يُضحي الفَتى المَرؤوسُ بِالسَيِّدِ ال

ماجِدِ كَالمَرؤوسِ بِالصارِمِ

The noble youth sacrifices himself for the glorious master

As the subordinate does for the firm handed one

غَريزَةٌ في الناسِ مَعروفَةٌ

تُنقَلُ لِلمَكرومِ بِالكارِمِ

An instinct known amongst people

Transmitted to the generous by the noble ones

وَالدَهرُ لا يُنكِرُ تَسويدَهُ

بَني كُلَيبٍ لِبَني دارِمِ

Time does not deny its favoring

Of the sons of Kilab over the sons of Darim

وَيُخمَصُ الإِنسانُ مِن نَخوَةٍ

ساكِنَةٍ في أَنفِهِ الوارِمِ

And man squeezes out generosity

Residing in his defiant soul

بَيتُ العُلى بَيتُ قَريضٍ وَلا

بُدَّ مِنَ الكاسِرِ وَالخارِمِ

The abode of glory is the abode of Quraish, and there is no escape

From the victorious and the vanquished

إِن يُحرَمِ السائِلُ عِندي جَداً

فَلَستُ عِندَ اللَهِ بِالحارِمِ

If I were to deprive a beggar, it would grieve me much

Yet I am not, in God's view, depriving

لَو كُنتُ أَسطيعُ لَهُ راحَةً

راحَ بِها في عامِهِ العارِمِ

If I were able to comfort him, he would rest

In comfort this year of dearth

صَدَّ زَكاةَ الملِ مَن زادَ في ال

حالِ عَنِ المِسكينِ وَالغارِمِ

He who exceeds the required alms taxes the wealth of the state

Beyond the poor and the destitute

وَالحَقُّ أَن تُطلَبَ ما بَينَنا

جِنايَةُ الجُرمِ مِنَ الجارِمِ

And truth is that the crime between us is sought

From the criminal, not the victim