وَجَدنا المَحضَ الاِبيضَ مِن قُرَيشٍ

وَجَدنا المَحضَ الاِبيضَ مِن قُرَيشٍ

فَتىً بَينَ الخَليفَةِ وَالرَسولِ

فَتىً بَينَ الخَليفَةِ وَالرَسولِ

We found the pure, fair one of Quraysh,

We found the pure white one from Quraysh

a youth between the caliph and the Messenger.

A young man between the Caliph and the Messenger

أَتاكَ المَجدُ مِن هَنّا وَهَنّا

أَتاكَ المَجدُ مِن هَنّا وَهَنّا

وَكُنتَ لَهُ بِمُعتَلجِ السُيولِ

وَكُنتَ لَهُ بِمُعتَلجِ السُيولِ

Glory came to you from here and there,

Glory came to you from here and there

and you were at the confluence of its torrents.

And you were to it like raging floods

فَما لِلمَجدِ دونَكَ مِن مَبيتٍ

فَما لِلمَجدِ دونَكَ مِن مَبيتٍ

وَما لِلمَجدِ دونَكَ مِن مَقيلِ

وَما لِلمَجدِ دونَكَ مِن مَقيلِ

So glory has no night lodging apart from you,

Glory has no dwelling but you

and glory has no noonday resting place apart from you.

Glory has no resting place but you

فَدى لَكَ مَن يَصُدُّ الحَقُّ عَنهُ

فَدى لَكَ مَن يَصُدُّ الحَقُّ عَنهُ

وَمَن يُرضي أَخاهُ بِالقَليلِ

وَمَن يُرضي أَخاهُ بِالقَليلِ

May he whom truth shuns be your ransom,

May he who turns truth away from him ransom you

and he who satisfies his brother with little.

And he who satisfies his brother with little ransom you

فَلَولا أَنتَ ما رَحَلت رِكابي

فَلَولا أَنتَ ما رَحَلت رِكابي

مُؤَثَّلَةً وَلا حَمِدَت رَحيلي

مُؤَثَّلَةً وَلا حَمِدَت رَحيلي

But for you, my riding camels would not have departed

If it were not for you, my mounts would not be saddled

laden with wealth, nor would they have praised my journey.

Adorned, nor my departure praised