المَجدُ بِالرَقَّةِ مَجموعُ

وَالفَضلُ مَرئِيٌّ وَمَسموعُ

Glory is coupled with gentleness

And merit is seen and heard

إِنَّ بِها كُلَّ عَميمِ النَدى

يَداهُ لِلجودِ يَنابيعُ

Through it, every generous person's dew

His hands for giving are springs

وَكُلَّ مَبذولِ القِرى بَيتُهُ

عَلى عُلا العَلياءِ مَرفوعُ

And every house of village generosity

Is raised to the highest of highs

لَكِن أَتاني نَبَأٌ رائِعٌ

يَضيقُ عَنهُ السَمعُ وَالرَوعُ

But news came to me, astonishing

The hearing and awe of it is constricted

أَنَّ بَني عَمّي وَحاشاهُمُ

شَعبُهُم بِالخُلفِ مَصدوعُ

That my paternal cousins, far from them

Their clan with disunity is split

ما لِعَصا قَومِيَ قَد شَقَّها

تَفارُطٌ مِنهُم وَتَضيِيعُ

What is with the staff of my people that it cracked

Recklessness from them and loss

بَني أَبي فَرَّقَ ما بَينَكُمُ

واشٍ عَلى الشَحناءِ مَطبوعُ

Sons of my father, what was between you dispersed

Rancor upon resentment imprinted

عودوا إِلى أَحسَنِ ماكُنتُمُ

فَأَنتُمُ الغُرُّ المَرابيعُ

Return to the best of what you were

For you are the noble cubic rock

لا يَكمُلُ السُؤدُدُ في ماجِدٍ

لَيسَ لَهُ عَودٌ وَمَرجوعُ

Glory is not complete for the glorious

Who has no resolution or return

أَنَبذِلُ الوُدَّ لِأَعدائِنا

وَهوَ عَنِ الإِخَوَةِ مَمنوعُ

Shall I offer affection to our enemies?

While from brothers it's forbidden

أَو نَصِلُ الأَبعَدَ مِن قَومِنا

وَالنَسَبُ الأَقرَبُ مَقطوعُ

Or join those furthest from our people?

While the closest kinship is cut off

لايَثبُتُ العِزُّ عَلى فُرقَةٍ

غَيرُكَ بِالباطِلِ مَخدوعُ

Glory does not settle on a faction

Deceived by falsehood are the rest