َقولُ وَالفَخْرُ ما اهْتَزَّ النَّدِيُّ لَهُ

َقولُ وَالفَخْرُ ما اهْتَزَّ النَّدِيُّ لَهُ

وَلَمْ يُنَشِّرْهُ مَطْوِيٌّ عَلى فَنَدِ

وَلَمْ يُنَشِّرْهُ مَطْوِيٌّ عَلى فَنَدِ

I say—and boasting is what stirs the assembly,

Boasting and pride do not sway unless the palm tree sways to them,

and is not unfurled by one wrapped in falsehood.

And they are not spread by a folder upon a carpet.

نَحْنُ الأُلى مَلَكَ الدُّنْيا أوَائِلُنا

نَحْنُ الأُلى مَلَكَ الدُّنْيا أوَائِلُنا

فَمَجْدُهُمْ يَسِمُ الأَعْناقَ بِالصَّيَدِ

فَمَجْدُهُمْ يَسِمُ الأَعْناقَ بِالصَّيَدِ

We are those whose forebears ruled the world,

We are the foremost who ruled the world; our ancestors,

so their glory brands our necks with proud stiffness.

Their glory brands necks with conquest.

وَما سَعى والِدٌ مِنّا لِمَكْرُمَةٍ

وَما سَعى والِدٌ مِنّا لِمَكْرُمَةٍ

لَمْ تَحْتَضِنْ مِثْلَها المَسْعَاةُ مِنْ وَلَدِ

لَمْ تَحْتَضِنْ مِثْلَها المَسْعَاةُ مِنْ وَلَدِ

And no father among us strove for a noble deed

No father of ours ever strove for an honor,

whose equal a son's endeavor did not embrace.

That exertion did not embrace the like from a son.

فَظَلَّ تَالِدَةً فينا وَطارِفَةً

فَظَلَّ تَالِدَةً فينا وَطارِفَةً

عُلاً تَرِفُّ حَواشيها عَلى الحَسَدِ

عُلاً تَرِفُّ حَواشيها عَلى الحَسَدِ

Thus there remained among us, inherited and newly won,

So it continued as innate in us, and as a habit,

lofty glory whose fringes flutter above envy.

Sublimity that its edges overflow with envy.

إِذا انْتَسَبْنا أَحَبَّ النّاسُ أَنَّهُمُ

إِذا انْتَسَبْنا أَحَبَّ النّاسُ أَنَّهُمُ

مِنّا وَلَمْ نَرْضَ أَنْ نُعْزَى إِلى أَحَدِ

مِنّا وَلَمْ نَرْضَ أَنْ نُعْزَى إِلى أَحَدِ

When we declare our lineage, people wish that they were

When we trace our lineage, people love that they are

of us; yet we have never consented to be ascribed to anyone.

Of us, and we do not accept to be affiliated with anyone.