وَمِنّا الَّذي لا يَنطِقُ الناسُ عِندَهُ

وَمِنّا الَّذي لا يَنطِقُ الناسُ عِندَهُ

وَلَكِن هُوَ المُستَأذَنُ المُتَنَصَّفُ

وَلَكِن هُوَ المُستَأذَنُ المُتَنَصَّفُ

And among us is one in whose presence people do not speak,

Among us is he who people do not speak in his presence,

but whose leave is sought and who is waited upon.

Yet he is the most courteous and just.

تَراهُم قُعوداً حَولَهُ وَعُيونُهُم

تَراهُم قُعوداً حَولَهُ وَعُيونُهُم

مُكَسَّرَةٌ أَبصارُها ما تَصَرَّفُ

مُكَسَّرَةٌ أَبصارُها ما تَصَرَّفُ

You see them seated around him, their eyes

You see them sitting around him with their eyes

downcast, their gazes never wandering.

Downcast, their gazes unmoving.

وَبَيتانِ بَيتُ اللَهِ نَحنُ وَلاتُهُ

وَبَيتانِ بَيتُ اللَهِ نَحنُ وَلاتُهُ

وَبَيتٌ بِأَعلى إيلِياءَ مُشَرَّفُ

وَبَيتٌ بِأَعلى إيلِياءَ مُشَرَّفُ

And two houses: God's House, whose guardians we are,

The House of Allah is ours and our idols,

and a lofty house on the heights of Iliya.

And there is a house on top of Mount Elijah.

لَنا حَيثُ آفاقِ البَرِيَّةِ تَلتَقي

لَنا حَيثُ آفاقِ البَرِيَّةِ تَلتَقي

عَديدُ الحَصى وَالقَسوَرِيُّ المُخَندِفُ

عَديدُ الحَصى وَالقَسوَرِيُّ المُخَندِفُ

Ours, where the horizons of humankind meet,

For us wherever the horizons of the earth meet

are numbers matching the pebbles, and Khindif's mighty host.

Is the countless pebbles and the palace of the archer.

إِذا هَبَطَ الناسُ المُحَصَّبَ مِن مِنىً

إِذا هَبَطَ الناسُ المُحَصَّبَ مِن مِنىً

عَشِيَّةَ يَومِ النَحرِ مِن حَيثُ عُرِّفوا

عَشِيَّةَ يَومِ النَحرِ مِن حَيثُ عُرِّفوا

When the people descend to al-Muhassab from Mina,

When people descend from Mina

on the evening of Sacrifice Day, from where they stood at Arafat,

On the evening of the day of sacrifice from where they were acquainted,

تَرى الناسَ ما سِرنا يَسيرونَ خَلفَنا

تَرى الناسَ ما سِرنا يَسيرونَ خَلفَنا

وَإِن نَحنُ أَومَأنا إِلى الناسِ وَقَّفوا

وَإِن نَحنُ أَومَأنا إِلى الناسِ وَقَّفوا

you see the people marching behind us whenever we march,

You see people walking behind us

and if we signal to the people, they halt.

And if we gesture to the people, they stop.

أُلوفُ أُلوفٍ مِن دُروعٍ وَمِن قَناً

أُلوفُ أُلوفٍ مِن دُروعٍ وَمِن قَناً

وَخَيلٌ كَرَيعانِ الجَرادِ وَحَرشَفُ

وَخَيلٌ كَرَيعانِ الجَرادِ وَحَرشَفُ

Thousands upon thousands of coats of mail and spears,

Thousands of coats of mail and spears

and horses like the first swarms of locusts, and infantry.

And horses like locusts swarming.

وَإِن نَكَثوا يَوماً ضَرَبنا رِقابَهُم

وَإِن نَكَثوا يَوماً ضَرَبنا رِقابَهُم

عَلى الدينِ حَتّى يُقبِلَ المُتَأَلَّفُ

عَلى الدينِ حَتّى يُقبِلَ المُتَأَلَّفُ

And if they ever break their pledge, we strike their necks

And if they betray us one day, we strike their necks

for the faith, until the one being won over comes forward.

For the religion until the compliant returns.

فَإِنَّكَ إِذ تَسعى لِتُدرِكَ دارِماً

فَإِنَّكَ إِذ تَسعى لِتُدرِكَ دارِماً

لَأَنتَ المُعَنّى يا جَريرُ المُكَلَّفُ

لَأَنتَ المُعَنّى يا جَريرُ المُكَلَّفُ

For when you strive to catch up with Darim,

For you, as you strive to reach our abode

you are indeed hard-pressed, O Jarir, overburdened.

You are truly the one concerned, O Jarir.

أَتَطلُبُ مِن عِندَ النُجومِ وَفَوقَها

أَتَطلُبُ مِن عِندَ النُجومِ وَفَوقَها

بِرِبقٍ وَعَيرٍ ظَهرُهُ مُتَقَرِّفُ

بِرِبقٍ وَعَيرٍ ظَهرُهُ مُتَقَرِّفُ

Do you seek what lies near the stars and above them

Do you seek from the stars and above them

with tethers and a donkey whose back is peeling?

With lightning and a caravan whose back is humped?

أَبى لِجَريرٍ رَهطُ سوءٍ أَذِلَّةٌ

أَبى لِجَريرٍ رَهطُ سوءٍ أَذِلَّةٌ

وَعِرضٌ لَئيمٌ لِلمَخازي مُوَقَّفُ

وَعِرضٌ لَئيمٌ لِلمَخازي مُوَقَّفُ

A vile, abject clan has denied Jarir this,

Jarir refused the company of wicked, disgraced men

and a base reputation given over to disgrace.

And a despicable reputation reserved for the shameless.

إِذا ما اِحتَبَت لي دارِمٌ عِندَ غايَةٍ

إِذا ما اِحتَبَت لي دارِمٌ عِندَ غايَةٍ

جَرَيتَ إِلَيها جَريَ مَن يَتَغَطرَفُ

جَرَيتَ إِلَيها جَريَ مَن يَتَغَطرَفُ

When Darim sits with knees drawn up for me at the goal,

When Darim calls me to the utmost limit,

you race toward it, running with a swagger.

You race towards it like one stumbling blindly.

كِلانا لَنا قَومٌ لَنا يُحلِبونَهُ

كِلانا لَنا قَومٌ لَنا يُحلِبونَهُ

بِأَحسابِهِم حَتّى يَرى مَن يُخَلَّفُ

بِأَحسابِهِم حَتّى يَرى مَن يُخَلَّفُ

Each of us has a clan that rallies to his aid,

Both of us have a people who are loyal to us

with their ancestral honors, until one sees who is left behind,

By their accounts until the laggard sees.

إِلى أَمَدٍ حَتّى يُزايِلَ بَينَهُم

إِلى أَمَدٍ حَتّى يُزايِلَ بَينَهُم

وَيوجِعُ مِنّا النَخسُ مَن هُوَ مُقرِفُ

وَيوجِعُ مِنّا النَخسُ مَن هُوَ مُقرِفُ

toward a finish, until it sets them apart,

For a period until he abandons between them

and the goad pains whichever of us is baseborn.

And the sting grieves the one who is heaping.

عَطَفتُ عَلَيكَ الحَربَ إِنّي إِذا وَنى

عَطَفتُ عَلَيكَ الحَربَ إِنّي إِذا وَنى

أَخو الحَربِ كَرّارٌ عَلى القِرنُ مُعطِفُ

أَخو الحَربِ كَرّارٌ عَلى القِرنُ مُعطِفُ

I turned war against you; I, when weariness overtakes

I have turned war towards you, I when I become intimate

a warrior, charge my foe again and wheel back.

Am a fellow warrior, the spear on the nape a cloak.

تُبَكّي عَلى سَعدٍ وَسَعدٌ مُقيمَةٌ

تُبَكّي عَلى سَعدٍ وَسَعدٌ مُقيمَةٌ

بِيَبرينَ مِنهُم مَن يَزيدُ وَيُضعِفُ

بِيَبرينَ مِنهُم مَن يَزيدُ وَيُضعِفُ

You bewail Sa'd, while Sa'd remains settled

You cry over Saad while Saad is an abode

at Yabrin; among them are those who increase and double.

In Yabreen, among them the one who adds and weakens.