أَبوكَ حُبابٌ سارِقُ الضَيفِ بُردَهُ

أَبوكَ حُبابٌ سارِقُ الضَيفِ بُردَهُ

وَجَدِّيَ يا شَمّاخُ فارِسُ شَمَّرا

وَجَدِّيَ يا شَمّاخُ فارِسُ شَمَّرا

Your father, Hubab, steals the guest's cloak.

Your father is a thief who steals the guest's cloak

And my grandfather, O Shammakh, is the rider of Shammar.

And your grandfather, O boaster, the knight of Shammarr

بَنو الصالِحينَ الصالِحونَ وَمِن يَكُن

بَنو الصالِحينَ الصالِحونَ وَمِن يَكُن

لِآباءِ سَوءٍ يَلقَهُم حَيثُ سُيِّرا

لِآباءِ سَوءٍ يَلقَهُم حَيثُ سُيِّرا

The sons of the righteous are righteous; and whoever is

The righteous beget the righteous, and he who is born

Born of wicked fathers will meet them wherever he is sent.

To evil fathers will find them wherever he turns

فَإِن تَغضَبوا مِن قِسمَةِ اللَهِ فيكُمُ

فَإِن تَغضَبوا مِن قِسمَةِ اللَهِ فيكُمُ

فَلِلَّهُ إِذ لَم يُرضِكُم كانَ أَبصَرا

فَلِلَّهُ إِذ لَم يُرضِكُم كانَ أَبصَرا

So if you grow angry at God's apportionment among you,

If you are angry at God's distribution among you

Then surely God, when He did not please you, was more discerning.

Then God, since He did not please you, is more discerning