إِنَّ أَباكَ الرَذلَ كانَ لِصِغرَةٍ

إِنَّ أَباكَ الرَذلَ كانَ لِصِغرَةٍ

وَكانَ أَبوكَ التَيسُ شاةً عَزوزا

وَكانَ أَبوكَ التَيسُ شاةً عَزوزا

Indeed, your vile father was of lowly standing.

Your worthless father was once a little man

And your father, the he-goat, was a ewe hard to milk.

And your father the ram was once a feeble sheep

وَكانَ ذَليلاً مِن طَريدٍ مُلَعَّنٍ

وَكانَ ذَليلاً مِن طَريدٍ مُلَعَّنٍ

فَسَمَّوهُ مِن بَعدِ الذَليلِ عَزيزا

فَسَمَّوهُ مِن بَعدِ الذَليلِ عَزيزا

And he was abject, an accursed outcast.

He was once a wretch, despised and cursed

So they named him Aziz ('Mighty') after he had been abject.

Yet after such meekness he was called mighty

بَنو نَوفَلٍ أَهلُ السَماحَةِ وَالنَدى

بَنو نَوفَلٍ أَهلُ السَماحَةِ وَالنَدى

فَآوَوكَ مِن فَقرٍ وَكَفوا العَجوزا

فَآوَوكَ مِن فَقرٍ وَكَفوا العَجوزا

The Banu Nawfal are people of generosity and bounty.

The generous tribe of Bani Nawfal

So they sheltered you from poverty and provided for the old woman.

Sheltered you in poverty and aided the aged