نحنُ قومٌ منْ تميم بنِ مُرٍّ

نُمْطِرُ العافِينَ والعامُ مَحْلُ

We are a people from Tameem, son of Murr

We rain on the safe and the year is fruitful

نُفْصِحُ الخُطبةَ والقوْمُ لُكْنٌ

ونَرُدُّ الجيش والخيلُ قُبْلُ

We eloquently deliver sermons while the people are silent

And we repel the army and the horses before

حُلَماءٌ لا يَحِلُّ حُبانا

عند طيش الخطب طيشٌ وجَهْلُ

Wise, it is not proper for our love

To be impulsive during sermons, that would be folly

أوْجُهٌ غُرٌّ وأيْدٍ بِساطٌ

وندىً غَمْرٌ ومُلْفىَ وظِلُّ

Bright faces, generous hands

And fresh dew, shelter, and shade

أنْجُمُ المُلْكِ ورُبَّ إِيابٍ

مثلما حُطَّ عن الظَّهْرِ رحْلُ

The stars of kingship and oft returning

Just as saddles are removed from backs

وشكا الوُرَّادُ والوِرْدُ حيناً

سَلْسَلٌ عند الورودِ ومُهْلُ

The roses complained one day

Chains upon the roses and respite

فَسَنَّنا الصَّبْرَ والبأسَ حتى

حَسَدَ الفخريْنِ طوْدٌ ونصْلُ

So we exemplified patience and courage until

The proud envied our towering heights and sharp swords

كيف تخشى أزْمَةٌ منْ زَمانٍ

ويمينُ الدينِ جَدْواهُ وَبْلُ

How can you fear a crisis of time

When the religion’s right hand is its preservation and quadrature

ساكِبُ المعْروفِ والمُزْنُ مُكْدٍ

وهُمامُ الرَّوْعِ والذِّمرُ فَسْلُ

The pourer of virtues and the meaning of glory

And the zeal of loftiness and the sword of hardness

وخميسٍ ضاربٍ بِجرانٍ

مُجْلِبٍ سوْرَتُهُ ما تَقِلُّ

And a Khamis striking with spears

Bringing spoils that do not diminish

فَلَّ مَنْظُومَ الشَّناخيبِ ركْضاً

وعَوادي بأسِهِ ما تُفَلُّ

So the composed she-camels fled

And his harm did not subside

نَسفَ البَيْداءَ حتى اطمأنَّتْ

بفَضاءِ الجوِّ أرضٌ تُحَلُّ

He sacked the desert until it settled

In the expanse of air a conquerable land

وأديمُ الأرضِ خافٍ فما يُدْ

رَكُ إِلاَّ حافِرٌ وأظَلُّ

And the earth’s surface shuddered so it did not

Move except by a hoof and shadow

صُلْتَ فيهم بيَراعٍ ورأيٍ

فانْجَلى نَقْعٌ وأدْرِكَ تَبْلُ

You attained amongst them insightful governance and opinion

So confusion cleared and comprehension took hold

قَلَمٌ يَقْطُرُ سَمّاً وشَهْداً

فهو في الحالينِ نَحْلٌ وصِلُّ

A pen dripping poison and honey

Thus in both states it is a bee and connection