لَنا عَدَدٌ يُربي عَلى عَدَدُ الحَصى

لَنا عَدَدٌ يُربي عَلى عَدَدُ الحَصى

وَيُضعِفُ أَضعافاً كَثيراً عَذيرُها

وَيُضعِفُ أَضعافاً كَثيراً عَذيرُها

Our numbers exceed the number of pebbles,

We have a number that grows to exceed

And surpass their measure many times over.

The number of pebbles, and multiplies manifold its excuses

وَما حُمِّلَت أَضغانُنا مِن قَبيلَةٍ

وَما حُمِّلَت أَضغانُنا مِن قَبيلَةٍ

فَتَحمِلَ ما يُلقى عَلَيها ظُهورُها

فَتَحمِلَ ما يُلقى عَلَيها ظُهورُها

Never have our grudges been laid upon a tribe

And none of our burdens have been borne

Whose backs could bear what was cast upon it.

By a tribe, so they bear what is placed upon their backs

إِذا ما اِلتَقى الأَحياءُ ثُمَّ تَفاخَروا

إِذا ما اِلتَقى الأَحياءُ ثُمَّ تَفاخَروا

تَقاصَرَ عِندَ الحَنظَلِيَّ فُخورُها

تَقاصَرَ عِندَ الحَنظَلِيَّ فُخورُها

When the tribes meet and then vie in boasting,

When the living come together and then boast

Their great boaster falls short beside the Hanzali.

Before Al-Hanthalyy pride is diminished

وَإِن عُدَّتِ الأَحسابُ يَوماً وَجَدتَها

وَإِن عُدَّتِ الأَحسابُ يَوماً وَجَدتَها

يَصيرُ إِلى حَيَّي تَميمٍ مَصيرُها

يَصيرُ إِلى حَيَّي تَميمٍ مَصيرُها

And if ancestral honors are counted one day, you will find

And if the counts of genealogies were made one day you’d find

Their final course leading to Tamim's two clans.

That it leads to my tribe of Tamim their endpoint

وَإِن نَفَرَ الأَحياءُ يَومَ عَظيمَةٍ

وَإِن نَفَرَ الأَحياءُ يَومَ عَظيمَةٍ

تَحاقَرَ في حَيَّي تَميمٍ نُفورُها

تَحاقَرَ في حَيَّي تَميمٍ نُفورُها

And if the tribes muster on a day of grave calamity,

And if the living disperse one day of great matters

Their contingents seem small beside Tamim's two clans.

In my tribe of Tamim their aversion is belittled

نَمَتني قُرومٌ مِن تَميمٍ وَخِلتُها

نَمَتني قُرومٌ مِن تَميمٍ وَخِلتُها

إِلَيها تَناهى مَجدُ أُدٍّ وَخَيرُها

إِلَيها تَناهى مَجدُ أُدٍّ وَخَيرُها

Mighty chiefs of Tamim begot me, and I deemed them

I was raised by lineages from Tamim and their nobility

Those in whom Udd's glory and their excellence culminated.

To it the glory of Udd and its goodness comes to an end

تَميمٌ هُمُ قَومي فَلا تَعدِلَنَّهُم

تَميمٌ هُمُ قَومي فَلا تَعدِلَنَّهُم

بِحَيٍّ إِذا اِعتَزَّ الأُمورَ كَبيرُها

بِحَيٍّ إِذا اِعتَزَّ الأُمورَ كَبيرُها

Tamim are my people; never put them on a par

Tamim they are my people so do not equate them

With any tribe when the gravest affairs grow formidable.

To any tribe, when matters rely on its elders

هُمُ مَعقِلُ العِزِّ الَّذي يُتَّقى بِهِ

هُمُ مَعقِلُ العِزِّ الَّذي يُتَّقى بِهِ

ضِراسُ العِدى وَالحَربُ تَغلي قُدورُها

ضِراسُ العِدى وَالحَربُ تَغلي قُدورُها

They are the stronghold of might that shields one from

They are the fortress of honor which is feared through it

The biting of enemies while war's cauldrons boil.

The fangs of the enemy and war boil its pots

وَلَو ضَمِنَت حَرباً لِخِندِفَ أُسرَةٌ

وَلَو ضَمِنَت حَرباً لِخِندِفَ أُسرَةٌ

عَبَأنا لَها مِن خِندِفٍ مَن يُبيرُها

عَبَأنا لَها مِن خِندِفٍ مَن يُبيرُها

And were a clan to undertake war against Khindif,

And if a battle were guaranteed for Khindif a band

We would marshal against it, from Khindif, those who would annihilate it.

We would arrange for it from Khindif one who would destroy it

فَما تُقبِلُ الأَحياءُ مِن حُبِّ خِندِفٍ

فَما تُقبِلُ الأَحياءُ مِن حُبِّ خِندِفٍ

وَلَكِنَّ أَطرافَ العَوالي تَصورُها

وَلَكِنَّ أَطرافَ العَوالي تَصورُها

So the tribes do not draw near out of love for Khindif;

So the living do not accept love for Khindif

But the points of long spears bend them.

But the edges of the highlands portray it

بِحَقّي أُضيمُ العالِمينَ بِخِندِفٍ

بِحَقّي أُضيمُ العالِمينَ بِخِندِفٍ

وَقَد قَهَرَ الأَحياءَ مِنّا قَهورُها

وَقَد قَهَرَ الأَحياءَ مِنّا قَهورُها

By my right, I oppress mankind through Khindif,

By my right I am wronged by the worlds against Khindif

And their mighty conqueror from among us has subdued the tribes.

And it has conquered the living among us their conquerors

مُلوكٌ تَسوسُ المُسلِمينَ وَغَيرَهُم

مُلوكٌ تَسوسُ المُسلِمينَ وَغَيرَهُم

إِذا أَنكَرَت كانَت شَديداً نَكيرُها

إِذا أَنكَرَت كانَت شَديداً نَكيرُها

Kings who govern Muslims and others besides them—

Kings who rule the Muslims and others

When they disapprove, their rebuke is severe.

If they refuse obedience it is severely denied

وَرِثنا كِتابَ اللَهِ وَالكَعبَةَ الَّتي

وَرِثنا كِتابَ اللَهِ وَالكَعبَةَ الَّتي

بِمَكَّةَ مَحجوباً عَلَيها سُتورُها

بِمَكَّةَ مَحجوباً عَلَيها سُتورُها

We inherited God's Book and the Kaaba, which is

We inherited the Book of Allah and the Kaaba which

In Mecca, veiled by its curtains.

In Mecca is veiled over it its curtains

وَأَفضَلُ مَن يَمشي عَلى الأَرضِ حَيُّنا

وَأَفضَلُ مَن يَمشي عَلى الأَرضِ حَيُّنا

وَما ضَمِنَت في الذاهِبينَ قُبورُها

وَما ضَمِنَت في الذاهِبينَ قُبورُها

And our tribe is the best of those who walk the earth,

And the best who walk upon the earth our tribe

And of the departed whom its graves contain.

And none of the departed are secured in their graves