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I am shy, yet I boast

إني لأستحيي وإني لفاخر

1. I am shy, yet I boast
of Tai over the two bald hills and its victor,

١. إِنّي لَأَستَحيِي وَإِنّي لَفاخِرٌ
عَلى طَيِّءٍ بِالأَقرَعَينِ وَغالِبُ

2. When the man of Tai raises his eyes,
he sees me above Al-Jawza, above the stars,

٢. إِذا رَفَعَ الطائِيُّ عَينَيهِ رَفعَةً
رَآني عَلى الجَوزاءِ فَوقَ الكَواكِبُ

3. And Tai is none but tribes who descended
to the people of palm tree spring from all sides,

٣. وَما طَيِّءٌ إِلّا قَبائِلُ أُنزِلَت
إِلى أَهلِ عَينِ التَمرِ مِن كُلِّ جانِبِ

4. So this is the pride of people over my father,
my father Al-Ghālib, reviver of glory and eyebrow,

٤. فَهَذي حُدَيّا الناسِ فَخراً عَلى أَبي
أَبي غالِبٍ مُحيِي الوَئيدِ وَحاجِبِ

5. And if I did not place in the necks of Tai
positions whose shame remains not fleeting,

٥. وَإِن أَنا لَم أَجعَل بِأَعناقِ طَيِّءٍ
مَواقِعَ يَبقى عارُها غَيرَ ذاهِبِ

6. No woman of Tai would know who her father is,
even if she asked about her origin every genealogist,

٦. فَما عَلِمَت طائيَّةٌ مَن أَبٌ لَها
وَلَو سَأَلَت عَن أَصلِها كُلَّ ناسِبِ