لَقَد عَلِمَ الأَحياءُ في كُلِّ مَوطِنٍ

بِأَنَّ تَميماً لَيسَ يُغمَزُ عودُها

The living in every homeland knew

That Tameem's wood would not be bent

إِذا نُدِبَ الأَحياءُ يَوماً إِلى الوَغى

وَراحَت مِنَ الماذِيِّ جَوناً جُلودُها

When the living are called one day to the fight

And their skins shiver from the warrior

عَلِمتَ بِأَنَّ العِزَّ فيهِم وَمِنهُمُ

إِذا ما اِلتَقى الأَقرانُ ثارَ أُسودُها

You knew that the glory was in them and from them

When the peers met, their lions rose

وَيَوما تَميمٍ يَومُ حَربٍ وَنَجدَةٍ

وَيَومُ مَقاماتٍ تُجَرُّ بُرودُها

And one day of Tameem is a day of war and help

And a day of glories that drag their tails

كَأَنَّكَ لَم تَعرِف غَطاريفَ خِندِفٍ

إِذا خَطَبَت فَوقَ المَنابِرِ صيدُها

As if you did not know the Ghatarif of Khindif

When they preached above the pulpits their prey

إِذا اِجتَمَعَ الحَيّانِ قَيسٌ وَخِندِفٌ

فَثَمَّ مَعَدٌّ هامُها وَعَديدُها

When the alive gathered, Qais and Khindif

There was Ma’ad, their protector and their number

وَإِنَّ اِمرِأً يَرجو تَميماً وَعِزَّها

كَباسِطِ كَفٍّ لِلنُجومِ يُريدُها

And that a man who hopes for Tameem and its glory

Is like one extending his palm to the stars, desiring them

وَمِنّا نَبِيُّ اللَهِ يَتلو كِتابَهُ

بِهِ دُوِّخَت أَوثانُها وَيَهودُها

And from us is the Prophet of God reciting His book

By which their idols and Jews were subdued

وَما باتَ مِن قَومٍ يُصَلّونَ قِبلَةً

وَلا غَيرُهُم إِلّا قُرَيشٌ تَقودُها

And no people spent the night praying towards a direction

Except Quraysh leading them