1. مَنْ مُبْلغُ الأَنصارَ عَنِّي آيَةً

    رُسُلاً تَقُصُّ عَلَيْهِمُ التّبْيَانَا

    Who will convey a message from me to the Ansar—

    Messengers setting forth a clear explanation to them,

  2. رُسُلاً تُخبّركُمْ بما أَوْلَيْتُمُ

    أنَّ البَلاءَ يُكَشِّفُ الإنْسَانَا

    Messengers telling you what you have wrought:

    That adversity lays a person bare;

  3. أَنْ قَدْ فَعَلْتُمْ فِعْلَةً مُذْكُورَةً

    كَسَتِ الفُضُوحَ وأبْدَتِ الشّنآنا

    That you have indeed committed a memorable deed,

    One that clothed you in disgrace and revealed hatred,

  4. بقُعُودِكُمْ في دَارِكُمْ وأَمِيرُكُمْ

    تُحْشَى ضَوَاحِي دارِهِ النّيرانَا

    By sitting in your own abode, while your leader—

    The grounds of his house were being filled with flames.

  5. بَيْنَا يُرَجِّي دَفْعَكُمْ عَنْ دَارِهِ

    مُلِئَتْ حَرِيقاً كَابِياً ودُخَانَا

    While he hoped you would ward them off from his house,

    It was filled with smoldering fire and smoke.

  6. حَتَّى إذَا خَلَصُوا إلى أبْوَابِهِ

    دَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ صَائماًعَطْشَانَا

    Until, when they reached his doors,

    They entered upon him, fasting and thirsty.

  7. يُعْلُونَ قُلَّتَهَ السّيُوفَ وأنتُمُ

    مُتَلَبّثُونَ مَكَانَكُمْ رِضْوَانَا

    They raised swords over his head, while you

    Lingered where you were, in approval.

  8. اللهُ يَعْلَمُ أنّني لَمْ أرْضَهُ

    لَكُمُ صَنِيعاً يومَ ذاكَ وَشَانَا

    God knows that I did not approve of it

    As your deed and conduct on that day.

  9. يَا لَهْفَ نَفْسِي إذْ يَقُولُ أَلا أَرَى

    نَفَراً من الأَنْصَارِ لِي أعْوانَا

    Alas for my soul, when he said, “Will I not see

    Some men of the Ansar to be my helpers?”

  10. واللهِ لو شَهِدَ ابنُ قَيْسٍ ثَابِتٌ

    وَمَعَاشِرٌ كَانُوا لَهُ إخْوانَا

    By God, had Thabit ibn Qays been present,

    And companies of men who were his brothers,

  11. وأَبُو دُجَانَةَ وابنُ أرقَمَ ثَابِتٌ

    وأخُو المشَاهِدِ من بني عجلانَا

    And Abu Dujanah, and Thabit ibn Arqam,

    And the veteran of battles from Banu 'Ajlan,

  12. ورفَاعَةُ العمريُّ وابنُ معاذِهِمْ

    وأَخُو مُعَاويَ لم يَخَفْ خذلانَا

    And Rifa'ah al-'Amri, and the son of their Mu'adh,

    And Mu'awi's brother—he would not have feared abandonment.

  13. قَوْمٌ يَرَوْنَ الحقَّ نَصْرَ أَمِيرِهِمْ

    وَيَرُونَ طَاعَةَ أمْرِهِ إِيْمانَا

    Men who regard supporting their leader as right,

    And regard obedience to his command as faith.

  14. وَقِوَامُ أَمْرِ المُسْلِمينَ إِمَامُهُمْ

    يَزَعُ السّفِيهَ ويَقْمَعُ العُدْوَانَا

    And the mainstay of the Muslims' affairs is their imam,

    Who restrains the fool and suppresses aggression.

  15. فوَدَدْتُ لو كُنْتُمْ بَذَلتُمْ عَهْدَكُم

    لَبَقِي أَمِيرُكُمُ عَلَى مَا كَانَا

    So I wished you had fulfilled your pledge;

    Your leader would have remained as he was.

  16. وَكَرْرْتُمُ كَرَّ المُحَافِظِ إِنَّما

    يَسْعَى الحَلِيمُ لِمِثْلِهِ أَحْيَانَا

    And charged as a steadfast defender charges; only

    For one like him does the forbearing man sometimes strive.

  17. فَمَنَعْتُمُوهُ أَو قُتِلْتُمْ حَوْلَهُ

    مُتَلَبّبينَ البِيضَ والأبْدَانَا

    Then you would have defended him, or been killed around him,

    Clad in helmets and coats of mail.

  18. وَلَقَدْ عَتبتُ على مَعَاشِرَ فِيكُمُ

    يَوْمَ الوَقِيعَةِ أسْلَمُوا عُثْمَانَا

    And I have indeed found fault with men among you

    Who abandoned Uthman on the day of the assault.

  19. إنْ يُتْركُوا فَوْضَى يَكُنْ في دِينِهِمْ

    أمراً يُضَيّقُ عنهُمُ البُلْدَانَا

    If they are left unrestrained, there will arise within their faith

    A trouble that makes the lands too narrow for them.

  20. فلْيُعْلِيَنَّ اللهُ كَعْبَ وَلِيِّهِ

    وَلْيَجْعَلَنَّ عَدُوَّهُ الذّلاّنَا

    So may God surely exalt the standing of His ally,

    And surely bring His enemy low.

  21. إنّي رَأَيْتُ محمّداً إِختَارَهُ

    صِهراً وَكَانَ يَعُدُّهُ خلصَانَا

    Indeed, I saw Muhammad choose him

    As a kinsman by marriage, and he counted him among his intimates:

  22. مَحْضَ الضّرائبِ ماجداً أَعْرَاقَهُ

    من خَيْرِ خِنْدِفَ مَنْصِباً وَمَكانَا

    Pure in character, noble in lineage,

    From the best of Khindif in rank and station.

  23. عَرِفَتْ لَهُ عُلْيَا مَعَدٍّ كُلُّهَا

    بَعْدَ النّبيِّ المُلْكَ والسُّلْطَانَا

    All the nobility of Ma'add acknowledged his

    Sovereignty and authority after the Prophet.

  24. مِنْ مَعْشَرٍ لا يغدُرُونَ بِجَارِهِمْ

    كَانُوا بمكَّةَ يَرْتَعُونَ زَمَانَا

    From a people who do not betray their neighbor,

    Who lived in plenty in Mecca for a time.

  25. يُعطونَ سَائِلَهُمْ وَيَأْمَنُ جارُهُمْ

    فيهِمْ ويُرْدُونَ الكُماةَ طِعانَا

    They give to whoever asks them, and their neighbor is safe

    Among them; they slay armored warriors with spear-thrusts.

  26. فَلَوَ أنَّكُمْ مَعَ نَصْرِكُمْ لنبيِّكُمْ

    يَوْمَ اللّقاءِ نَصَرْتُمُ عُثْمَانَا

    So if only, alongside your support for your Prophet,

    You had supported Uthman on the day of the encounter!

  27. أَنْسِيتُمُ عَهْدَ النّبيّ إليكُمُ

    وَلَقَدْ ألَظَّ وَوَكَّدَ الأَيْمانَا

    Have you forgotten the Prophet's charge to you,

    Though he insisted and solemnly confirmed the oaths,

  28. بمنًى غَدَاةَ تَلا الصّحيفَةَ فِيكُمُ

    فَأَهْجْتُمُ وَقَبِلْتُمُ الأدْيَانَا

    At Mina, the morning he recited the document among you,

    Then you were roused and accepted the creeds:

  29. ألاّ تُوَلُوا مَا تَغُوَّرَ رَاكِبٌ

    أَخْزَى المَنُونَ مُوَالِياً إِخوانَا

    Not to turn away as long as a rider journeys into the lowlands.

    Death has brought low one loyal to his brothers.