أَلا إِنَّ قَوماً كُنتُمُ أَمسَ دونَهُم

أَلا إِنَّ قَوماً كُنتُمُ أَمسَ دونَهُم

هُمُ مَنَعوا جاراتِكُم آلَ غُدرانِ

هُمُ مَنَعوا جاراتِكُم آلَ غُدرانِ

Take heed: indeed, a people beneath whom you stood yesterday

Lo! Those you were above yesterday,

are those who protected your female neighbors, O clan of Ghudran.

They who forbade your treacherous neighbors,

عُوَيرٌ وَمَن مِثلُ العُوَيرِ وَرَهطِهِ

عُوَيرٌ وَمَن مِثلُ العُوَيرِ وَرَهطِهِ

وَأَسعَدَ في لَيلِ البَلابِلِ صَفوانِ

وَأَسعَدَ في لَيلِ البَلابِلِ صَفوانِ

Uwayr—and who is like al-Uwayr and his kinsmen?

'Uwayr and the like of 'Uwayr and his folk,

And Safwan gave aid in the night of turmoil.

And Sa'd in the night of fluttering banners,

ثِيابُ بَني عَوفٍ طَهارى نَقِيَّةٌ

ثِيابُ بَني عَوفٍ طَهارى نَقِيَّةٌ

وَأَوجُهُهُم عِندَ المُشاهِدِ غِرّانِ

وَأَوجُهُهُم عِندَ المُشاهِدِ غِرّانِ

The garments of Banu Awf are pure and clean,

The raiment of Bani 'Awf is unsullied and pure,

and their faces are radiant before the beholder.

And their faces at spectacles are ruddy,

هُمُ أَبلَغوا الحَيَّ المُضَلَّلَ أَهلَهُم

هُمُ أَبلَغوا الحَيَّ المُضَلَّلَ أَهلَهُم

وَساروا بِهِم بَينَ العِراقِ وَنَجرانِ

وَساروا بِهِم بَينَ العِراقِ وَنَجرانِ

They brought the lost tribe to their kin,

They who restored the misguided people to their true clan,

and journeyed with them between Iraq and Najran.

And marched with them between Iraq and Najran,

فَقَد أَصبَحوا وَاللَهِ أَصفاهُمُ بِهِ

فَقَد أَصبَحوا وَاللَهِ أَصفاهُمُ بِهِ

أَبَرَّ بِميثاقٍ وَأَوفى بِجِيرانِ

أَبَرَّ بِميثاقٍ وَأَوفى بِجِيرانِ

For they have become—by God, He has singled them out for this—

They have now, by Allah, the noblest of them in conduct,

more faithful to a covenant and more loyal to neighbors.

Been truest to covenant and best towards neighbors.