لَعَمرُكَ ما أَضاعَ بَنو زِيادٍ

لَعَمرُكَ ما أَضاعَ بَنو زِيادٍ

ذِمارَ أَبيهِمِ فيمَن يُضيعُ

ذِمارَ أَبيهِمِ فيمَن يُضيعُ

By your life, the sons of Ziyād have not neglected

By your life! The sons of Ziyad have not wasted

their father's honor, as those who neglect it do.

The glory of their father among those who waste.

بَنو جِنِّيَّةٍ وَلَدَت سُيوفاً

بَنو جِنِّيَّةٍ وَلَدَت سُيوفاً

صَوارِمَ كُلَّها ذَكَرٌ صَنيعُ

صَوارِمَ كُلَّها ذَكَرٌ صَنيعُ

Sons of a jinn-woman who bore swords,

The Jinniyah bore swords as sons,

keen blades, each hard-steeled and finely wrought.

All stalwart blades, each a feat wrought.

وَجارَتُهُم حَصانٌ ما تُزَنّى

وَجارَتُهُم حَصانٌ ما تُزَنّى

وَطاعِمَةُ الشِتاءِ فَما تَجوعُ

وَطاعِمَةُ الشِتاءِ فَما تَجوعُ

And their woman-neighbor is chaste, never accused of adultery,

And their neighbor is a steed that is never weak,

and fed in winter, so she never goes hungry.

That feeds in winter yet is never hungry.

شَرى وُدّي وَتَكرِمَتي جَميع

شَرى وُدّي وَتَكرِمَتي جَميع

لِآخِرِ غالِبٍ أَبَداً رَبيعُ

لِآخِرِ غالِبٍ أَبَداً رَبيعُ

A stalwart man has bought my affection and esteem—

I have pledged allegiance and bestowed my honor

Rabīʿ—for even the last of Ghālib's kin, forever.

Upon the last victor forever flourishing.