1. Your worthless father was once a little man
And your father the ram was once a feeble sheep
١. إِنَّ أَباكَ الرَذلَ كانَ لِصِغرَةٍ
وَكانَ أَبوكَ التَيسُ شاةً عَزوزا
2. He was once a wretch, despised and cursed
Yet after such meekness he was called mighty
٢. وَكانَ ذَليلاً مِن طَريدٍ مُلَعَّنٍ
فَسَمَّوهُ مِن بَعدِ الذَليلِ عَزيزا
3. The generous tribe of Bani Nawfal
Sheltered you in poverty and aided the aged
٣. بَنو نَوفَلٍ أَهلُ السَماحَةِ وَالنَدى
فَآوَوكَ مِن فَقرٍ وَكَفوا العَجوزا