وَإِنّي وَإِسماعيلُ يَومَ وَداعِهِ

لَكَالغُمدِ يَومَ الرَوعِ فارَقَهُ النَصلُ

I and Ismael, the day we parted

Were like a sword leaving its scabbard

أَما وَالحُبالاتِ المُمِراتِ بَينَنا

وَسائِلَ أَدَّتها المَوَدَّةُ وَالوَصلُ

By the ties of love and kinship between us

That affection and unity made flow

لَما خُنتُ عَهداً مِن إِخاءٍ وَلا نَأى

بِذِكرِكَ نَأيٌ عَن ضَميري وَلا شِغلُ

I have not betrayed a pact of brotherhood

Nor has distance from thoughts of you departed

وَإِنِّيَ في مالي وَأَهلي كَأَنَّني

لِنَأيِكَ لا مالٌ لَدَيَّ وَلا أَهلُ

Because you left, my wealth and family

Are to me as though I have no wealth or household

يُذكِرُنيكَ الدينُ وَالفَضلُ وَالحِجا

وَقيلَ الخَنا وَالحِلمُ وَالعِلمُ وَالجَهلُ

Religion, merit, pilgrimage remind me of you

As do words of reproach, forbearance, knowledge, ignorance

فَأَلقاكَ عَن مَذمومِها مُتَنَزِّهاً

وَأَلقاكَ في مَحمودِها وَلَكَ الفَضلُ

So I met you aloof from the blameworthy

And met you with praise, for you have merit

وَأَحمَدُ مِن أَخلاقِكَ البُخلَ إِنَّهُ

بِعِرضِكَ لا بِالمالِ حاشا لَكَ البُخلُ

Of your traits I praise even miserliness

Not for wealth, God forbid, but for your honor

أَمُنتَجِعاً مَرواً بِأَثقالِ هِمَّةٍ

دَعِ الثِقلَ وَاِحمِل حاجَةً مالَها ثِقلُ

Will you recover, burdened with heavy cares?

Leave off burdens, and carry what has no weight

ثَناءً كَعِرفِ الطَيِّبِ يَهدي لِأَهلِهِ

وَلَيسَ لَهُ إِلّا بَني خالِدٍ أَهلُ

Praise, like perfume's fragrance, brings good to its owner

And its people are none but the House of Khalid

فَإِن أَغشَ قَوماً بَعدَهُم أَو أَزُرهُمُ

فَكَالوَحشِ يَستَدنيهِ لِلقَنصِ المَحلُ

If after them it brings shame to a people

It is a wild beast lured by vulnerability of place