1. يا أَيُّها الرَجُلُ المُحَوِّلِ رَحلَهُ

    هَلّا نَزَلتَ بِآلِ عَبدِ مَنافِ

    O man who is moving his baggage,

    Why did you not lodge with the house of ʿAbd Manāf?

  2. الآخِذونَ العَهدَ من آفاقِها

    وَالراحِلونَ بِرحلَةِ الإيلافِ

    Those who secure covenants from its far horizons,

    And travel on the journey of the trade pact;

  3. وَالخالِطونَ فَقيرَهُم بِغَنِيِّهم

    حَتّى يَعودَ فَقيرُهُم كَالكافي

    And mingle their poor with their rich,

    Until their poor become like those who have enough;

  4. وَالمُطعِمونَ إِذا الرياحُ تَناوحَت

    وَرِجالُ مَكَّةَ مِسنِتونَ عِجافُ

    And feed others when the winds blow against one another,

    While Mecca's men are famine-stricken and gaunt;

  5. وَالمُفضِلونَ إِذا الرياحُ تَناوَحَت

    وَالقائِلونَ هَلُمَّ لِلأَضيافِ

    And give generously when the winds blow against one another,

    And say to the guests, 'Come!'

  6. هَبَلَتكَ أُمُّكَ لَو نَزَلَت بِرحلِهم

    مَنَعوكَ مِن عُدمٍ وَمِن إِقرافِ

    May your mother be bereaved of you! Had you lodged at their camp,

    They would have protected you from destitution and debasement.

  7. وَيُكَلِلونَ جِفانَهُم بِسَديفِهم

    حَتّى تَغيبَ الشَمسُ في الرِجّافِ

    And they crown their bowls with their camel-hump fat,

    Until the sun sets in the surging sea.