نَبِّ المَساكينَ أَنَّ الخَيرَ فارَقَهُم

نَبِّ المَساكينَ أَنَّ الخَيرَ فارَقَهُم

مَعَ الرَسولِ تَوَلّى عَنهُمُ سَحَرا

مَعَ الرَسولِ تَوَلّى عَنهُمُ سَحَرا

Tell the poor that goodness has left them;

Tell the poor that goodness has left them,

with the Messenger, it departed from them before dawn.

Along with the Messenger it has turned away from them at dawn.

مَن ذا الَّذي عِندَهُ رَحلي وَراحِلَتي

مَن ذا الَّذي عِندَهُ رَحلي وَراحِلَتي

وَرِزقُ أَهلي إِذا لَم يُؤنِسوا المَطَرا

وَرِزقُ أَهلي إِذا لَم يُؤنِسوا المَطَرا

Who is the one who has my saddle and my riding camel,

Who is there who has my belongings and my mounts

and provision for my family when they see no rain?

And the provisions for my family when they are not cheered by rain?

ذاكَ الَّذي لَيسَ يَخشاهُ مُجالِسُهُ

ذاكَ الَّذي لَيسَ يَخشاهُ مُجالِسُهُ

إِذا الجَليسُ سَطا في القَولِ أَو عَثَرا

إِذا الجَليسُ سَطا في القَولِ أَو عَثَرا

That is the one whom his companion does not fear,

He whom his friends do not fear in their gatherings

when the companion oversteps in speech or stumbles.

When a companion goes too far in his words or stumbles.

كانَ الضِياءَ وَكانَ النورَ نَتبَعُهُ

كانَ الضِياءَ وَكانَ النورَ نَتبَعُهُ

وَكانَ بَعدَ الإِلَهِ السَمعَ وَالبَصَرا

وَكانَ بَعدَ الإِلَهِ السَمعَ وَالبَصَرا

He was the radiance, and he was the light we followed,

He was the light and the illumination we followed

and, after God, he was our hearing and our sight.

And after God he was hearing and sight.

فَلَيتَنا يَومَ وارَوهُ بِمَحنِيَةٍ

فَلَيتَنا يَومَ وارَوهُ بِمَحنِيَةٍ

وَغَيَّبوهُ وَأَلقَوا فَوقَهُ المَدَرا

وَغَيَّبوهُ وَأَلقَوا فَوقَهُ المَدَرا

So we wish that, on the day they buried him at a valley bend,

If only on the day they gave him the fatal poison draft

and hid him away and cast clods of earth upon him,

And hid him away and heaped soil over him,

لَم يَترُكِ اللَهَ خَلقاً مِن بَرِيَّتِهِ

لَم يَترُكِ اللَهَ خَلقاً مِن بَرِيَّتِهِ

وَلَم يُعِش بَعدَهُ أُنثى وَلا ذَكَرا

وَلَم يُعِش بَعدَهُ أُنثى وَلا ذَكَرا

God had left no creature of His creation,

God had not left any creature of his creation alive

and had let neither female nor male live after him.

Neither female nor male thereafter.

ذَلَّت رِقابُ بَني النَجّارِ كُلِّهِمُ

ذَلَّت رِقابُ بَني النَجّارِ كُلِّهِمُ

وَكانَ أَمراً مِنَ اِمرِ اللَهِ قَد قُدِرا

وَكانَ أَمراً مِنَ اِمرِ اللَهِ قَد قُدِرا

The necks of all the Banu al-Najjar were brought low,

All the clan of carpenters bowed their necks in humiliation

and it was a matter already decreed by God's command.

And it was an ordained affair of God that was destined.

وَاِقتُسِمَ الفَيءُ دونَ الناسِ كُلِّهِمُ

وَاِقتُسِمَ الفَيءُ دونَ الناسِ كُلِّهِمُ

وَبَدَّدوهُ جِهاراً بَينَهُم هَدَرا

وَبَدَّدوهُ جِهاراً بَينَهُم هَدَرا

And the spoils were divided, excluding the people at large,

The booty was divided among the people

and they squandered them openly among themselves, to no purpose.

They scattered it publicly among themselves negligently.