أَمّا قُرَيشٌ أَبا حَفصٍ فَقَد رُزِئَت

أَمّا قُرَيشٌ أَبا حَفصٍ فَقَد رُزِئَت

بِالشامِ إِذ فارَقَتكَ البَأسَ وَالمَطَرا

بِالشامِ إِذ فارَقَتكَ البَأسَ وَالمَطَرا

As for Quraysh, Abu Hafs, it has indeed been bereft

Quraysh mourns over you, Abu Hafs,

Of valor and rain in al-Sham, when it parted from you.

When you were befallen by strife, in the Levant,

إِنَّ الأَرامِلَ وَالأَيتامَ إِذ هَلَكوا

إِنَّ الأَرامِلَ وَالأَيتامَ إِذ هَلَكوا

وَالخَيلَ إِذ هُزِمَت تَبكي عَلى عُمَرا

وَالخَيلَ إِذ هُزِمَت تَبكي عَلى عُمَرا

Indeed, the widows and orphans, when brought to ruin,

When widows and orphans were killed,

And the horses, when routed, weep for Umar.

And horses were defeated,

ما ماتَ مِثلُ أَبي حَفصٍ لِمَلحَمَةٍ

ما ماتَ مِثلُ أَبي حَفصٍ لِمَلحَمَةٍ

وَلا لِطالِبِ مَعروفٍ إِذا اِفتَقَرا

وَلا لِطالِبِ مَعروفٍ إِذا اِفتَقَرا

Never has battle lost the like of Abu Hafs,

None like Abu Hafs has died in battle

Nor a seeker of kindness when he falls into need.

Nor for a needy seeker of good has died like Talib

كَم مِن فَوارِسَ قَد نادوا إِذا لَحِقوا

كَم مِن فَوارِسَ قَد نادوا إِذا لَحِقوا

بِالخَيلِ بِاِسمِكَ حَتّى يُطعَموا الظَفَرا

بِالخَيلِ بِاِسمِكَ حَتّى يُطعَموا الظَفَرا

How many horsemen cried out, when they caught up

How many valiant cavaliers shouted your name,

With the cavalry, in your name, until they were fed victory!

Until they tasted victory

لَقَد رُزِئتُم بَني تَيمٍ وَغَيرُكُمُ

لَقَد رُزِئتُم بَني تَيمٍ وَغَيرُكُمُ

عَلى بَوائِبِها الخَيرَينِ مِن مُضَرا

عَلى بَوائِبِها الخَيرَينِ مِن مُضَرا

You, sons of Taym, and others too have indeed been bereaved,

You were scorned, O clans of Taym and others

Amid calamities, of the two finest men of Mudar,

Over the losses of both Khazraj and Mudar

وَالأَكرَمَينِ إِذا عُدَّت فُروعُهُما

وَالأَكرَمَينِ إِذا عُدَّت فُروعُهُما

وَالأَنعَشَينِ إِذا مَولاهُما عَثَرا

وَالأَنعَشَينِ إِذا مَولاهُما عَثَرا

And the noblest pair, when their family branches are counted,

The most generous when their branches multiplied

And the readiest to lift their dependent when he stumbles.

And most affluent when their protector stumbled

فَاِبكي هُبِلتِ أَبا حَفصٍ وَصاحِبَهُ

فَاِبكي هُبِلتِ أَبا حَفصٍ وَصاحِبَهُ

أَبا مُعاذٍ إِذا شُؤبوبُها اِستَعَرا

أَبا مُعاذٍ إِذا شُؤبوبُها اِستَعَرا

So weep—may you be bereaved!—for Abu Hafs and his companion,

Weep over the calamity of Abu Hafs and his companion

Abu Muadh, when its downpour blazed.

Abu Muadh when misfortunes befell them

حَربٌ إِذا لَقِحَت كانَ التَمامُ لَها

حَربٌ إِذا لَقِحَت كانَ التَمامُ لَها

مِنهُ إِذا نُتِجَتهُ الأَبلَقَ الذَكَرا

مِنهُ إِذا نُتِجَتهُ الأَبلَقَ الذَكَرا

War, when it conceived, reached its full term

A war, once kindled, he would consummate it

Through him, when it bore him, the piebald male.

When he sired it, the virile stud

كَم مِن جَبانٍ لَدى الهَيجا دَنَوتَ بِهِ

كَم مِن جَبانٍ لَدى الهَيجا دَنَوتَ بِهِ

إِلى القِتالِ وَلَولا أَنتَ ما صَبَرا

إِلى القِتالِ وَلَولا أَنتَ ما صَبَرا

How many a coward, amid the fray, you drew

How many cowards were led by panic unto fighting

Into combat—without you, he would not have stood firm.

Had it not been for you, they would not have endured

مِنهُنَّ أَيّامُ صِدقٍ قَد بُليتَ بِها

مِنهُنَّ أَيّامُ صِدقٍ قَد بُليتَ بِها

أَيّامُ فارِسَ وَالأَيّامُ مِن هَجَرا

أَيّامُ فارِسَ وَالأَيّامُ مِن هَجَرا

Among them were days of true valor in which you were tested:

Days of loyalty which you endured

The days of Fars, and the days of Hajar.

Days of cavalier, and days of migration

يا أَيُّها الناسُ لا تَبكوا عَلى أَحَدٍ

يا أَيُّها الناسُ لا تَبكوا عَلى أَحَدٍ

بَعدَ الَّذي بِضُمَيرٍ وافَقَ القَدَرا

بَعدَ الَّذي بِضُمَيرٍ وافَقَ القَدَرا

O people, do not weep for anyone

O people! Weep not for one

After the man who met his fate at Dumayr.

Who accepted fate with satisfaction

كانَت يَداهُ يَداً سَيفاً يُعاذُ بِهِ

كانَت يَداهُ يَداً سَيفاً يُعاذُ بِهِ

مِنَ العَدُوِّ وَغَيثاً يُنبِتُ الشَجَرا

مِنَ العَدُوِّ وَغَيثاً يُنبِتُ الشَجَرا

Of his two hands, one was a sword that offered refuge

His hands were hands that wielded swords for protection

From the enemy; the other, rain that made trees grow.

And rain that makes trees grow

تَستَخبِرُ الخَيلَ في الهَيجا إِذا لَحِقَت

تَستَخبِرُ الخَيلَ في الهَيجا إِذا لَحِقَت

وَالمُعتَرونَ قُدورَ الناسِ وَالحَجَرا

وَالمُعتَرونَ قُدورَ الناسِ وَالحَجَرا

The horses ask, amid the fray, when they close in,

They ask the horses about him during battle

And the suppliants at people's cauldrons and hearthstones:

And the valiant, the people’s pots and stones

مَن يَقتُلُ الجوعَ بَعدَ اِبنِ الشَهيدِ وَمَن

مَن يَقتُلُ الجوعَ بَعدَ اِبنِ الشَهيدِ وَمَن

بِالسَيفِ يَقتُلُ كَبشَ القَومِ إِذ عَكَرا

بِالسَيفِ يَقتُلُ كَبشَ القَومِ إِذ عَكَرا

Who will slay hunger after the martyr's son, and who

Who will kill hunger after the martyr’s son

Will slay with the sword the clan's ram when he charges back?

And who by the sword will kill the clan’s ram when it charges