138 ١٣٨

أَكَتٗؤَ تَمَارِ * نَخُبُوزِ يَشَعِيْرِ

akaṯoa ṯamāri * na ẖubūzi ya sha'ı̄ri

He took out dates and barley bread

نَمِلْحِ أَصْفَرِ * كَكهٖيْتِ كَٹٗئٖلٖئَ

na milihi aṣufari [1] * kakʿēṯi kaţoelea

And yellow salt - he sat down and took [them] out.

139 ١٣٩

كِشَكُوْلَ كَحِمِيْدِ * ۏَاكٖ إِلَاهِ وَدُوْدِ

kishakūla kaḥimı̄ḏi * w̱āke ilāhi waḏūḏi

When he finished eating he gave thanks to his beloved God,

مُؤُوْنْبَ زٗوْتهٖ جَسَادِ * مَعَدُوِ نَمَوَلِيْ

muūm̱ba zōṯʿe jasāḏi * ma'aḏuwi na mawalii [2]

The Creator of all individuals - both enemies and friends.

140 ١٤٠

هَاتَ كُكِپَنْبَؤُوْكَ * عَمُوْرِ أَكَتٗوْكَ

hāṯa kukipam̱baūka * 'amūri akaṯōka

Until, when dawn came, Amuri came out

كْوَ عَلِىْ أَكَفِيْكَ * سَوْتِ أَكَئِتٗؤَ

kwa 'alii akafı̄ka * sawṯi akaiṯoa

He arrived beside Ali and [Ali] spoke.

141 ١٤١

عَلِىْ كَتَكَلَامَ * أَهْلاً يَا مُكَرَّمَ

'alii kaṯakalāma * ahalāⁿ yā mukarrama

Ali said Greetings, Honoured One

ٹُتَوَصِيْل سَلَامَ * نْدِئَ إِنْڠَاۏَ طَوِلِيَ

ţuṯawaṣı̄li salāma * nḏia ingāw̱a ṭawiliya

We shall arrive safely even if the road is long.

142 ١٤٢

عَمُوْرِ كَرُوْدِ نْڈَانِ * كَئِلَبِيْسِ يُوَانِ

'amūri karūḏi nḑāni * kailabı̄si yuwāni

Amuri went back inside; know that he dressed himself

دِرِيْعِ زَ أُۏَنْدَانِ * أَكَئِفُوْنْڠَ زِكَمْكَاءَ

ḏirī'i za uw̱anḏāni [3] * akaifūnga zikamkāa [4]

In battle-armour, and fastened it firmly upon himself.

143 ١٤٣

نَسٖيْفُ نْجٖيْمَ أَسِيْسِ * نَرُمْحِ نَتُرُوْسِ

na sēfu njēma ası̄si * na rumuḥi na ṯurūsi

And [took up] a good, stout sword, and a spear, and a shield.

أَكَمْپَانْڈَ فَرَاسِ * جُوْ أَكَمْكَلِئَ

akampānḑa farāsi * juu akamkalia

Then he mounted his steed, and seated himself upon it.

144 ١٤٤

ۏَكٖيْنْڈَ تهَخُبِيْرِ * بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ

w̱akēnḑa ṯʿaẖubı̄ri * bi-llayli wa-nnahāri

They went, I'll tell you, by night and day,

ۏَكَپَنْبَانَ نَبَحَارِ * نَمِيْٹِ نَمَطَرِيَ

w̱akapam̱bāna na baḥāri * na mı̄ţi na maṭariya [5]

And they encountered oceans, and forests, and oases.

145 ١٤٥

ۏَكٖنٖينْڈَ يُۏَانِ * عَلِىْ نَمَلِعُوْن

w̱akenēnḑa yuw̱āni * 'alii namali'ūn

Know that they went on, Ali and the Accursed One;

نْدِئَ زِيْلِ زَمَدِيْنِ * عَمُوْرِ كَزِٹَنْبُؤَ

nḏia zı̄li za maḏı̄ni * 'amūri kaziţam̱bua

These roads [led to] Medina - Amuri recognised them.

146 ١٤٦

عَمُوْرِ كَذُكُوْرِ * كَمْوَنبِئَ حَيْدَرِ

'amūri kadhukūri * kamwam̱bia ḥayḏari [6]

Amuri spoke and said to the Lion:

دُرُوْبُ نْدَ أَنْصَارِ * نْبٗوْنَ ٹْوَئِفُوَٹِئَ

ḏurūbu nḏa anṣāri [7] * m̱bōna ţwaifuwaţia

This is the Companions' road why are we following it?

147 ١٤٧

نَاسِ ٹُمٖفَانْيَ مَشَؤُوْرِ * يَكْوٖنٖينْڈَ سَفَارِ

nāsi ţumefānya mashaūri * ya kwenēnḑa safāri

For we have taken counsel about going on the journey,

كْوَنْڠَلِئَ أَمْصَارِ * جُنُوْدِ كُئِكُسَنْيِئَ

kwangalia amṣāri * junūḏi kuikusanyia

to reconnoitre the city while the army assembles.

[1] The salt is yellow because it is unpurified rock-salt, containing iodine.
[2] The implication is that these are friends and enemies of Islam.
[3] أُۏَنْدَ (uwanda) is an open space, and by extension a battlefield.
[4] Lit. and bound himself so that [the armour] stayed on him.
[5] Ar مطر rain. Seemingly used by extension here to mean a place with water.
[6] A frequently-used metonym for Ali.
[7] The Ansari were the Muslims of Medina who gave refuge to the Prophet after the Hegira. Possibly this word is in error for أَمْصَارِ, city, used in the next stanza.