يَأَبى الإِلَهُ وَعِزَّةُ اِبنِ مُحَمَّدٍ

وَجُدودِ مَلكٍ قَبلَ آلِ ثَمودِ

The God and the honor of the son of Muhammad

And the ancestry of a king before the tribe of Thamud

أَن تَأنَسوا بِمُذَمَّمينَ عُروقُهُم

في الناسِ إِن نُسِبوا عُروقُ عَبيدِ

Refuse that you befriend those whose veins

Among the people are the veins of slaves

كَم مِن أَبٍ لَكَ كانَ يَعقِدُ تاجَهُ

بِجَبينِ أَبلَجَ مِقوَلٍ صِنديدِ

How many fathers of yours who used to place his crown

Upon the forehead of an eloquent, strong young man

وَإِذا سَأَلتَ المَجدُ أَينَ مَحَلُّهُ

فَالمَجدُ بَينَ مُحُمَّدٍ وَسَعيدِ

And if you ask glory, where is its place?

Glory is between Muhammad and Sa'eed

بَينَ الأَشَجِّ وَبَينَ قَيسٍ باذِجٌ

بَخ بَخ لِوالِدِهِ وَلِلمَولودِ

Between Al-Ashajj and Qais a separator

Excellent, excellent for his father and newborn

ما قَصَّرَت بِكَ أَن تَنالَ مَدى العُلا

أَخلاقُ مَكرُمَةٍ وَإِرثُ جُدودِ

Your morals of generosity and inheritance of ancestry did not fail you

To attain the extent of glory

قَرمٌ إِذا سامى القُرومَ تَرى لَهُ

أَعراقَ مَجدٍ طارِفٍ وَتَليدِ

A branch, when branches compete, you see for it

Currents of flowing, continuous glory

وَإِذا دَعا لِعَظيمَةٍ حُشِدَت لَهُ

هَمدانُ تَحتَ لِوائِهِ المَعقودِ

And if he calls for a great feat, mobilized for him

Are the Hamdan under his hoisted banner

يَمشونَ في حَلَقِ الحَديدِ كَأَنَّهُم

أُسدُ الأَباءِ سَمِعنَ زَأرَ أُسودِ

They walk in the circle of the sword as if they are

The lions of fathers who heard the roar of lions

وَإِذا دَعَوتَ بِآلَ كِندَةَ أَجفَلوا

بِكُهولِ صِدقٍ سَيِّدٍ وَمَسودِ

And if you call the family of Kindah, they attack

With the old men of truth, masters, and officers

وَشَبابِ مَأسَدَةٍ كَأَنَّ سُيوفُهُم

في كُلِّ مَلحَمَةٍ بُروقُ رُعودِ

And the youth of lion assaults as if their swords

In every battle are lightning bolts

ما إِن تَرى قَيساً يُقارِبُ قَيسَكُم

في المَكرُماتِ وَلا تَرى كَسعيدِ

You do not see Qais approximating your Qais

In generosity nor do you see like Sa'eed