اِرفُق بِعَمرٍو إِذا حَرَّكتَ نِسبَتَهُ

اِرفُق بِعَمرٍو إِذا حَرَّكتَ نِسبَتَهُ

فَإِنَّهُ عَرَبِيٌّ مِن قَواريرِ

فَإِنَّهُ عَرَبِيٌّ مِن قَواريرِ

Be gentle with ʿAmr when you stir up his lineage,

Be gentle with Amr when you question his lineage,

for he is an Arab made of glass vessels.

For he is an Arab of pure descent.

ما زالَ في كيرِ حَدّادٍ يُرَدِّدُهُ

ما زالَ في كيرِ حَدّادٍ يُرَدِّدُهُ

حَتّى بَدا عَرَبِيّاً مُظلِمَ النورِ

حَتّى بَدا عَرَبِيّاً مُظلِمَ النورِ

A smith kept working him over in his forge,

He has dwelt so long in the forge of Haddad,

until he emerged an Arab with darkened light.

That he appears an Arab darkened in hue.

إِن جازَ آباؤُهُ الأَنذالُ في مُضَرٍ

إِن جازَ آباؤُهُ الأَنذالُ في مُضَرٍ

جازَت فُلوسُ بُخارى في الدَنانير

جازَت فُلوسُ بُخارى في الدَنانير

If his base forefathers pass muster among Muḍar,

If baseness were found in the line of his sires in Mudar,

then Bukhara’s copper coins can pass for dinars.

Then the coins of Bokhara would rank as golden dinars.

وَاِشدُد يَدَيكَ بِحَمّادٍ أَبي عُمَرٍ

وَاِشدُد يَدَيكَ بِحَمّادٍ أَبي عُمَرٍ

فَإِنَّهُ نَبَطِيٌّ مِن دَنانيرِ

فَإِنَّهُ نَبَطِيٌّ مِن دَنانيرِ

And hold fast with both hands to Ḥammād, Abū ʿUmar,

And clench your hand firmly on Hammad Abu Umar,

for he is a Nabataean made of dinars.

For he is a Nabatean of pure golden dinars.