وهم جمرة لا يصطلي الناس نارهم

توقد لا تطفا لريب النوائبُ

They are embers that people do not kindle their fire,

Lit to never be extinguished by the turns of fate.

لنا جَمَراتٌ ليس للناس مثلهم

ثَلاَثٌ فَقَدْ جُرِّبْنَ كلّ التَّجاربِ

We have embers unlike any people have,

Three who have been tested by every trial.

نُمَيْرٌ وعَبْسٌ تُتَّقَى صَقرَاتُهَا

وضَبّةُ قَوْمٌ بَأْسُهُمْ غَيْرُ كاذِبِ

Numayr and 'Abs whose falcons are feared,

And Dhabbah, a people whose might is no lie.

إلى كلِّ قومٍ قَدْ دَلَفْنَا بجَمْرَةٍ

لها عارضٌ جَونٌ قَويُّ المناكبِ

To each people we have come with an ember

With a thick neck and strong shoulders.