1. O you who seek to attain our glory,
Come! For what has brought you this knowledge, O informer?

2. Had you been knowledgeable of the Quran,
Our glory in the firm verses would have informed you.

3. Who are the self-sacrificing, and the elite among them,
Above all those of great familial ties?

4. A tribe, pious and shunning petty minds, thus succeeding,
And so their most hidden of secrets were made pleasant.

5. So live angry or die outraged, we
Are lofty lineage, prevailing over mankind.

6. Gazing with their eyes what cannot be attained,
Like one seeking with their legs to catch a bird in flight.

7. And we are a people whose lineage stems from Al Azd,
Blossoming branches in the towering trees.

8. And we are the sons of Al Gawth son of Nabt son of Malik
Son of Zayd son of Kahlan - the people of great pride.

9. The Yemenis call us Saba, so we respond to them
To the concealed essence, the best of essences.

10. And we are the kings of people since the era of Tubba’
When kingship was among the sons of ‘Amr bin ‘Aamir.

11. And we brought the horses from the mountain dams of
Himyar

12. To Jasim with the lofty structures.
The neighing of the horses almost deafens us

13. As does the yelling of warriors at times of hardship.
We lead the steeds, their foreheads like rain clouds

14. Pouring down in a season of showers.
And we bring down the heroes of the enemy to

15. The resting places of death - from which they will not depart.
We cast our shadows upon every barren plain and bare

16. Mountain with our tall spears.
And were it not for fear of God, we would have said -

17. Out of nobility over people: "O people! Who can compare?"
And we have donkeys of generosity and kindness,

18. As well as those who repress the stubborn enemy.
And our camels are seated at times of calamity,

19. Swaying like the waves when the seas are swelling.
Our clan contains every mighty and reddish elder -

20. They are my comrades, my beloved, and my supporters.
And a noble class of judicious Quda’a

21. Above every class of the towering buildings.
They are my people - if I called they would answer me -

22. Eighty thousand armored with swords.
When they unfurl the banners they do not hesitate -