سَتَبلُغُ مِدحَةٌ غَرّاءُ عَنّي

بِبَطنِ العِرضِ سُفيانَ بنَ عَمروِ

A virtuous eulogy from me will reach

Sufyan ibn Amr in the valley of generosity

كَريمَ هَوازِنٍ وَأَميرَ قَومي

وَسَبقاً بِالمَكارِمِ كُلِّ مُجرِ

A generous Hawazin chief and leader of my people

Surpassing all in noble deeds

فَلَستَ بِواجِدٍ قَوماً إِذا ما

أَجادوا لِلوَفاءِ كَأَهلِ حَجرِ

You will not find a people, when

They excel in loyalty, like the people of Hajar

هُمُ الأَثرَونَ وَالأَعلَونَ لَمّا

تَأَمَّرَتِ القَبائِلُ كُلَّ أَمرِ

They are the most prestigious and lofty when

The tribes convene for every matter

أَبوا أَن يَغدِروا وَأبى أَبوهُم

حَنيفَةَ أَن يُوازَنَ يَومَ فَخرِ

They refused to betray and their father

Hanifah refused to forsake on the day of pride

وَما تَدعو حَنيفَةُ حينَ تَلقى

إِذا اِحمَرَّ الجِلادُ بِآلِ بَكرِ

And Hanifah does not invoke when facing

The red-hot lash of the clan of Bakr

وَلَكِن يَنتَمونَ إِلى أَبيهِم

حَنيفَةَ يَومَ مَلحَمَةٍ وَصَبرِ

But they attach themselves to their father

Hanifah on the day of fierce combat and patience

وَلَو بِأُباضَ إِذ لاقَوا جِلاداً

بِأَيدي مِثلِهِم وَسُيوفُ كُفرِ

And if it were the Abyssinians when facing a lash

In the hands of their peers and pagan swords

لَذادوا عَن حَريمِهِمِ بِضَربٍ

كَأَفواهِ الأَوارِكِ أَيَّ هَبرِ

They would defend their sanctity with blows

Like the mouths of burrowing rats - what cowardice!

وَلَكِن جالَدوا مَلَكاً كِراماً

هُمُ فَضّوا القَبائِلَ يَومَ بَدرِ

But they fought a generous king

They who routed the tribes on the day of Badr