كانَت قُرَيشٌ بَيضَةٍ فَتَفَلَّقَت

كانَت قُرَيشٌ بَيضَةٍ فَتَفَلَّقَت

فالمُحُّ خالِصُهُ لِعَبدِ مَنافِ

فالمُحُّ خالِصُهُ لِعَبدِ مَنافِ

Quraysh was an egg, then it split open;

Quraysh was an egg that cracked open

So its pure yolk belonged to ʿAbd Manāf—

The pure part is for the slave of Manaf

الخَالِطينَ فَقيرَهُم بِغَنِيِّهُم

الخَالِطينَ فَقيرَهُم بِغَنِيِّهُم

وَالظاعِنينَ لِرِحلَةِ الأَصيافِ

وَالظاعِنينَ لِرِحلَةِ الأَصيافِ

Those who mingle their poor with their rich,

The mixers, their poor with their rich

And who set out on the summer journey,

And the summer travelers

وَالرائِشينَ وَلَيسَ يوجَدُ رائِشٌ

وَالرائِشينَ وَلَيسَ يوجَدُ رائِشٌ

وَالقائِلينَ هَلُمَّ لِلأَضيافِ

وَالقائِلينَ هَلُمَّ لِلأَضيافِ

And who enrich others when no benefactor is to be found,

And the bedouins, though no bedouin is found

And who say to the guests, 'Come!'

And those who say, "Come here guests!"

عَمرو الَّذي هَشَمَ الثَريدَ لِقَومِهِ

عَمرو الَّذي هَشَمَ الثَريدَ لِقَومِهِ

وَرِجالُ مَكَّةَ مِسنِتونَ عِجافُ

وَرِجالُ مَكَّةَ مِسنِتونَ عِجافُ

ʿAmr, who crumbled the bread in broth for his people,

Amr who broke the bread for his people

While the men of Mecca were famine-stricken and gaunt.

And the men of Mecca, dried-lipped

عَمرو العُلى هشَمَ الثَريدَ لِقَومِهِ

عَمرو العُلى هشَمَ الثَريدَ لِقَومِهِ

وَرِجالُ مَكَّةَ مِسنِتونَ عِجافُ

وَرِجالُ مَكَّةَ مِسنِتونَ عِجافُ

ʿAmr of lofty renown crumbled the bread in broth for his people,

Amr the Lofty broke the bread for his people

While the men of Mecca were famine-stricken and gaunt.

And the men of Mecca, dried-lipped

وَهُوَ الَّذي سَنَّ الرَحيلَ لِقَومِهِ

وَهُوَ الَّذي سَنَّ الرَحيلَ لِقَومِهِ

رحلَ الشِتاءِ وَرِحلَةَ الأَصيافِ

رحلَ الشِتاءِ وَرِحلَةَ الأَصيافِ

And he was the one who instituted travel for his people:

And he who established the departure for his people

The winter journeys and the summer journey.

The winter and summer journeys