قَد كُنّا نَقولُ إِذا رَأَينا

قَد كُنّا نَقولُ إِذا رَأَينا

لِذي جِسمٍ يُعَدُّ وَذي بَيانِ

لِذي جِسمٍ يُعَدُّ وَذي بَيانِ

We used to say, whenever we saw someone,

We used to say when we saw

To one of notable physique and eloquence:

One with eloquence and handsome figure -

كَأَنَّكَ أَيُّها المُعطى لِساناً

كَأَنَّكَ أَيُّها المُعطى لِساناً

وَجِسماً مِن بَني عَبدِ المَدانِ

وَجِسماً مِن بَني عَبدِ المَدانِ

“You seem, O you endowed with a tongue

As if you, O gifted with tongue

And a body, to be of Banu Abd al-Madan.”

And body, were from the sons of nobility