نَعَم إِنَّني مُهدٍ ثَناءً وَمِدحَةً

نَعَم إِنَّني مُهدٍ ثَناءً وَمِدحَةً

كَبُردِ اليَماني يُربِحُ البَيعَ تاجِرُه

كَبُردِ اليَماني يُربِحُ البَيعَ تاجِرُه

Yes, I am offering praise and a panegyric,

Yes, I am one who praises and commends

like a Yemeni’s cloak whose merchant profits from its sale.

Like Yemeni saffron that profits its merchant

فَذو العُشِّ وَالمَمدورِ أَصبَحَ قاويّاً

فَذو العُشِّ وَالمَمدورِ أَصبَحَ قاويّاً

تَمَشّى بِهِ ظُلمانُهُ وَجَآذِرُه

تَمَشّى بِهِ ظُلمانُهُ وَجَآذِرُه

So Dhū al-ʿUshsh and al-Mamdūr have become desolate;

So one with shelter and bread has become strong

its male ostriches and wild-cattle calves roam through it.

Walking with him are his shadows and roots