نَمى بِكَ مِن فَرعَي رَبيعَةَ لِلعُلى

بِحَيثُ يَرُدُّ الطَرفَ لِلعَينِ ناظِرُه

You have been nurtured by the noble branches of Rabee'ah, for glory,

So that the onlooker's gaze is awed by you.

مَراجيحُ ساداتٌ عِظامٌ جُدودُها

وَفيهِم لِأَيّامِ الطِعانِ مَساعِرُه

Swings of chiefs, great ancestors,

Whose bravery in days of defamation flames.

وَمَن يَطَّلِب مَسعاةَ قَومٍ يَجِد لَهُم

شَماريخَ مِن عِزٍّ عِظامٍ مَآثِرُه

And he who seeks the refuge of a people finds for them

Landmarks of might and greatness and remarkable feats.

وَجَدتُ القَنا الهِندِيَّ فيكُم طِعانُهُ

وَضَربٌ يُدَهدي لِلرُؤوسِ فَوادِرُه

I found the Indian spear in you slandering,

And a blow that makes heads spill their blood.

إِذا ما يَدُ الدِرعُ اِلتَوى ساعِدٌ لَهُ

بِأَسيافِهِم وَالمَوتُ حُمرٌ دَوائِرُه

When the coat of mail twists around an arm,

With their swords, and death in red circles around it.

رَأَيتُ النِساءَ الساعِياتِ رِماحُنا

مَعاقِلُها إِذ أَسلَمَ الغَوثَ ناصِرُه

I saw women seeking lances as our strongholds

When their supporter surrendered the reinforcements.

إِذا المُضَرانِ الأَكرَمانِ تَلاقَيا

إِلَيكَ فَقَد أَربى عَلى الناسِ فاخِرُه

When the two honored Mudars meet

Towards you, the eminent above all people has thrived.

إِذا خِندِفٌ جاءَت وَقَيسٌ إِذ اِلتَقَت

بِرُكبانِها حَجٌّ مِلاءٌ مَشاعِرُه

When Khindif comes and Qais meets,

Their riding camels fill the plains.

بِحَقِّ اِمرِئٍ لا يَبلُغُ الناسُ قِبصَهُ

بَنو البَزَرى مِن قَيسِ عَيلانَ ناصِرُه

By the right of a man whom people cannot equal,

The clan of Bazraa from Qais Ailan are its supporters.

إِلَيهِم تَناهَت ذِروَةُ المَجدِ وَالحَصى

وَقِبصُ الحَصى إِذ حَصَّلَ القِبصَ خابِرُه

To them the pinnacle of glory and impenetrability extends,

And the impenetrability when its matcher tried to breach it failed.

تَميمٌ وَما ضَمَّت هَوازِنَ أَصبَحَت

وَعَظمُهُما المُنهاضُ قَد شُدَّ جابِرُه

Tameem and whatever Hawazin included,

Their greatness the unifier has fastened together.

رَأَيتُ هِشاماً سَدَّ أَبوابَ فِتنَةً

بِراعٍ كَفى مِن خَوفِهِ ما يُحاذِرُه

I saw Hisham block the doors of strife,

With a leader whose caution suffices what he fears.

بِمُنتَجِبٍ مِن قَيسِ عَيلانَ صَعَّدَت

يَدَيهِ إِلى ذاتِ البُروجِ أَكابِرُه

With a select one from Qais Ailan, he ascended

His hands to the stars and its brightest.

فَما أَحَدٌ مِن قَيسِ عَيلانَ فاخِراً

عَلَيهِ وَلا مِنهُم كَثيرٌ يُكاثِرُه

So no eminent person from Qais Ailan rivals him,

Nor the many from them match him.

وَنامَت عُيونٌ كانَ سُهِّدَ لَيلُها

وَفَتَّحَ باباً كُلُّ بادٍ وَحاضِرُه

Eyes that were sleepless, their night was smoothed,

And every door of wind and settled was opened.

أَلَمّا يَنَل لي أَن تَعودَ قَرابَةً

وَحِلمٌ عَلى قَيسٍ رِحابٌ مَناظِرُه

If only a kinship would return to me,

And forbearance upon Qais, spacious its views!