ألم ترَ أن الحي كانوا بغبطةِ

ألم ترَ أن الحي كانوا بغبطةِ

بمأربَ إذ كانوا يحلونها معا

بمأربَ إذ كانوا يحلونها معا

Have you not seen that the tribe lived in prosperity

Did you not see that the tribe of Haiy were content

at Ma’rib, when they dwelt there together?

At Ma'rib when they lived there together

بلى وبهراء وخولانُ إخوة

بلى وبهراء وخولانُ إخوة

لعمرو بن حافٍ فَرع من قد تفَرَّعا

لعمرو بن حافٍ فَرع من قد تفَرَّعا

Bali, Bahra’, and Khawlan are brothers,

Yes, and Bahrah and Khawlan, brothers

descended from ‘Amr son of Haf—a branch of one who had branched forth.

Of Amru son of Hafi branched out from those who branched out

أقام به خولانُ بعد ابن أمه

أقام به خولانُ بعد ابن أمه

فأثرى لعمري في البلاد وأوسعا

فأثرى لعمري في البلاد وأوسعا

Khawlan remained there after his mother's son,

Khawlan stayed there after Ibn Ummu

so he grew wealthy, by my life, in the land, and prospered.

And so enriched my life in the lands and made them wider

فلم أر حيا من مَعد عمارةً

فلم أر حيا من مَعد عمارةً

أجل بدار العز منا وأمنعا

أجل بدار العز منا وأمنعا

So I have seen no tribal community among Ma‘add

So I did not see a tribe of Ma'ad with more noble dwellings

more exalted in the abode of glory than us, and more impregnable.

Than ours, of greater might and security