إذا اللهُ حَيَّا خُلَّةً عَنْ خَلِيلِهِ

فَحيَّا مَلِيكُ النَّاسِ هنْدَ بْنَ عَاصِمِ

If God let one be apart from a friend

Then may He let King Hind ibn Al-A'asim live

وَكُل سَلُولِيَّ إذا مَا لَقِيتَهُ

سَرِيعٌ إلى دَاعي الْعُلاَ وَالمَكَارِمِ

And every honourable man, when you meet him

Is quick to the caller of nobility and virtues

هُمُ الْبِيضُ أقْدَاماً وَديبَاجَ أوْجُه

كِرامٌ إذا اغْبَرَّتْ وُجُوُهُ الألاَئِمِ

They are the white-footed, brocade-faced ones

Noble, even if the faces of the wicked are dust-stained

وَلاَ يَأكُلُ الكَلْبُ السَّرُوقُ نِعَالَهُمْ

وَلاَ تَنْتَقِي الْمُمَّ الَّذِي فِي الْجَماجِمِ

Nor does the thieving dog steal their shoes

Nor does the vermin pick that which is in the skulls