أَنعَتُ ديكاً مِن دُيوكِ الهِندِ

أَنعَتُ ديكاً مِن دُيوكِ الهِندِ

كَريمَ عَمِّ وَكَريمَ جَدِّ

كَريمَ عَمِّ وَكَريمَ جَدِّ

I describe a cock from the cocks of India,

I eulogize a rooster from the roosters of India

I describe a rooster of the Indian breed,

With a noble uncle and a noble grandsire,

Noble uncle and noble grandfather

Noble of uncle and noble of grandsire indeed,

لِنِسبَةٍ لَيسَت إِلى مَعَدٍّ

لِنِسبَةٍ لَيسَت إِلى مَعَدٍّ

وَلا قُضاعِيٍّ وَلا في الأَزدِ

وَلا قُضاعِيٍّ وَلا في الأَزدِ

Of a lineage not traced to Maʿadd,

Of a lineage not to Ma'add

Of a lineage not tracing to Ma'add's seed,

Nor of Qudaʿa, nor among the Azd.

Nor to Qudaa' or to Al-Azd

Nor of Quda'a, nor the tribes of Azd,

مُفَتَّحِ الريشِ شَديدِ الزَندِ

مُفَتَّحِ الريشِ شَديدِ الزَندِ

ضَخمِ المَخاليبِ عَظيمِ العَضدِ

ضَخمِ المَخاليبِ عَظيمِ العَضدِ

With feathers spread and a powerful forearm,

With feathers widespread, strong physique

With feathers unfurled and a forearm strong,

Huge of talon and mighty of upper arm.

Big talons, mighty wings

Huge of talons, with upper arm long,

حَتّى إِذا الديكُ اِرتَطى مِن بَعدِ

حَتّى إِذا الديكُ اِرتَطى مِن بَعدِ

وَنَجمُهُ في النَحسِ لا في السَعدِ

وَنَجمُهُ في النَحسِ لا في السَعدِ

Then, when the cock later blundered,

Until when the rooster was mounted after

Until when the rooster faltered by and by,

And his star was in ill fortune, not good fortune,

And his star in bad luck, not in good fortune

And his star was in shadow, not in the high,

رَئيتُهُ كَالفارِسِ المُعِدِّ

رَئيتُهُ كَالفارِسِ المُعِدِّ

يَخطُرُ خَطراً مِثلَ خَطرِ الأُسدِ

يَخطُرُ خَطراً مِثلَ خَطرِ الأُسدِ

I saw him like a well-equipped horseman,

I saw him like the well-prepared knight

I saw him standing like a knight prepared,

Strutting with the swagger of lions.

Who takes a leap like the leap of a lion

Strutting with a swagger that a lion shared,

يَقُشُّهُ بِالكَدِّ بَعدَ الكَدِّ

يَقُشُّهُ بِالكَدِّ بَعدَ الكَدِّ

وَتَعَبٍ مُوَصَّلٍ بِجَهدِ

وَتَعَبٍ مُوَصَّلٍ بِجَهدِ

He wears him down with toil after toil,

He spurs him with effort after effort

He scours the ground with toil upon toil,

And weariness joined to exertion,

And tiredness connected with struggle

And weariness linked to strenuous moil,

حَتّى تَرى الديكَ لَهُ كَالقِدِّ

حَتّى تَرى الديكَ لَهُ كَالقِدِّ

مُفَكِّراً يَعظُمُهُ بِالسَجدِ

مُفَكِّراً يَعظُمُهُ بِالسَجدِ

Until you see the cock before him like a leather strip,

Until you see the rooster for him like a pole

Until you see the rooster like a dried leather thong,

Pondering, honoring him with prostrations.

Thinking highly of it with prostration

Meditating, exalting with prostration long,

يا لَكَ مِن ديكٍ رُبي في المَهدِ

يا لَكَ مِن ديكٍ رُبي في المَهدِ

يا لَكَ مِن ديكٍ رُبي في المَهدِ

يا لَكَ مِن ديكٍ رُبي في المَهدِ

What a cock you are, reared in the cradle!

Oh what a rooster brought up in the cradle

Oh, what a rooster raised in the cradle's hold,

What a cock you are, reared in the cradle!

Oh what a rooster brought up in the cradle

Oh, what a rooster raised in the cradle's hold.