet do not see you returning with the travelers?
And I do not see you coming with travel
أجاورتمُhave you dwelt beside البيتَthe House العتيقَancient فحبَّذاso how lovely
أجاورتمُ البيتَ العتيقَ فحبَّذا
جواركمُyour sojourn الباقيenduring إلىuntil آخرِthe end of الدهرtime
جواركمُ الباقي إلى آخرِ الدهر
Have you dwelt beside the Ancient House? How lovely
You dwelled by the Ancient House, so excellent
is your lasting sojourn, until the end of time!
Was your eternal dwelling until the end of time
جوارُthe sojourn of حجيجٍpilgrims لاno طوافَcircumambulation عليهمُrequired of them
جوارُ حجيجٍ لا طوافَ عليهمُ
ولاnor سَعْيَritual walking فيat ميقاتِan appointed time of ليلٍnight ولاnor فجرdawn
ولا سَعْيَ في ميقاتِ ليلٍ ولا فجر
A sojourn of pilgrims required neither to circumambulate,
A dwelling of pilgrims about whom there is no circumambulation
nor to walk the ritual course at an appointed time of night or dawn.
Nor saʿī during the station of night or dawn
وقالواand they said الأسىconsolations مماamong what يُسلِّيكmay console you عنهمُfor their loss
وقالوا الأسى مما يُسلِّيك عنهمُ
وأينbut where الأُسىconsolations حتىso that تُسَلِّيَthey may soothe أوor تُغْريstir
وأين الأُسى حتى تُسَلِّيَ أو تُغْري
They said: consolations are among the things that may soothe your loss;
And they said grief is what will console you about them
but where are consolations, that they might soothe or stir?
But where is grief so it may console or beguile
لقدindeed ذُعِرواthey were terrorized فيin حيثُa place where للطيرِfor birds مأمنٌa refuge
لقد ذُعِروا في حيثُ للطيرِ مأمنٌ
وفيand in حيثُa place where لاnot تَخْشَىfear الوحوشُwild beasts منfrom الذُّعْرterror
وفي حيثُ لا تَخْشَى الوحوشُ من الذُّعْر
They were terrorized where birds have refuge,
They were startled in a place where birds are safe
and where wild beasts need fear no terror.
And where beasts do not fear being startled
فياso O لبَنيfor the children of الإسلامِIslam كمhow much منof سعادةٍblessedness
فيا لبَني الإسلامِ كم من سعادةٍ
حَوَوْهاthey gained it بأيديat the hands of الأشقياءِthe wretched بنيchildren of الكفرunbelief
حَوَوْها بأيدي الأشقياءِ بني الكفر
O children of Islam! How much blessedness
O children of Islam, how much bliss
they gained at the hands of the wretched children of unbelief!
Snatched by the hands of the wretched disbelievers
بأيديat the hands of ذويmen of غدرٍtreachery وغيٍّand error كأننيas though I
بأيدي ذوي غدرٍ وغيٍّ كأنني
بأرواحهمْwith their souls فيin قبضةِthe grip of الغيِّerror والغدرand treachery
بأرواحهمْ في قبضةِ الغيِّ والغدر
At the hands of men of treachery and error—as though I can behold
By the hands of those of betrayal and enmity, it is as if
their souls in the grip of error and treachery.
Their souls are in the grip of betrayal and enmity
بهائمُbeasts لمnot تألفْhad grown accustomed to سجوداًprostration جباهُهُمْtheir foreheads
بهائمُ لم تألفْ سجوداً جباهُهُمْ
ولاnor ألفواhad they grown accustomed to بَسْطَextending الأكفِّthe palms إلىfor الطُّهرpurification
ولا ألفوا بَسْطَ الأكفِّ إلى الطُّهر
Beasts, whose foreheads have never known prostration,
Beasts whose foreheads never prostrated
nor have they known extending their palms for purification.
Nor were their palms accustomed to spreading in purity
ولاnor مرَّpassed ذكرُmention of الصَّوْمِfasting بينamong بيوتِهِمْtheir houses
ولا مرَّ ذكرُ الصَّوْمِ بين بيوتِهِمْ
ولاnor خاضَentered فيinto سمعٍhearing ولاnor جالَwandered فيwithin صَدْرa breast
ولا خاضَ في سمعٍ ولا جالَ في صَدْر
Nor has mention of fasting passed among their houses,
The mention of fasting never passed between their homes
nor entered an ear, nor wandered within a breast.
Nor threaded through a hearing or meandered in a chest
ولاnor كانwas حجُّpilgrimage to البيتِthe House مماamong the things تسربلواthey clothed themselves in
ولا كان حجُّ البيتِ مما تسربلوا
إليهtoward it أهاويلَthe terrors of المهامهِtrackless wastes والقفرand desert
إليه أهاويلَ المهامهِ والقفر
Nor was pilgrimage to the House something for which they donned
Pilgrimage to the House was not what they wore
the terrors of trackless wastes and desert on the way to it.
The fringes and robe for sternness and desert
بلىrather إنif حججناهwe made pilgrimage to it غَزَوْهُthey raided it فويلهمso woe to them
بلى إن حججناه غَزَوْهُ فويلهم
لقدindeed حُمِّلواthey were burdened وزراًa burden of sin ثقيلاًheavy منof الوزرِsin
لقد حُمِّلوا وزراً ثقيلاً من الوزرِ
Rather, when we made pilgrimage there, they raided it—woe to them!
Rather, we performed pilgrimage, so woe unto them!
They have been burdened with a heavy burden of sin.
Indeed they carried a heavy burden of sins
رأواthey deemed ماwhat رأواthey saw منof نهبهِits plunder مغنماًa gain لهمfor them
رأوا ما رأوا من نهبهِ مغنماً لهم
وماand not هوit إلاexcept مَغْرَمٌa loss ليبسis not (apparent typo) بالنزرtrifling
وما هو إلا مَغْرَمٌ ليبس بالنزر
They deemed what they saw of its plunder a gain for themselves,
They saw the plunder as war booty for themselves
but it was nothing but a loss, no trifling one.
Yet it is only loss without any profit
وظنُّواand they thought الذيwhat فازواthey gained بهwith it أَنّهُthat it was الغنىwealth
وظنُّوا الذي فازوا به أَنّهُ الغنى
وواللهِand by God ماnot فازواthey gained بشيءٍanything at all سوىexcept الفقرpoverty
وواللهِ ما فازوا بشيءٍ سوى الفقر
They thought what they had gained was wealth,
And they thought what they gained was wealth
but by God, they gained nothing but poverty.
By God, they gained nothing but poverty
فياso O ربِّmy Lord لاdo not تُمْهِلْgrant respite to عدوِّكYour enemy وارْمِهِand strike him
فيا ربِّ لا تُمْهِلْ عدوِّك وارْمِهِ
بقاصمةِwith a breaker of الأعناقِnecks قاصمةِa breaker of الظَّهرthe back
بقاصمةِ الأعناقِ قاصمةِ الظَّهر
O Lord, grant Your enemy no respite, and strike him
My Lord, do not delay punishing Your enemy, pelt him
with a scourge that shatters necks and breaks the back.
With the pelting that breaks necks and backs
وياand O ربِّmy Lord خُذْtake منهمْfrom them لدينكfor Your religion ثأرَهُits vengeance
ويا ربِّ خُذْ منهمْ لدينك ثأرَهُ
فقدfor indeed وَتَروهُthey bereaved it مستهينينmaking light بالوِترof the blood-debt
فقد وَتَروهُ مستهينين بالوِتر
And, Lord, exact from them vengeance for Your religion,
Take vengeance for Your religion from them
for they bereaved it, making light of the blood-debt.
For they have deprecated it, scorning the oaths
إلهيmy God أَعِدْbring back أيامَthe days of عادٍ'Ad عليهمُupon them
إلهي أَعِدْ أيامَ عادٍ عليهمُ
ويوماًand a day كيومَيْlike the two days of أهلِthe people of مدينَMadyan والحِجْرand al-Hijr
ويوماً كيومَيْ أهلِ مدينَ والحِجْر
My God, bring back upon them the days of 'Ad,
My God, bring upon them the days of Aad
and a day like the two days of the people of Madyan and al-Hijr.
And a day like the day of Thamud and Al-Hijr
وأيِّدand strengthen أميرَthe Commander of المؤمنينَthe Faithful وسيفَهُand his sword
وأيِّد أميرَ المؤمنينَ وسيفَهُ
بنصرٍwith victory كماas عوَّدتَYou have made customary ياO خالقَCreator of النصرvictory
بنصرٍ كما عوَّدتَ يا خالقَ النصر
And strengthen the Commander of the Faithful and his sword
And aid the Commander of the Faithful and his sword
with victory, as is Your wont, O Creator of victory!
With a victory just as You, Creator of Victory, made customary
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.