اللَه يجزي سعيد الخير نافلةً

اللَه يجزي سعيد الخير نافلةً

أعني سعيد بن قيس قرم همدان

أعني سعيد بن قيس قرم همدان

May God reward Sa'id the good with an added bounty.

May God reward Sa'eed with goodness as a supererogatory act,

I mean Sa'id ibn Qays, the chieftain of Hamdan.

I mean Sa'eed ibn Qais, the brave man of Hamdan.

أنقذني من شفا غبراء مظلمةٍ

أنقذني من شفا غبراء مظلمةٍ

لولا شفاعتُه ألبست أكفاني

لولا شفاعتُه ألبست أكفاني

He saved me from the brink of a dark, dust-gray grave.

He saved me from a dark, dusty pitfall,

Were it not for his intercession, I would have been clothed in my shrouds.

Were it not for his intercession, I would have been shrouded.

قالت تميم بن مرٍّ لا نخاطبُه

قالت تميم بن مرٍّ لا نخاطبُه

وقد أبت ذلكم قيس بن عيلان

وقد أبت ذلكم قيس بن عيلان

Tamim ibn Murr said, "We will not speak to him,"

Tameem ibn Murr said, "We will not speak to him,"

And Qays ibn 'Aylan had refused that as well.

Yet Qais ibn Aylan refused that.

أساغ في الحلق ريقاً كان يجرضُني

أساغ في الحلق ريقاً كان يجرضُني

واظهر اللَه سرّي بعد كتمان

واظهر اللَه سرّي بعد كتمان

He eased down my throat the saliva that had been choking me,

He cleared my throat of saliva that had been choking me

And God revealed my secret after concealment.

And God made my secret known after concealment.

إني تداركني عفٌ شمائلهُ

إني تداركني عفٌ شمائلهُ

آباؤُه حين ينمى خيرُ قحطان

آباؤُه حين ينمى خيرُ قحطان

Indeed, a man of virtuous character came to my rescue;

His noble qualities came to my rescue,

His forefathers, when his lineage is traced, are the best of Qahtan.

His forefathers, when the best of Qahtan thrived,

ينميه قيسٌ وزيدٌ والفتى كرَبٌ

ينميه قيسٌ وزيدٌ والفتى كرَبٌ

وذو جبائرَ من أولاد عثمان

وذو جبائرَ من أولاد عثمان

His lineage goes back to Qays and Zayd, and the young man Karab,

Qais nurtured it, and Zayd, and the young man Karb,

And Dhu Jaba'ir, among the descendants of 'Uthman,

And he of lofty mountains, of the sons of Uthman,

وذو رعين وسيف وابن ذي يزنٍ

وذو رعين وسيف وابن ذي يزنٍ

وعلقم قبلهم أعني ابن نبهان

وعلقم قبلهم أعني ابن نبهان

And Dhu Ru'ayn, and Sayf, and the son of Dhu Yazan,

And Thu Rayn, and Sayf, and the son of Thu Yazan,

And 'Alqam before them—I mean the son of Nabhan.

And Alqamah before them - I mean the son of Nabhan.