بِالْقَصْرِ سَادَاتٌ ذَوُو هَدْيِ

رَضَعُوا لِبَانَ الْمَجْدِ مِنْ ثَدْيِ

In the palace are nobles of guidance,

Within the palace are noblemen endowed with righteous guidance,

They suckled the milk of glory from its breast,

Who suckled the milk of glory from the breast;

صَاغُوا مُبَالَغَةً لِجَرْيِهِمُ

فِي الْفَضْلِ فَعَّالاً مِنَ الْجَرْيِ

They surpassed others in merit and virtue,

They coined an intensive form for their racing

Through excellence flowing as bounty's stream,

In the pursuit of virtue, deriving the emphatic pattern from the act of running.

هُمْ زِينَةُ الْقَصْرِ وَحِلْيَتِهِ

وَالْقَصْرُ مُفْتَقِرٌ إِلَى الْحَلْيِ

They are the palace's ornament and jewelry,

They are the adornment of the palace and its jewels,

While the palace needs their grace and beauty.

And the palace is ever in need of ornamentation.