هلاّ وقفتَ على الأجراعِ من بتنٍ

هلاّ وقفتَ على الأجراعِ من بتنٍ

وما وقوف كبيرِ السنِّ في الدِّمَنِ

وما وقوف كبيرِ السنِّ في الدِّمَنِ

Why did you not stop at the sandy flats of Batan?

Have you stopped at the traces of encampment from date palms,

Yet why should an old man linger among the traces of deserted camps?

And stopping of an old man is not despicable.

إنْ تَسأليني بقومي تَسألي رجلاً

إنْ تَسأليني بقومي تَسألي رجلاً

في ذِروة العزِّ من أحياءِ ذي يمنِ

في ذِروة العزِّ من أحياءِ ذي يمنِ

If you ask me about my people, you ask a man

If you ask me about my people, you ask a man,

At the summit of glory, from the tribes of Dhu Yaman.

At the peak of glory from the living people of Yemen.

حَولي بها ذو كَلاع في منازِلها

حَولي بها ذو كَلاع في منازِلها

وذو رُعَينٍ وهَمْدانٌ وذو يَزَنِ

وذو رُعَينٍ وهَمْدانٌ وذو يَزَنِ

Around me there, in its settlements, are Dhu Kalaʿ,

Around me, the owner of a castle in its dwellings,

And Dhu Ruʿayn, and Hamdan, and Dhu Yazan,

And the owner of cattle and Hamdan and owner of Yazan.

والأَزْدُ أُزد عُمانَ الأكرمون إذا

والأَزْدُ أُزد عُمانَ الأكرمون إذا

عُدَّت مآثِرُهُم في سالفِ الزمنِ

عُدَّت مآثِرُهُم في سالفِ الزمنِ

And the Azd—the Azd of Oman—the noblest when

And Al-Azd, the generous Azd of Oman, when

Their glorious deeds in bygone times are counted.

Their glories are counted in past ages.

بانت كَريمَتُهم عنّي فدارُهُمُ

بانت كَريمَتُهم عنّي فدارُهُمُ

داري وفي الرِّحبِ من أوطانهم وَطني

داري وفي الرِّحبِ من أوطانهم وَطني

Their noble lady has parted from me; so their home

Their generosity towards me is evident, so their homes

Is my home, and amid the broad expanses of their lands is my homeland.

Are my home, and among their lands, their plains are my plains.

لي منزلانِ بلحجٍ منزلٌ وسطٌ

لي منزلانِ بلحجٍ منزلٌ وسطٌ

منها ولي منزلٌ للعزّ في عَدَنِ

منها ولي منزلٌ للعزّ في عَدَنِ

I have two dwellings: in Lahj, a dwelling in the midst

I have two homes in Lahj, a middle home,

Of it, and I have an abode of glory in Aden.

And I have a dignified home for me in Aden.

ثمَّ الولاءُ الذي أرجو النجاةَ به

ثمَّ الولاءُ الذي أرجو النجاةَ به

من كَبّةِ النار للهادي أبي حسنِ

من كَبّةِ النار للهادي أبي حسنِ

Then comes the allegiance through which I hope for deliverance

Then the loyalty by which I hope for salvation

From a headlong fall into the Fire—allegiance to the guide, Abu Hasan.

From the agony of fire, to the Guide Abu Hassan.