دَاعٍ دَعَاهُ إِلَى الجِهَاد فَأَزْمَعَا

دَاعٍ دَعَاهُ إِلَى الجِهَاد فَأَزْمَعَا

سَفَراً وَجَادَ بِنَفْسهِ مُتَطوِّعَا

سَفَراً وَجَادَ بِنَفْسهِ مُتَطوِّعَا

A caller summoned him to battle, and he resolved

A caller called him to jihad, so they set out

To set forth, and freely offered himself as a volunteer.

On a journey, and he volunteered his soul eagerly

غَلبَتْ حَمِيَّتهُ هَوَاهُ لِعِرْسهِ

غَلبَتْ حَمِيَّتهُ هَوَاهُ لِعِرْسهِ

فَنَأَى وَوَدَّعَ قلْبَهُ إِذْ وَدَّعَا

فَنَأَى وَوَدَّعَ قلْبَهُ إِذْ وَدَّعَا

His zeal overcame his love for his wife,

His passion for his wedding overcame him

So he went away, bidding his heart farewell as he said goodbye.

So he declined, though he had bidden his heart farewell

وَقَضَتْ أَمِينَةُ بَعْدَهُ أَيَّامَهَا

وَقَضَتْ أَمِينَةُ بَعْدَهُ أَيَّامَهَا

فِي الحُزْنِ غَيْرَ أَمِينَةٍ أَنْ تُفْجَعَا

فِي الحُزْنِ غَيْرَ أَمِينَةٍ أَنْ تُفْجَعَا

And Amina spent her days after his departure

After him Amina spent her days

In sorrow, not secure against bereavement.

In sorrow, no longer the carefree Amina

غَرَسَتْ بِصَحْنِ الدَّارِ زَهْرَةَ نَرْجِسٍ

غَرَسَتْ بِصَحْنِ الدَّارِ زَهْرَةَ نَرْجِسٍ

لِتكُونَ سَلْوَتَهَا إِلى أَنْ يَرجِعَا

لِتكُونَ سَلْوَتَهَا إِلى أَنْ يَرجِعَا

She planted a narcissus flower in the house's courtyard,

She planted a narcissus flower in her courtyard

To be her solace until he returned.

To console her until he might return

كَانَتْ تُبَالِغُ فِي رِعَايَتِهَا كَمَا

كَانَتْ تُبَالِغُ فِي رِعَايَتِهَا كَمَا

تَرْعَى عُيُونُ الأُمِّ طِفْلاً مُرْضَعَا

تَرْعَى عُيُونُ الأُمِّ طِفْلاً مُرْضَعَا

She lavished care upon it, just as

She tended to it as a mother tends

A mother's eyes watch over a child at the breast,

To her suckling babe

حَتَّى إِذَا مَا جَاءَهَا عَنْ بَعْلِهَا

حَتَّى إِذَا مَا جَاءَهَا عَنْ بَعْلِهَا

نَبَأٌ أَصَمَّ المِسْمَعَيْنِ وَرَوَّعَا

نَبَأٌ أَصَمَّ المِسْمَعَيْنِ وَرَوَّعَا

Until, when there came to her about her husband

Until the news reached her about her husband

News that deafened both her ears and filled her with dread,

That deafened the ears and terrified

شُقَّت مَرَارتُهَا عَلَيْهِ وَأَوْشَكَتْ

شُقَّت مَرَارتُهَا عَلَيْهِ وَأَوْشَكَتْ

مِنْ هَوْلِ ذَاكَ الخَطْبِ أَنْ تَتَصَدَّعَا

مِنْ هَوْلِ ذَاكَ الخَطْبِ أَنْ تَتَصَدَّعَا

Her gallbladder burst in grief for him, and she nearly

Her bitterness over him intensified, and she nearly

Shattered from the horror of that calamity.

Cracked from the horror of that news

وَكَأَنَّ ذَاكَ الرُّزْءَ قَبْلَ وُقُوعهِ

وَكَأَنَّ ذَاكَ الرُّزْءَ قَبْلَ وُقُوعهِ

مِمَّا شَجَاهَا لَمْ يَكُنْ مُتَوَقَّعَا

مِمَّا شَجَاهَا لَمْ يَكُنْ مُتَوَقَّعَا

And it was as though that loss, before it came,

As if that calamity, before befalling,

Had not been expected, so deeply did it grieve her.

Was not something she had anticipated

فَتفقَّدَتْ صُبْحاً أَلِيفَتَهَا الَّتِي

فَتفقَّدَتْ صُبْحاً أَلِيفَتَهَا الَّتِي

كَانَتْ سَلَتْهَا حَسْرَةً وَتَوَجُّعا

كَانَتْ سَلَتْهَا حَسْرَةً وَتَوَجُّعا

Then one morning she looked in on her companion, which

So in the morning she checked on her dear friend

Had consoled her in sorrow and anguish.

Who had consoled her sorrow and anguish

فَإِذَا نَضارَتُها ذَوَتْ وَكَأَنَّها

فَإِذَا نَضارَتُها ذَوَتْ وَكَأَنَّها

عَيْنٌ أَسَالَ الحُزْنُ مِنْها مَدْمَعَا

عَيْنٌ أَسَالَ الحُزْنُ مِنْها مَدْمَعَا

Then, behold, its freshness had withered, and it was like

And found that its radiance had faded, as if

An eye from which sorrow had made tears flow.

Grief had caused tears to flow from it