مِن كُلِّ ذاتِ حَبائِكٍ وَمُفاضَةٍ

مِن كُلِّ ذاتِ حَبائِكٍ وَمُفاضَةٍ

بَيضاءَ سابِغَةٍ عَلى الأَظفارِ

بَيضاءَ سابِغَةٍ عَلى الأَظفارِ

Of every mesh-woven coat of mail and every ample one,

From all your loved ones and overflowing generosity,

bright white, reaching down over the fingernails.

Snow white covering the fingernails,

إِنَّ القُصورَ بِجيلِ جَيلانَ الَّتي

إِنَّ القُصورَ بِجيلِ جَيلانَ الَّتي

أَعيَت مَعاقِلُها بَني الأَحرارِ

أَعيَت مَعاقِلُها بَني الأَحرارِ

Indeed, the palaces in Jil of Jilan, whose

Indeed the palaces of the G̶e̶y̶l̶a̶n̶ tribe, which

strongholds had defied the sons of free men,

Exhausted their fortresses among the free men,

فُتِحَت بِسَيفِ بَني المُهَلَّبِ إِنَّها

فُتِحَت بِسَيفِ بَني المُهَلَّبِ إِنَّها

لِلَّهِ عادَتُهُم عَلى الكُفّارِ

لِلَّهِ عادَتُهُم عَلى الكُفّارِ

were taken by the sword of al-Muhallab's sons; such indeed

Were opened by the swords of the Banu Hilal, indeed

—God be praised!—is their custom against the unbelievers.

To God has returned their raid on the infidels,

غَلَبوا بِأَنَّهُمُ الفَوارِسُ في الوَغى

غَلَبوا بِأَنَّهُمُ الفَوارِسُ في الوَغى

وَالأَكثَرونَ غَداةَ كُلِّ كِثارِ

وَالأَكثَرونَ غَداةَ كُلِّ كِثارِ

They prevailed because they are the horsemen in battle,

They prevailed because they are the horsemen in the fray

and the most numerous on the morning of every contest of numbers,

And the most on the morrow of every battle,

وَالأَحلَمونَ إِذا الحُلومُ تَهَزهَزَت

وَالأَحلَمونَ إِذا الحُلومُ تَهَزهَزَت

بِالقَومِ لَيسَ حُلومُهُم بِصِغارِ

بِالقَومِ لَيسَ حُلومُهُم بِصِغارِ

and the most forbearing when minds are shaken

And the most forbearing when temperaments were shaken

among the people—their judgment is not slight—

Among the people their temperaments were not small,

وَالقائِدونَ إِذا الجِيادُ تَرَوَّحَت

وَالقائِدونَ إِذا الجِيادُ تَرَوَّحَت

وَمَضَينَ بَعدَ وَجىً عَلى الحِزوارِ

وَمَضَينَ بَعدَ وَجىً عَلى الحِزوارِ

and the leaders when the noble steeds set out at evening

And the leaders when the steeds were rested

and press on, their hooves already sore, over rugged ground,

And went after fatigue, on the saddlebags,

حَتّى يَرِعنَ وَهُنَّ حَولَ مُعَمَّمٍ

حَتّى يَرِعنَ وَهُنَّ حَولَ مُعَمَّمٍ

بِالتاجِ في حَلَقِ المُلوكِ نِضارِ

بِالتاجِ في حَلَقِ المُلوكِ نِضارِ

until they return, gathered round a man turbaned

Until they pasture and they wander around a turbaned one

with the crown, of pure lineage, amid the circles of kings.

With the crown in the throat of vigorous kings.