لَعَمري لَقَد قامَ الأَصَمُّ بِخُطبَةٍ

لَعَمري لَقَد قامَ الأَصَمُّ بِخُطبَةٍ

لَها في صُدورِ المُسلِمينَ غَليلُ

لَها في صُدورِ المُسلِمينَ غَليلُ

By my life, al-Asamm has indeed risen to deliver a speech,

By my life! The deaf man has given a sermon

Which has stirred burning resentment in the Muslims' breasts.

That stirs gloom in the hearts of Muslims

لَعَمري لَئِن أَعطَيتُ سُفيانَ بيعَتي

لَعَمري لَئِن أَعطَيتُ سُفيانَ بيعَتي

وَفارَقتُ ديني إِنَّني لَجَهولُ

وَفارَقتُ ديني إِنَّني لَجَهولُ

By my life, if I gave Sufyan my pledge of allegiance

By my life! If I gave allegiance to Sufyan

And abandoned my faith, I would surely be a fool.

And forsook my religion, I would be ignorant

إِلى اللَهِ أَشكو ما تَرى بِجِيادِنا

إِلى اللَهِ أَشكو ما تَرى بِجِيادِنا

تَساوُكَ هَزلى مُخَّهُنَّ قَليلُ

تَساوُكَ هَزلى مُخَّهُنَّ قَليلُ

To God I complain of what you see in our steeds:

To God I complain of what you see in our steeds

They stagger, emaciated, with little marrow in them.

Weakened by equal rationing, only a few

تَعاوَرَها القُذّافُ مِن كُلِّ جانِبٍ

تَعاوَرَها القُذّافُ مِن كُلِّ جانِبٍ

بِقَومَسَ حَتّى صَعبُهُنَّ ذَلولُ

بِقَومَسَ حَتّى صَعبُهُنَّ ذَلولُ

The catapults have assailed them in turn from every side

Assailed by the archers from every side

At Qumis, until even their unruly ones became docile.

Until their vigor turned to frailty

فَإِن يَكُ أَفناها الحِصارُ فَرُبَّما

فَإِن يَكُ أَفناها الحِصارُ فَرُبَّما

تَشَحَّطَ فيما بَينَهُنَّ قَتيلُ

تَشَحَّطَ فيما بَينَهُنَّ قَتيلُ

And if the siege has destroyed them, many a time

If the siege should waste them away, then perhaps

A slain man has weltered in his blood among them—

Amidst them a precious martyr may fall

قَتيلٌ عَزيزٌ في العَشيرَةِ فَقدُهُ

قَتيلٌ عَزيزٌ في العَشيرَةِ فَقدُهُ

يَوَدّونَ لَو يَشرونَهُ بِبَديلُ

يَوَدّونَ لَو يَشرونَهُ بِبَديلُ

A slain man whose loss is grievous to the clan,

A dear loss to the clan, whose absence

Whom they wish they could redeem with a substitute.

They would ransom with any substitute

وَقَد كِدنَ مِمّا أَن يُقَدنَ مِنَ الوَجى

وَقَد كِدنَ مِمّا أَن يُقَدنَ مِنَ الوَجى

لَهُنَّ بِأَبوابِ القِبابِ صَهيلُ

لَهُنَّ بِأَبوابِ القِبابِ صَهيلُ

And sore hooves have nearly reduced them to being led;

And they were almost led by fervor

They neigh at the doors of the domed tents.

To neigh at the tent flaps with zeal

فَيا نَفسُ صَبراً كُلُّ ما حُمَّ واقِعٌ

فَيا نَفسُ صَبراً كُلُّ ما حُمَّ واقِعٌ

وَلَيسَ إِلى ما تَعلَمينَ سَبيلُ

وَلَيسَ إِلى ما تَعلَمينَ سَبيلُ

So, my soul, be patient: all that is decreed will come to pass.

So O soul, patience, all that is destined comes

And there is no way to what you know.

And there is no way to what you know

وَقَومي إِلى دُروازِقِ الحِصنِ فَاِنظُري

وَقَومي إِلى دُروازِقِ الحِصنِ فَاِنظُري

إِلى خَندَقٍ فيهِ الحِصارُ طَويلُ

إِلى خَندَقٍ فيهِ الحِصارُ طَويلُ

And rise to the fortress gates, then look

And rise to the keep's embrasures and look

At a trench where the siege is prolonged.

Upon a trench in which the siege is long