مِنّا الَّذي اِختيرَ الرِجالَ سَماحَةً

وَخَيراً إِذا هَبَّ الرِياحُ الزَعازِعُ

Among us are those chosen as the most clement of men,

And the most virtuous when misfortunes blow as gales,

وَمِنّا الَّذي أَعطى الرَسولُ عَطِيَّةً

أُسارى تَميمٍ وَالعُيونُ دَوامِعُ

Among us is he who gave the Prophet gifts

Of Tameem's captives while their eyes were shining bright,

وَمِنّا الَّذي يُعطي المِئينَ وَيَشتَري الـ

ـغَوالي وَيَعلو فَضلُهُ مَن يُدافِعُ

Among us is he who gives two hundred and buys back

The prisoners, his merit rising over the defender's might,

وَمِنّا خَطيبٌ لا يُعابُ وَحامِلٌ

أَغَرُّ إِذا اِلتَفَّت عَلَيهِ المَجامِعُ

Among us a speaker beyond reproach and a warrior

Most valiant when rallied by the assembling crowds,

وَمِنّا الَّذي أَحيا الوَئيدَ وَغالِبٌ

وَعَمروٌ وَمِنّا حاجِبٌ وَالأَقارِعُ

Among us are those who revived the lost traditions -

Wa'eed, Ghalib, Amr - and among us, chamberlains and the blind,

وَمِنّا غَداةَ الرَوعِ فِتيانُ غارَةٍ

إِذا مَتَعَت تَحتَ الزُجاجِ الأَشاجِعُ

Among us are youths who at dawn rushed to battle,

When the morning fires were lit under the cooking pots,

وَمِنّا الَّذي قادَ الجِيادَ عَلى الوَجا

لِنَجرانَ حَتّى صَبَّحَتها النَزائِعُ

Among us is he who led the steeds against

Najran till the returning horses overcame it,

أولَئِكَ آبائي فَجِئني بِمِثلِهِم

إِذا جَمَعَتنا يا جَريرُ المَجامِعُ

Those were my forefathers, so bring me their equals

When you gather us, O Jarir, in the assembling crowds,

نَمَوني فَأَشرَفتُ العَلايَةَ فَوقَكُم

بُحورٍ وَمِنّا حامِلونَ وَدافِعُ

They brought me up till I towered over you,

With heroes, and among us are warriors and defenders,

بِهِم أَعتَلي ما حَمَّلَتني مُجاشِعٌ

وَأَصرَعُ أَقراني الَّذينَ أُصارِعُ

With them I mount whatever a yielding camel kneels for,

And wrestle down my peers whom I wrestle and fight,

فَيا عَجَبي حَتّى كُلَيبٌ تَسُبُّني

كَأَنَّ أَباها نَهشَلٌ أَو مُجاشِعُ

How strange, that Kulayb should insult me,

As if her sire were Nahshal or Mujashi`,

أَتَفخَرُ أَن دَقَّت كُلَيبٌ بِنَهشَلٍ

وَما مِن كُلَيبٍ نَهشَلٌ وَالرَبائِعُ

Does she glory that Kulayb struck Nahshal down,

When no Kulayb is Nahshal among the springing does?

وَلَكِن هُما عَمّايَ مِن آلِ مالِكٍ

فَأَقعِ فَقَد سُدَّت عَلَيكَ المَطالِعُ

Nay, but they both are my uncles from Malik's clan,

So cease, for the ways to you are closed,

فَإِنَّكَ إِلّا ما اِعتَصَمتَ بِنَهشَلٍ

لَمُستَضعَفٌ يا اِبنَ المَراغَةِ ضائِعُ

Unless you seek protection in Nahshal,

You are a weakling, O son of Maragha, brought low!