جَزى اللهُ خَيراً والجزاءُ بكفِّهِ

جَزى اللهُ خَيراً والجزاءُ بكفِّهِ

بني دارمٍ عن كُلِّ جانٍ وغارِمِ

بني دارمٍ عن كُلِّ جانٍ وغارِمِ

May God reward with goodness—all recompense is in His hand—

May God reward with good—and recompense is in His hand—

the sons of Dārim, for every offender and debtor.

the sons of Dārim, on behalf of every offender and debtor.

هُمُ حملوا رَحلي وأدوا أمانتي

هُمُ حملوا رَحلي وأدوا أمانتي

إِليَّ وردوا فيَّ رِيشَ القوادِمِ

إِليَّ وردوا فيَّ رِيشَ القوادِمِ

They bore my baggage and delivered what I had entrusted

They carried my baggage and returned my entrusted goods

back to me, and restored to me the feathers of my foremost pinions.

to me, and restored my wings’ primary feathers.

ولا عَيب فيهم غَير أّنَّ قدورَهم

ولا عَيب فيهم غَير أّنَّ قدورَهم

على المثل امثالَ السنينِ الحواطمِ

على المثل امثالَ السنينِ الحواطمِ

There is no fault in them, save that their cauldrons,

And there is no fault in them, except that their cauldrons

as the proverb has it, are like the crushing years.

are, figuratively, like devastating years of famine.

وإنَّ مواريثَ الأُلى يرثونَهُم

وإنَّ مواريثَ الأُلى يرثونَهُم

كنوزَ المعالي لا كنوزَ الدراهمِ

كنوزَ المعالي لا كنوزَ الدراهمِ

Indeed, the legacies of those whose heirs they are

And indeed the legacies of those they inherit from

are treasures of glory, not treasures of dirhams.

are treasures of lofty honor, not treasures of dirhams.

وما ضرَّ منسوباً أبوهُ وأمُّهُ

وما ضرَّ منسوباً أبوهُ وأمُّهُ

الى دارِمٍ أن لا يكونَ لهاشِمِ

الى دارِمٍ أن لا يكونَ لهاشِمِ

What harm is there for one whose father and mother are traced

Nor does it harm one whose father and mother trace their descent

to Dārim, if he does not belong to Hāshim?

to Dārim that he does not belong to Hāshim.