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Boasting and pride do not sway unless the palm tree sways to them,

قول والفخر ما اهتز الندي له

1. Boasting and pride do not sway unless the palm tree sways to them,
And they are not spread by a folder upon a carpet.

١. َقولُ وَالفَخْرُ ما اهْتَزَّ النَّدِيُّ لَهُ
وَلَمْ يُنَشِّرْهُ مَطْوِيٌّ عَلى فَنَدِ

2. We are the foremost who ruled the world; our ancestors,
Their glory brands necks with conquest.

٢. نَحْنُ الأُلى مَلَكَ الدُّنْيا أوَائِلُنا
فَمَجْدُهُمْ يَسِمُ الأَعْناقَ بِالصَّيَدِ

3. No father of ours ever strove for an honor,
That exertion did not embrace the like from a son.

٣. وَما سَعى والِدٌ مِنّا لِمَكْرُمَةٍ
لَمْ تَحْتَضِنْ مِثْلَها المَسْعَاةُ مِنْ وَلَدِ

4. So it continued as innate in us, and as a habit,
Sublimity that its edges overflow with envy.

٤. فَظَلَّ تَالِدَةً فينا وَطارِفَةً
عُلاً تَرِفُّ حَواشيها عَلى الحَسَدِ

5. When we trace our lineage, people love that they are
Of us, and we do not accept to be affiliated with anyone.

٥. إِذا انْتَسَبْنا أَحَبَّ النّاسُ أَنَّهُمُ
مِنّا وَلَمْ نَرْضَ أَنْ نُعْزَى إِلى أَحَدِ