أَعَينِ أَلا اِبكي سَيِّدَ الناسِ وَاِسفَحي

أَعَينِ أَلا اِبكي سَيِّدَ الناسِ وَاِسفَحي

بِدَمعٍ فَإِن أَنزَفتِهِ فَاِسكُبي الدِما

بِدَمعٍ فَإِن أَنزَفتِهِ فَاِسكُبي الدِما

O eye, weep now for the lord of the people, and pour forth

O eyes, should I not weep for the master of mankind and let my tears flow?

tears; if you exhaust them, then pour out blood.

Should I not shed blood in weeping for the noble one of Mash’ar?

وَبَكّي عَظيمَ المَشعَرَينِ وَرَبَّها

وَبَكّي عَظيمَ المَشعَرَينِ وَرَبَّها

عَلى الناسِ مَعروفٌ لَهُ ما تَكَلَّما

عَلى الناسِ مَعروفٌ لَهُ ما تَكَلَّما

And mourn the great one of the two sacred sites, their lord;

He was well-known amongst people for his benevolence, though he spoke not.

whenever he spoke, he bestowed kindness on the people.

If glory immortalized but a single day spent feeding people,

فَلَو كانَ مَجدٌ يُخلِدُ اليَومَ واحِداً

فَلَو كانَ مَجدٌ يُخلِدُ اليَومَ واحِداً

مِنَ الناسِ أَبقى مَجدُهُ اليَومَ مُطعِما

مِنَ الناسِ أَبقى مَجدُهُ اليَومَ مُطعِما

For if glory could grant immortality today to anyone

His glory would have made that day eternal.

among mankind, his glory would have kept Mut‘im alive today.

He made the Messenger of God their master, and they awoke as Your servants,

أَجَرتَ رَسولَ اللَهِ مِنهُم فَأَصبَحوا

أَجَرتَ رَسولَ اللَهِ مِنهُم فَأَصبَحوا

عِبادَكَ ما لَبّى مُلَبٍّ وَأَحرَما

عِبادَكَ ما لَبّى مُلَبٍّ وَأَحرَما

You granted God's Messenger protection from them, and so they became

Responding to no vain caller nor forbidding what was sacred.

your servants, as long as a pilgrim chants the call and enters consecration.

If you asked Ma’add in their entirety, or Qahtan,

فَلَو سُئِلَت عَنهُ مَعَدٌّ بِأَسرِها

فَلَو سُئِلَت عَنهُ مَعَدٌّ بِأَسرِها

وَقَحطانُ أَو باقي بَقِيَّةِ جُرهُما

وَقَحطانُ أَو باقي بَقِيَّةِ جُرهُما

For if all Ma‘add were asked about him,

Or any remaining remnants of their tribes,

and Qahtan, or the surviving remnant of Jurhum,

They would say he was true to the protection of his neighbor’s rights,

لَقالوا هُوَ الموفي بِخُفرَةِ جارِهِ

لَقالوا هُوَ الموفي بِخُفرَةِ جارِهِ

وَذِمَّتِهِ يَوماً إِذا ما تَذَمَّما

وَذِمَّتِهِ يَوماً إِذا ما تَذَمَّما

they would say: He fulfills the pledge of protection to his neighbor

And to his oaths, even when affairs were confused.

and his covenant, on any day he undertakes a pledge.

No brilliant sun rose above them upon one like him,

فَما تَطلُعُ الشَمسُ المُنيرَةُ فَوقَهُم

فَما تَطلُعُ الشَمسُ المُنيرَةُ فَوقَهُم

عَلى مِثلِهِ مِنهُم أَعَزَّ وَأَكرَما

عَلى مِثلِهِ مِنهُم أَعَزَّ وَأَكرَما

For the radiant sun never rises above them

More honorable and nobler amongst them.

upon his equal among them in might and nobility,

Gentle of nature, yet firm if opposed; watchful over a neighbor,

إِباءً إِذا يَأبى وَأَليَنَ شيمَةً

إِباءً إِذا يَأبى وَأَليَنَ شيمَةً

وَأَنوَمَ عَن جارٍ إِذا اللَيلُ أَظلَما

وَأَنوَمَ عَن جارٍ إِذا اللَيلُ أَظلَما

in proud defiance when he refuses, or in gentleness of character,

Even when the dark night blinded them.

or in sound sleep, unmindful of a neighbor, when night grows dark.