يا حارِ قَد كُنتَ لَولا ما رُميتَ بِهِ

يا حارِ قَد كُنتَ لَولا ما رُميتَ بِهِ

لِلَّهِ دَرُّكَ في عِزٍّ وَفي حَسَبِ

لِلَّهِ دَرُّكَ في عِزٍّ وَفي حَسَبِ

O Ḥār, but for what you were accused of, you would indeed have been

O splitter, if not for what was cast upon you,

Admirable, by God, in honor and noble lineage.

Your worth to God would be in glory and lineage.

جَلَّلتَ قَومَكَ مَخزاةً وَمَنقَصَةً

جَلَّلتَ قَومَكَ مَخزاةً وَمَنقَصَةً

ما لَم يُجَلَّلَهُ حَيٌّ مِنَ العَرَبِ

ما لَم يُجَلَّلَهُ حَيٌّ مِنَ العَرَبِ

You have clothed your people in shame and dishonor,

You adorned your people with disgrace and deficiency,

Such as no tribe among the Arabs has ever been clothed in.

That no living Arab had adorned before.

يا سالِبَ البَيتِ ذي الأَركانِ حِليَتُهُ

يا سالِبَ البَيتِ ذي الأَركانِ حِليَتُهُ

أَدِّ الغَزالَ فَلَن يَخفى لِمُستَلِبِ

أَدِّ الغَزالَ فَلَن يَخفى لِمُستَلِبِ

O you who robbed the House with its corners of its adornment,

O robber of the house with pillars as its adornment,

Return the gazelle, for it will not remain hidden with a plunderer.

Return the gazelle, for the robber will not remain hidden.

سائِل بَني الحَارِثِ المُزري بِمَعشَرِهِ

سائِل بَني الحَارِثِ المُزري بِمَعشَرِهِ

أَينَ الغَزالُ عَلَيهِ الدُرُّ مِن ذَهَبِ

أَينَ الغَزالُ عَلَيهِ الدُرُّ مِن ذَهَبِ

Ask the sons of al-Ḥārith, who brings disgrace upon his people:

Ask the tribe of Al-Harith Al-Muzri, altogether,

Where is the gazelle of gold, with pearls upon it?

Where is the gazelle with jewels of gold upon it?

بِئسَ البَنونَ وَبِئسَ الشَيخُ شَيخُهُمُ

بِئسَ البَنونَ وَبِئسَ الشَيخُ شَيخُهُمُ

تَبّاً لِذَلِكَ مِن شَيخٍ وَمِن عَقِبِ

تَبّاً لِذَلِكَ مِن شَيخٍ وَمِن عَقِبِ

Wretched are the sons, and wretched is the elder—their elder!

Wretched are the sons, and wretched is their elder,

Ruin upon that elder and his offspring!

Cursed is that elder and his progeny.