لَشَتّانَ ما بَينَ اليَزيدَينِ في النَدى

إِذا عَدَّ في الناسِ المَكارِم وَالمَجدُ

How different the two Yazids are in generosity

Vast is the gulf between the two Yazids in bounty,

When the noble deeds and glory are counted among people

When noble feats and glory are reckoned by mankind;

يَزيدُ بَني شَيبانَ أَكرَمَ مِنهُما

وَإِن غَضَبَت قَيسُ بنُ عَيلان وَالأَزدُ

Yazid son of Shayban is more generous than both of them

Yazid of Shayban is the nobler of the pair,

Even if Qays bin Aylan and Al-Azad were angry

Though Qays bin Aylan and the Azd may seethe with rage.

فَتىً لَم تَلِدهُ مِن رَعينِ قَبيلَةٍ

وَلا لَخَمَ تَنميهِ وَلَم تَنمِهِ نَهدُ

A young man no tribe of herders gave birth to

A youth whom the tribe of Ra'in did not bear,

No Lakhm raised him, and no breasts nursed him

Nor Lakhm nor Nahd can claim him as their own;

وَلَكِن نَمَتهُ الغرُّ مِن آلِ وائِلٍ

وَبرَةَ تَنميهِ وَمِن بَعدَها هِندُ

But Al-Ghurr from the family of Wail raised him

But the radiant stars of Wa'il's house gave birth to him,

And Barrah nursed him, and after her Hind did

Wabara traces his descent, and after her comes Hind.