حَباني بِها البَهزِيُّ نَفسي فِدائُهُ

حَباني بِها البَهزِيُّ نَفسي فِدائُهُ

وَمَن يَكُ مَولاهُ فَلَيسَ بِواحِدِ

وَمَن يَكُ مَولاهُ فَلَيسَ بِواحِدِ

Al-Bahzi favored me with it—may my soul be his ransom.

My soul is his ransom, loved by Al-Bahnasi

And whoever is his client is not alone.

And he who has him for a protector is not alone

فَنِعمَ الفَتى عيسى إِذا البُزلُ حارَدَت

فَنِعمَ الفَتى عيسى إِذا البُزلُ حارَدَت

وَجاءَت بِصُرّادٍ مَعَ اللَيلِ بارِدِ

وَجاءَت بِصُرّادٍ مَعَ اللَيلِ بارِدِ

And what a fine young man Isa is, when the mature she-camels yield little milk,

So excellent is the youth Isa when hosts contend

And bring scant milk, cold in the night.

And the cold night brings clattering arms

نَمَتهُ النَواصي مِن سُلَيمٍ إِلى العُلى

نَمَتهُ النَواصي مِن سُلَيمٍ إِلى العُلى

وَأَعراقُ صِدقٍ بَينَ نَصرٍ وَخالِدِ

وَأَعراقُ صِدقٍ بَينَ نَصرٍ وَخالِدِ

The forelocks of Sulaym raised him to the heights,

His locks grew from Suleim to high estate

And roots of true nobility between Nasr and Khalid.

And lineages of sincerity between Nasr and Khalid

بِحَقِّكَ تَحوي المَكرُماتِ وَلَم تَجِد

بِحَقِّكَ تَحوي المَكرُماتِ وَلَم تَجِد

أَباً لَكَ إِلّا ماجِداً وَاِبنَ ماجِدِ

أَباً لَكَ إِلّا ماجِداً وَاِبنَ ماجِدِ

You rightfully possess noble virtues, and you have not found

By your right the glorious gifts assemble but found

A father of yours except a noble man and the son of a noble man.

No father for you but Majid and Ibn Majid

وَأَنتَ الَّذي أَمسَت نِزارٌ تَعُدَّهُ

وَأَنتَ الَّذي أَمسَت نِزارٌ تَعُدَّهُ

لِدَفعِ الأَعادي وَالأُمورِ الشَدائِدِ

لِدَفعِ الأَعادي وَالأُمورِ الشَدائِدِ

And you are the one on whom Nizar has come to rely

And you it was who became, O Nizār, a defence

To fend off enemies and grievous troubles.

Against foes and dire events

سَأُثني بِما أَولَيتَني وَأَعُدُّهُ

سَأُثني بِما أَولَيتَني وَأَعُدُّهُ

إِذا القَومُ عَدّوا فَضلَهُم في المَشاهِدِ

إِذا القَومُ عَدّوا فَضلَهُم في المَشاهِدِ

I shall give praise for what you have bestowed on me, and recount it,

I will praise what you have granted me and count it

When the people count their merits in public assemblies.

When men tell their excellence in assemblies

نَماكَ مُغيثٌ ذو المَكارِمِ وَالعُلى

نَماكَ مُغيثٌ ذو المَكارِمِ وَالعُلى

إِلى خَيرِ حَيٍّ مِن سُلَيمٍ وَوالِدِ

إِلى خَيرِ حَيٍّ مِن سُلَيمٍ وَوالِدِ

Mughith, possessed of noble deeds and lofty rank, linked you by descent

You were guarded by Magnanimous Muġīth to

To the finest clan of Sulaym and the finest father.

The best of lives, from Suleim and his sire

هُمُ مَعقِلُ العِزِّ الَّذي يُتَّقى بِهِ

هُمُ مَعقِلُ العِزِّ الَّذي يُتَّقى بِهِ

إِذا نَزَلَت بِالناسِ إِحدى المَآوِدِ

إِذا نَزَلَت بِالناسِ إِحدى المَآوِدِ

They are the stronghold of honor in which protection is sought

They are the refuge of glory which is feared thereby

When one of the crushing calamities descends upon the people.

When upon men descends one of the frays

وَهُم شَرَّفوا فَوقَ البُناةِ وَقاتَلوا

وَهُم شَرَّفوا فَوقَ البُناةِ وَقاتَلوا

مَساعِيَ لَم تَكذِب مَقالَةَ حامِدِ

مَساعِيَ لَم تَكذِب مَقالَةَ حامِدِ

And they built higher than the builders, and fought

They ennobled over the builders and fought

For noble deeds that did not belie a praiser's words.

Endeavors whose telling no praiser belied

فِدىً لَكَ نَفسي يا اِبنَ نَصرٍ وَوالِدي

فِدىً لَكَ نَفسي يا اِبنَ نَصرٍ وَوالِدي

وَمالِيَ مالٍ مِن طَريفٍ وَتالِدِ

وَمالِيَ مالٍ مِن طَريفٍ وَتالِدِ

May my soul and my father be your ransom, O son of Nasr,

My soul is ransom for you O Ibn Nasr and my father

And all the wealth I have, newly acquired and inherited.

And my wealth is for Tarif and his offspring