فَخَرَت قَحطانُ أَن كانَ لَها
ذو نُواسٍ وَكَلاعٍ وَرُعَينِ
Qahtan took pride that it had
The likes of Dhu Nuwas, Kulaib and Ru'ayn
شَرَّفَ الأَذواءَ فيها قَبلَنا
كُلُّ رَحبِ الباعِ هَطّالِ اليَدَينِ
Who ennobled the noble ones there before us
Every easy-handed generous man
ثُمَّ ساوَتها فَخاراً مُضَرٌ
بِعَلِيِّ الطاهِرِ المُنقَبَتَينِ
Then Mudar made it equal in pride
Through Ali the pure of the two veiled ones
شيمَتا عِزٍّ وَمَجدٍ أَغنَتا
عَن أَبي أَحمَدَ فينا وَالحُسَينِ
Two traits of glory and honor made us rich
Beyond Abu Ahmad among us and al-Husayn
هَل تَرى جَدّاً كَجَدّي وَأَبي
أَيُّ مَجدٍ وَثَناءٍ بَعدَ ذَينِ
Do you see a grandfather like my grandfather and father?
What glory and praise after these two?
نَسَبٌ كَالنَضرِ أَمسى واسِطاً
كُلَّ أَنفٍ مِن بَني النَضرِ وَعَينِ
A lineage like al-Nadhr in the middle
Of every lineage from the sons of al-Nadhr and 'Ayn
نَيِّرُ الأَقطارِ قَد ضَوَّأَ ما
بَينَ جَدِّيَّ الكَريمَينِ وَبَيني
The light of horizons that illuminated what
Was between my two noble grandfathers and me
ثابِتٌ في طينَةِ المَجدِ إِذا
مَنصِبٌ أَمسى زَليقَ القَدَمَينِ
Firm in the clay of glory whenever
A high office made him smooth of step
بِمِناطِ النَجمِ يَجري دونَهُ
بارِقُ الأُفقِ وَضَوءُ القَمَرَينِ
With the position of a star he runs ahead of him
The brilliant horizon and the light of the two moons
زَيَّنَت أَفعالُنا أَحسابَنا
زينَةَ اللَهذَمِ أُنبوبَ الرُدَيني
Our deeds adorned our lineage
With the adornment of spears and the curvature of the bow
حَسَبٌ ضارِبَةٌ أَعراقُهُ
بِقَراراتِ مِنىً وَالمَأزَمَينِ
A lineage whose roots
Were firmly planted in Mina and al-Mazma'ayn
شامِخُ الأَعناقِ عادِيُّ الذُرى
ناضِرُ العِرقِ نُضارُ الطَرَفَينِ
Lofty of neck, challenging fate,
Fresh of sweat, gentle of gaze
وَبِمَجدِ النَفسِ فَخري سابِقاً
فَضلَةِ الفَخرِ بِمَجدِ الوالِدَينِ
And with the glory of spirit my pride preceded
The surplus of pride with the glory of my parents
